Jaylen Brown is the only player in the NBA hoopinโ in his own shoe. Not a signature sneaker backed by some major company, but a shoe he designed for a sneaker company he owns.
With so many Black sports journalists, media personalities, and former players on television as pundits, you would think they would talk about it. With so many current and former players with podcast pushing โplayer empowerment,โ you would think this kind of autonomy and independence would be something they would champion and promote. But the silence has been loud.