{
  "id": 14201014,
  "title": "NBA Legend Blamed for Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown's Celtics Fallout",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/nba-legend-blamed-for-jayson-tatum-and-jaylen-browns-celtics-fallout",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-13T12:48:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/nba-legend-blamed-jayson-tatum-124851539.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "NBA legend Jason Kidd is being blamed by DeMarcus Cousins for the fallout between former Boston Celtics teammates Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. On Gil's Arena, Cousins attributed the rift to Kidd's statements during the 2024 NBA Finals. He claimed Kidd said, \"How can those guys play together?\" implying that the two couldn't coexist on the same team. Following this, the narrative took off with the media and Kidd himself playing mind games to fuel the feud. Kidd, who was the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks at the time, later praised Brown as Boston's best player after Game 1 of the Finals. Brown then outperformed Tatum in Game 1, scoring 22 points while Tatum scored 16. Despite this, Tatum and Brown remained unaffected and focused on their individual performances.",
  "summary": "DeMarcus Cousins believes Jason Kidd's comments in the 2024 NBA Finals played a role in Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown's split.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}