Jaylen Brown evaluated for concussion after landing on head after dunk
By Kareem Gantt
How Jaylen Brown was able to walk off after that horrible fall proves that some players just aren’t human.
Jaylen Brown is simply not human. After you see this landing that he absolutely absorbed like a boss, then you will agree with that. Brown skied for a dunk but landed on his head and neck in what was an absolutely terrifying scene.
It’s odd that this type of thing doesn’t happen more often in the NBA considering how frequent this type of play occurs. After some moments of panic, Brown came to his feet and walked off.
He was later evaluated for a concussion.
Terrifying scene as Celtics player Jaylen Brown lands on his head and neck after a dunk against the Timberwolves pic.twitter.com/oHtCY4oFYL
— Ryan Songalia (@ryansongalia) March 9, 2018
See? How can he possibly be born on this Earth?
The Boston Celtics took a trip to to the frozen tundra of the Land of a Thousand lakes to play the Minnesota Timberwolves, and Brown was able to get loose on the break. Usually, when this happens, fans get their phones ready to record a spectacular play that fans back in Boston see on a regular basis.
Protecting the ball from the outstretched arm of Andrew Wiggins, Brown attacked the rim and threw down a two-handed flush. It was a pretty routine dunk, but he held on to the basket a second too long and wound up doing a backward flip toward the floor.
Before he could complete the unintended flip, however, he fell on his head and neck, instantly throwing a scare into the Celtics bench and fans all over New England. Remember, fans not too long ago watched with horror as Gordon Hayward suffered an injury that is too grisly to recount in a word, so you know that Celtics fans were not ready to watch another one of their heroes suffer the same fate.
As anyone who has fallen on their neck and head, he laid on the floor for a while, but miraculously, this happened:
A positive sign as Jaylen Brown signaled to the crowd on his way back to the locker room pic.twitter.com/YJlAOY6F73
— Sports Illustrated (@SInow) March 9, 2018
It’s one of those scenes where you ask yourself, “how in the hell could he have survived that?” If that would have happened to a normal person, their obituary would probably be written right now, but this is Jaylen Brown, who is simply not human.
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He’s currently being evaluated by the Celtics medical staff and his status for the team’s next game is uncertain.