The team was dismissed early and so, too, were Jaylen Brown’s chances of mounting a legitimate MVP case. Brown, the lone man in the driver’s seat with Jayson Tatum sidelined, has reshaped not only how he’s perceived but also how his teammates are seen.

After Jaylen Brown fueled the Celtics' win over the Lakers on Sunday, he received an MVP endorsement from the other side of the storied rivalry.

Depending on who you talk to, LeBron James is, at the very least, the second-best basketball player ever. At this point, with four NBA championships, four NBA Finals MVP honors, four regular-season MVP awards,

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio -- LeBron James won't debate whether Golden State's Stephen Curry should be the NBA's MVP this season. That's indisputable. But James might argue about how the award's name should be defined. "I think sometimes the word 'valuable' or ...