Jaylen Brown refused to rule out leaving the Celtics after their Game 7 defeat to Miami Heat on Monday night.
Brown and the Celtics had a shot at history going into the game, fighting back from 3-0 down to tie the series 3-3, with Game 7 held in Boston.
And yet they still couldn't get it done.
The 26-year-old Brown was asked about his future in Boston in the aftermath of the game and he didn't confirm that he would be staying.
'I expected to win tonight and move on,' he said, in response to if he has thought about his future.
Jaylen Brown was left in shock after the Celtics were beaten by Miami Heat on Monday night
Brown refused to confirm for certain that he would remain at the Celtics for next season
'That is what my focus was on and that is what my focus has been on. We failed, I failed and it is hard to focus on anything else right now. We will cross that bridge when we get there.'
Brown top-scored for the Celtics with 19 points but his team were emphatically beaten 103-84 by Miami.
The 26-year-old Brown's comments are especially striking given he is eligible for a five-year, $295million contract after making the an All-NBA team earlier in May.
Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla, meanwhile, praised his team's spirit after fighting back from 3-0 down to take it to Game 7 against Miami.
'It’s one of the best locker rooms I’ve been a part of,” Mazzulla said. “Guys cared. They gave it everything they had.
'That’s the most important thing to take from this. Obviously, we didn’t achieve our goal. We didn’t win, which was our goal. So, we failed in that regard, but it’s not because the guys didn’t have a sense of togetherness, character and just who they are as people.
'They need to know — when we were down 3-0, the thing was how do we want to be defined?
'I thought they showed a lot of character by even getting to this point.'
