For the past few years, many in the basketball world, including Boston Celtics fans, have debated about who the next face of the NBA will be once legends like LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and Kevin Durant hang them up for good. While there are plenty of worthy names in the league today, Los Angeles Clippers guard James Harden gave an answer that should please Celtics fans.
Ahead of Sunday’s All-Star Game event, the former NBA MVP named a few players he believes could be the face of the league in the near future. In doing so, he specifically named Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown as two players who could “carry this league.”
“I don’t think it’s one player,” Harden said when asked who the next face of the NBA could be. “They gotta do it as a collective unit, but obviously, you got somebody like Wemby, you got Shai, who’s probably going to be MVP, you got Anthony Edwards.”
After naming those players, Harden added, “You got a lot of guys. Obviously, [Jayson Tatum] and Jaylen Brown. There’s a lot of guys that can carry this league.”
Tatum and Brown have been teammates since 2017 and have played exceptionally well together. In their time together in Boston, they have won one championship so far and made two NBA Finals appearances. Furthermore, they have combined for 10 All-Star appearances and five All-NBA selections.
Both stars are still under 30 years old and have plenty of great basketball left to play. The sky is the limit for them, and as Harden says, they could both be the face of the NBA soon enough.
