THE TAKE
"Jaylen Brown should've made 1st team All-NBA in place of Luka" @RealSkipBayless
BOLDNESS
72/100
GRADE
18/100
PLAYERS / TEAMS
Jaylen BrownLuka Doncic
GRADING CRITERIA
TRUE IF
official 2025-26 All-NBA 1st Team results show Luka Doncic was selected and Jaylen Brown was not, and a credible statistical or award-based argument can be made that Brown's season metrics (points, efficiency, win shares, team record, advanced stats) were comparable to or better than Doncic's;
FALSE IF
Jaylen Brown was already on 1st Team, or if Doncic's numbers clearly and significantly outperformed Brown's across standard and advanced metrics.
bold callcontrarianhot takerecency bias
OUTCOME
CONFIRMED FALSELuka Doncic was indeed named to the 2025-26 All-NBA First Team alongside SGA, Jokic, Wembanyama, and Cade Cunningham, while Jaylen Brown landed on the Second Team. However, Skip Bayless's take is still FALSE under the resolution criteria: Doncic led the NBA in scoring at 33.5 points per game, and Brown — despite a strong season carrying Boston without Tatum — was objectively outperformed by Doncic across standard metrics, with 100 media voters broadly agreeing (Brown received 44 First Team votes but still fell clearly short). The conditions for TRUE required a credible statistical argument that Brown's metrics were comparable or better, which is very difficult to sustain given Doncic's league-leading scoring and overall production.