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“First, you improve through experience. You get older, you are more competent, more professional,” he added. “More opportunities. I think over the years my opportunities have varied, not because of my lack of skills, but simply because many top players have come through this organization.
“So I was patient, I kept improving and now it’s my turn,” the Georgia native said.
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One could take his comments out of context to suggest that Brown is going after some of his former “great players” like Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward.
But it seems more likely — especially given Brown’s relationship with both — that the Cal alum was simply noting that he was a younger player behind stars who hadn’t yet earned the opportunity.
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