STAR ROBBED
Boston Celtics’ Jaylen Brown latest millionaire star to have home burgled while playing away following Travis Kelce raid
Brown follows Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes, and Joe Burrow as athletes robbed this year
YET another sports superstar has had their home burgled this year.
In a string of high-profile robberies, Jaylen Brown is the latest athlete to be affected by robberies.
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A break-in is being investigated at the home of Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown's mother's house.
Police in Wellesley, Massachusetts found a broken window at her house on Sunday.
They are now searching for whoever is responsible.
While the window was broken, police said the inside of the home was not disturbed.
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It didn't appear that anything was taken from the home.
Brown was not present at the time, but his mother and nephew were there.
The Celtics were playing the Washington Wizards in DC at the time.
Wellesley police shared a statement regarding the incident on Thursday morning.
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"We are vigorously investigating this breaking and entering, as we do all residential breaks," they wrote.
"We continue to encourage residents to utilize their home security systems if they have them."
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Neighbors were present and witnessed the break-in attempt.
"It was Sunday. We had just gotten home after celebrating the holiday in the city," the neighbor told NBC affiliate WBTS.
"My kids were inside. I went back out to the car to grab some things and heard glass break.
"It was really scary. My 3-year-old son was eating in the kitchen, and normally when you hear about these things you think they happen in the middle of the night."
According to WBTS, Celtics assistant coach Amile Jefferson also had their home broken into on Sunday.
It could all be a coincidence or a series of connected robberies, but Brown joins other athletes like Joe Burrow, Patrick Mahomes, and Travis Kelce as a victim of high-profile break-ins.
New rights deal
The NBA signed an 11-year deal with three networks for the league's rights from the 2025-26 season.
And there will be no games on TNT for the first time since the network launched in 1988.
The Walt Disney Company will continue to show the league with 80 regular-season games across ESPN and ABC.
They will also show around 18 playoff games from the first and second round, a Conference Finals series for 10 of the 11 years, and remain the home of the NBA Finals.
NBC will return as an NBA broadcaster for the first time since 2002.
The network will show up to 100 games per season across it's channels and Peacock streaming service.
It will also be the home of NBA All-Star and show approximately 28 playoff games from the first and second round.
NBC will show one Conference Finals Series for six of the 11 years, rotating with new broadcaster Amazon Prime.
Amazon will show 66 NBA regular-season games including one on Black Friday.
The streaming service is also the home of the latter stages of the NBA Cup and the entire Play-In Tournament.
Prime will also broadcast around one third of the playoff games in the first and second round.
Both the NBA and NFL have sent out warnings to their players about the break-ins.
The NBA linked the crimes to "transnational South American theft groups."
Brown was excused from practice on Tuesday after the incident, but has since returned and is on track to play against the Chicago Bulls this weekend.
The Celtics issued a statement on Thursday regarding the break-in and his absence from practice.
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"The safety of Celtics players, families and staff is of the utmost importance to us," the statement read.
"We are aware of the incident and are working with authorities. The team will have no further comment at this time."