Last year is over, to be honest. We celebrated, we had a good time. It’s been an awesome summer. I’ve been having a great summer, by the way. But it’s over with it. Now we got the target on our back. Everybody’s trying to come after us and I’m like, ‘come on.’ It’s back to work. And I’m looking forward to next season.”

Brown, along with Jayson Tatum, led the Celtics to a 64-18 record, the best in the NBA, and won all but three games in the postseason. After defeating the Dallas Mavericks in five games, Brown, who averaged 20.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, 5.0 assists, and 1.6 steals per game during the series, was named Finals MVP.

Although Brown won the Finals MVP over teammates Tatum, as well as Derrick White and Jrue Holiday, he was the only one of the four to not represent Team USA this summer at the Olympic Games. Tatum and Holiday were included in the United States’ initial Olympic roster, while White was added late in the process to replace Kawhi Leonard, which led Brown to make cryptic posts on social media. In addition to accusing Nike, Team USA’s longtime apparel partner, of playing a part in his exclusion, Brown’s posts also could be perceived as disrespectful to White for being selected instead of Brown.

Brown said that he reached out to his Celtics teammate, though, and smoothed things over

I called Derrick right away,” Brown told reporters during Summer League in Las Vegas. “Just to make sure there’s no confusion, my love for you and all of that. He knew that, and he did. You don’t always gotta make everything public. Me and D-White are good.”

Although Brown and White are apparently fine, the relationship between Brown and Team USA appears to be anything but.