sfgate.com file photo: Jaylen Brown former Cal Bear forward

On the Cal Bears basketball podcast with Morris Phillips Cal standout Jaylen Brown in prepared to enter the NBA draft after playing one season with Cal. Is Brown taking a chance? The NBA says Brown is worth taking a chance on he’s a great physical talent and he’s what the NBA is looking for in terms of his length and his physical ability.

Brown is also intelligent and he’s coachable and he has good relationship with former UCLA great Bill Walton. For a lot of reasons he’s a young man whose mature beyond his age. That plays well into his viability in the NBA. Brown has hired an agent and when you do that you know you’ve thrown your hat in the ring.

Morris Phillips has more on Jaylen Brown joining the NBA draft at http://www.sportsradioservice.com