With the Celtics at 6-7, it’s fair to question the state of the offense.

Even after a blowout win over the Grizzlies (4-9) on Wednesday night, it’s clear things haven’t been clicking through 13 games the way they were when Jayson Tatum, Al Horford, Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis were wearing green the last two seasons.

On Saturday, forward Jaylen Brown was asked a series of questions after practice about his team’s shooting so far this season.

Here’s an extended answer from Brown that caught my eye.

“Let me give you an analogy. So for example - if a team is on the roll, they're shooting the ball well, they got a couple plays going, you can feel they have momentum. If you take long shots or long threes, maybe wide open, and you miss them, that could add to their momentum. Long shots, long rebounds - they get transition leak-outs. Now you're adding to their momentum. You got to figure out a way to break that momentum sometimes, getting to the free throw line, getting paint touches, getting easy baskets, getting layup breaks, momentum.

“So now when you get that three again, when you get that open three, it feels a lot different when a team has momentum versus when you do. Analytics don't necessarily measure momentum when you talk about shot profile. So you could take a wide open three it looks - analytically, it looks great. But if the other team has momentum and you miss that three, then that leads to them gaining. So like, there's nuances to artificial intelligence as well. But, you know, over time, stuff like that gets incorporated or not, just depending on who's looking at it.”

Celtics on CLNS (@CelticsCLNS) on X Jaylen Brown on the mid-range shot today: "This year, we gotta take whatever shot we can get ... in the past, those shots have been discouraged more." "The analytics won't show the potential of someone getting hot...the momentum." - @CLNSMedia | Q: @NoaDalzell @JackSimoneNBA

Does this not sound like Brown is preaching a different brand of basketball than what head coach Joe Mazzulla coaches?

Mazzulla, famously, does not care if his team is in a shooting slump. He routinely says the most important stat in basketball is three-point attempt rate. He believes in math - the more time you shoot threes, the more opportunities you have to hit threes. Whether you’re losing by 30 or up by 50, Mazzulla wants his team shooting from beyond the arc as much as possible.

That philosophy and what Brown just described are different things entirely.

With Brown being the leading man on the court for the Celtics this season, he sees first hand how much of a struggle his team has had to stay in games late playing Mazzulla’s style of basketball. He might be leading the team at 27.0 points per game, but his next closest teammate is Derrick White at just 15.5 PPG. The rest of Brown’s teammates are not shooting at an efficient enough level to make Mazzulla Ball work right now.

13 games is just 13 games, but it’s a large enough sample size to say that things need to change.

Saturday’s comments might be an indication of Brown looking for answers from his teammates outside of what the coaches are asking them to do.

We’ll see when the team is in action on Sunday afternoon if the Celtics are back to their Mazzulla Ball let-it-fly offense, or if they tap in to more of what Brown was discussing on Saturday.

Tip-off against the Clippers is set for 3:30 p.m. ET.

Tom Carroll is a contributor for Roundtable, with boots-on-the-ground coverage of all things Boston sports. He's a senior digital content producer for WEEI.com, and a native of Lincoln, RI.