Boston Celtics guard Malcolm Brogdon was reportedly on his solution to the LA Clippers as a part of a three-team commerce involving the Washington Wizards. That commerce fell by means of, and now Brogdon will seemingly keep in Boston.
NBA insider Brian Windhorst of ESPN stated that Brogdon’s harm historical past triggered the deal to fall by means of. He stated Brogdon’s accidents are so extreme that the Celtics won’t be able to maneuver him within the brief time period.
Brogdon performed restricted minutes and missed a recreation in the course of the Jap Convention finals with an elbow harm this season. The Celtics had been eradicated by the Miami Warmth in seven video games within the sequence.
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Brogdon gained Sixth Man of the Yr in 2022-23 and performed properly in his first season in Boston. He averaged 14.9 factors and 4.2 rebounds per recreation in 67 video games, all off the bench. He missed 15 video games with accidents. He sat out with decrease again and Achilles tendon soreness on a number of events.
Borgdon has performed lower than 60 video games in 4 of his seven NBA seasons. He’s at the moment coping with a partial tear of an elbow tendon and is contemplating offseason surgical procedure.
He solely performed 36 video games for the Indiana Pacers in 2021-22. He sat out a number of occasions as a consequence of Achilles and hamstring accidents. He has by no means performed a full 82-game season.
What was the proposed Brogdon commerce?
Brogdon was virtually despatched to LA in a three-team deal. The Clippers would have obtained Brogdon. The Celtics would have gotten Kristaps Porzingis. The Wizards would have gotten position gamers together with Danilo Gallinari, Marcus Morris and Amir Coffey. Washington would have additionally gotten the thirtieth choose within the 2023 draft.
Brogdon would have match within the Clippers’ deep and gifted offense. Nevertheless, LA has sufficient harm points to cope with by itself. Its two stars, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, consistently miss time as a consequence of harm. They had been each absent for a lot of the playoff video games within the Clippers’ first-round sequence in opposition to the Suns.
Boston as an alternative executed a three-team commerce with the Wizards and Memphis Grizzlies. The Celtics obtained Porzingis and two first-round picks.
Marcus Good was despatched to Memphis. Tyus Jones was despatched to the Wizards. Washington additionally obtained Gallinari, Mike Muscala and the thirty fifth choose in Thursday’s draft.