After being positioned by the Boston Celtics on this offseason’s commerce market, even virtually taking an exit upon the failed Kristaps Porzingis deal, Malcolm Brogdon might not see himself again to the NBA commerce mill – no less than for now.
A supply informed Steve Bulpett of Heavy.com that the Celtics are “shutting down” any commerce inquiries that characteristic the veteran.
“We requested about him and we have been informed he’s a valued member of their workforce,” the supply informed Bulpett. “They mentioned he’s a valued member of their workforce, and that’s the place it ended. I don’t know if that modifications down the road, however we didn’t get anyplace. And I’m fairly positive we aren’t the one workforce that received that response.”
Brogdon was virtually dealt to the Los Angeles Clippers in a multi-team commerce earlier this offseason which might permit the C’s to snag Porzingis, however the framework collapsed upon L.A.’s damage concern to the two-guard.
Boston, determined to accumulate the Latvian star, in the end pulled the set off and as a substitute gave up fan-favorite and long-time Celtic Marcus Good in a brand new three-team deal.
Brogdon was stable in his first yr for the Celtics by averaging 14.9 factors, 4.2 boards and three.7 assists in 67 video games of play which allowed him to win the 2022-23 Sixth Man of the 12 months honors. However his unlucky elbow damage late within the postseason harm Boston’s competition.
“They didn’t need to transfer him within the first place,” one other supply mentioned to Bulpett. “They actually like Malcolm. However they needed to stability out their roster. They didn’t need to go into one other season having to rely so closely on (Robert) Williams and (Al) Horford. That they had a little bit of a logjam within the backcourt, and so they actually wanted some insurance coverage up entrance.”
