The Boston Celtics ‘still clearly value’ nearly-traded veteran

Boston Celtics veteran Malcolm Brogdon is “still clearly valued” by the organization according to Boston.com’s Luke Scotchie. “The Celtics clearly value Brogdon, even though they nearly parted ways with him,” Scotchie prefaced before saying, “They still have faith in him and regret the negative press the trade rumors gave him. Brogdon will remain a Celtic …

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Possible Payton Pritchard future plans for Boston Celtics pitched by analyst

One of the biggest surprises of the trade deadline in 2023 for the Boston Celtics was Payton Pritchard sticking with the team — this despite comments indicating he wanted a bigger role and has discussed that with Celtics management. That won’t be coming this postseason unless Marcus Smart, Malcolm Brogdon, or Derrick White suffer an …

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Boston Celtics: NAN’s Christian Wood proposal is quite reasonable

The Boston Celtics have a big man problem — just as they did in 2019-20 and 2020-21. At last season’s trade deadline, Celtics President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens plugged the hole with Daniel Theis, but this past offseason he parlayed the German big man and other assets for Malcolm Brogdon. The current campaign’s issues …

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Payton Pritchard has created a good problem for the Boston Celtics

The Boston Celtics are red hot, riding a seven-game win streak into Wednesday’s match-up with the Atlanta Hawks. Boston has won its last four games (three and a half really) without offseason acquisition, and former NBA Rookie of the Year Malcolm Brogdon. Brogdon has had to miss time due to tightness in his right hamstring. …

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