Currently 13-14 on the season, the Boston Celtics do not look much different than they did a season ago, a year which resulted in them not winning a playoff series for the first time since 2016. Jayson Tatum has continued to play like one of the best young All-Stars in the NBA, but the same cannot be said about Jaylen Brown because he has only played in 13 games this season.
Brown has been dealing with a right hamstring strain since the start of the season and after missing eight games in November with this injury, Brown has missed the Celtics’ last five games because of re-aggravating this hamstring injury.
On Sunday, the All-Star wing spoke to the media and gave an update on where he was at with his hamstring. “I think I came back maybe a little too early before because I was not myself,” Brown said. “And hamstrings are a little bit tricky, so we were just taking time to figure it out. The organization and the medical staff had good communication and we figured it out.”
As for when he will return to the court, Brown is set to be back in the rotation for the Celtics as they take on the Milwaukee Bucks on Monday night, but this is still a team that will be looking to make some moves ahead of the trade deadline.
LATEST NBA NEWS & TRADE RUMORS: Celtics Could End Up Trading Dennis Schroder For This Reason
Having multiple trade exceptions and draft assets to leverage, the Celtics could look to add quite a few talented players, but they could also look to trade Dennis Schroder. In the offseason, Boston signed Schroder to a one-year, $5.8M deal as a no-risk, potential high-reward move.
So far, this move has paid off, as Schroder ranks third on the team in scoring, second in assists, and third in three-point shooting percentage (min. 80 attempts). Due to him playing so well, maybe Boston will just keep him for this season and let him walk in free agency, but the mindset when they first signed him was to increase his value so they could trade him for more future value.
Maybe this is a move that they make after acquiring several other pieces ahead of this year’s deadline, but one team who could be interested in Dennis Schroder is the Dallas Mavericks.
LATEST NBA NEWS & TRADE RUMORS: Celtics Could End Up Trading Dennis Schroder For This Reason
Not only do they have a trade exception of their own to use that could be utilized to acquire Dennis Schroder from Boston, but the Mavericks are in search of more talent to put around Luka Doncic and Kristaps Porzingis.
Doncic is this team’s only facilitator/ball-handler, which is why going after Schroder could be something that interests the Mavericks. Could this be a trade we see happen in the near future since Dennis Schroder is trade eligible starting on December 15?
Let’s take a look at a trade scenario that sends Schroder to the Dallas Mavericks in return for some future value.
