One NBA writer is proposing that the Phoenix Suns acquire Boston Celtics point guard Malcolm Brogdon this offseason.
Our own James Piercey of NBA Analysis Network proposed a three-team trade between the Suns, Celtics and Memphis Grizzlies.
Memphis could get center Deandre Ayton, Boston would get point guard Tyus Jones and big man Steven Adams and Phoenix would get Brogdon and a 2025 first-round pick.
Brogdon won the Sixth Man of the Year Award this season for Boston. He averaged 14.9 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 67 games while shooting 48.4% from the field, 44.4% from beyond the arc and 87.0% from the free-throw line.
NBA NEWS & TRADE RUMORS: Malcolm Brogdon, Phoenix Suns & Boston Celtics Updates
The 2016-17 Rookie of the Year with the Milwaukee Bucks, Brogdon signed a two-year, $85 million contract extension with the Indiana Pacers in October 2021. He’ll make $22.5 million next season and could start in place of future Hall of Famer Chris Paul in Phoenix since the Suns might waive, stretch or trade CP3.
The Suns, though, have to do quality due diligence on Brogdon, who may need surgery this offseason, according to Jared Weiss of The Athletic. The guard has a partial tear in the tendon coming out of his right elbow that leads into his forearm.
NBA NEWS & TRADE RUMORS: Malcolm Brogdon, Phoenix Suns & Boston Celtics Updates
“Malcolm Brogdon has been playing through a partial tear in the tendon coming out of his right elbow that leads into his forearm, team sources told The Athletic,” Weiss wrote. “Brogdon suffered the injury in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, according to the sources, who were granted anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the record. The Celtics guard was initially dealing with golfer’s elbow soreness during the second-round series against Philadelphia, but an MRI after Game 1 against the Heat determined he exacerbated the injury by tearing the tendon in boxing out Miami Heat big Kevin Love midway through the first quarter.
“He is expected to evaluate whether he will need surgery after the season, according to team sources.”
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