One NBA writer is proposing that the Washington Wizards trade for Boston Celtics point guard Malcolm Brogdon in a bold deal. Zach Buckley of Bleacher Report proposed the following trade idea between the Celtics and Wizards:
Boston Celtics receive: Tyus Jones and Ryan Rollins
Washington Wizards receive: Malcolm Brogdon and 2024 first-round pick (top-four protected, via GSW)
Brogdon’s relationship with the Celtics is reportedly in “peril,” according to NBA insider Gary Washburn of the Boston Globe. The Celtics traded Brogdon to the Los Angeles Clippers before his medical evaluation caused the Clippers to back out of the trade. Brogdon is angry at the Celtics for trying to trade him.
NBA NEWS & TRADE RUMORS: Malcolm Brogdon, Washington Wizards, Boston Celtics Updates
Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla said there was a “healing process” going on with Brogdon back in July. It appears the healing process isn’t going well.
“There is a healing process, there is a listening process and to see where we are at and where we have to get to,” Mazzulla said, via NBA reporter Jared Weiss of The Athletic. “We’ve had some conversations as an organization but at the same time, we understand that’s the situation that it was and as the healing process goes on, we will move forward as well as you can.”
Brogdon won the Sixth Man of the Year Award last season. He averaged 14.9 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 67 games for the Celtics while shooting 48.4% from the field, 44.4% from beyond the arc and 87.0% from the free-throw line.
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.
NBA NEWS & TRADE RUMORS: Malcolm Brogdon, Washington Wizards, Boston Celtics Updates
Brogdon has career NBA averages of 15.4 points, 4.2 rebounds and 4.6 assists with the Bucks, Pacers and Celtics. The Wizards could start Brogdon, Jordan Poole, Corey Kispert, Kyle Kuzma and Daniel Gafford if Washington’s front office figured out a way to acquire Brogdon from Boston.
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