Celtics wing Jaylen Brown has undergone successful scapholunate reconstruction surgery, the team announced in a press release. Brown went under the knife on Wednesday, according to the Celtics.
Brown, who had already been ruled out for the rest of the 2020/21 season, is expected to resume basketball activities in about three months, the club added in its statement. The C’s intend to provide further updates on Brown’s recovery as appropriate, but it sounds like he should be ready to go for training camp in the fall.
Prior to tearing the scapholunate ligament in his wrist, Brown had his best season as a pro, averaging 24.7 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game in 58 contests (34.5 MPG). The 24-year-old put up career-best shooting marks of .484/.397/.764 and played strong perimeter defense, earning his first All-Star nod.
While Brown’s injury is a devastated blow to the Celtics’ chance of making a run in the playoffs, the good news for the team is that Brown is locked up for three additional seasons beyond 2020/21 on relatively team-friendly terms (less than the max). He won’t be eligible for free agency until 2024.
3.4 assists per game. Is there a surgery for that?
He’s not the primary ball handler in a motion offense… Go figure.
It’s called 24.7 pts a gm. Or 6 reb and 1st team defense. Or .484FG% , Or .397% 3PT. Take your pick lol.
The C’s be to make a choice Tatum or Brown then build around that player and the guy you get for the other player
If you could trade Brown + whatever else and Beal then you have something to build right now we have a bunch of kids with no leadership you can’t expect a guy like Walker who’s played for crappie team to be the leader
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I completely disagree…. Beal is the better scorer, but he’s also a few years older, the number one option for his team and hasn’t carried his team throughout his career. Brown has better shooting percentages, younger (obviously), a much better defender (not even close) and averaged almost 25 a game in his year 24 season, on a team friendly deal.
If you think “leadership” is the issue, then trading away a 24 yr old, unselfish all star or a 23 yr old all nba player (Tatum) is NOT the answer. Sign a couple of vets for that leadership…I honestly feel that they need good health and some more depth/less developmental players on their roster in order to be successful.
The only reason I put Beal here was because him and Tatum are good friends and grow up together and most of the games I’ve seen it feels like it’s Brown vs Tatum vs the team they are playing their not team players together when it’s one of them the realize they need the other players it just what I see in games