The Celtics are turning away trade inquiries on Malcolm Brogdon, according to Steve Bulpett of Heavy.com. A source from a rival organization told Bulpett that his club wasn’t able to make any progress when it called Boston about Brogdon.
“They said he’s a valued member of their team, and that’s where it ended,” the team official said. “I don’t know if that changes down the line, but we didn’t get anywhere. And I’m pretty sure we aren’t the only team that got that response.”
Brogdon captured Sixth Man of the Year honors in his first season with the Celtics, but they were willing to consider sending him to the Clippers in an early version of the Kristaps Porzingis trade. L.A. pulled out of the deal because of medical concerns over Brogdon, who suffered a right elbow and forearm injury in the conference finals, so the Boston traded Marcus Smart to Memphis instead. With Smart gone, Celtics officials are less willing to part with another important part of their backcourt.
“They didn’t want to move him in the first place,” another source said to Bulpett. “They really like Malcolm. But they had to balance out their roster. They didn’t want to go into another season having to rely so heavily on (Robert) Williams and (Al) Horford. They had a bit of a logjam in the backcourt, and they really needed some insurance up front.”
There’s more from Boston:
- Williams is working to expand his offensive game this summer, and the Celtics want him to be more aggressive about seeking his own shots, according to Chris Forsberg of NBC Sports Boston. After missing 47 games last season, Williams is following a program designed by the team’s director of rehabilitation to give him a better chance at staying on the court.
- The Celtics are expected to resume contract talks next week with Jaylen Brown, who recently returned from an NBPA retreat in Spain, tweets Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe. President of basketball operations Brad Stevens expressed optimism about working out an extension with Brown, who is eligible for a five-year super-max contract worth an estimated $295MM, but negotiations have been on hold while Brown, a union vice president, was out of the country.
- Stevens faces an upcoming decision involving Justin Champagnie, who has a $50K guarantee on his contract if he remains on the roster through August 1, notes Brian Robb of MassLive. That guarantee increases to $350K on opening night, and Robb points out that either figure will cost the team much more due to luxury tax penalties.
Nice leak from Boston to try and mend fences.
Or it’s obvious they don’t want to trade 2/3 of their best point guards.
Does anyone actually believe this?
Why wouldn’t the Celtics want & need to retain Malcom Brogdon? And try to make him feel safe & extremely valued? Certainly he was great for us last year and hopefully his elbow will heal up well. He spoke so well and stood up for our team in everything he’s said & done.
Who I’m depressed about is Jaylen. I assume he will play for us at least this year under his contract but dragging out signing his incredible $40, $50 or $60 million contract whatever it is, is disloyal I believe to our team and us fans. I will certainly pull for him as a Celtic this year but have lost much respect for him. I know it”s his money and his future and his life but jeez I would think he should feel something more than he’s showing for his team & feel very lucky for himself when there is so much poverty and disruption for so many people in our country right now. Anyhow, Go Celtics!
“working out a extension” haha, what’s there to workout? Just give him the max. Jaylen is gone, after giving Porstinkus that overpaid contracts, Jaylen had enough of the Stevens games.
Please come back and say you were wrong when Jaylen signs for the most money every in NBA history.
Money talks…
Please tell me when has a NBA player rejected a Super Max offer?
Also who is going to sign him? The Magic?
more terrible analysis and pathetically unfunny insults two things that we can count on from you kurtis blows
As soon as JB signs that max contract, he should hire a full-time dribbling coach, nuff said.
Contracts like that usually results in players taking their foot off the gas pedal. The “I already have my money” attitude.
Or maybe even beforehand.
If I were Brown, I would try to cement my position to avoid the cut throat Celtic organizations behavior with it’s players. Yes, the organization has every right to deal players, but not after assuring them that they are good and that there aren’t any trade talks involving him and one week later trade that player. His name was Marcus Smart!
Trading Smart is Smart.