<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celtics-news-malcolm-brogdon-declares-jayson-tatum-jaylen-brown-as-best-duo-in-nba');   ga('set', 'title', 'Malcolm Brogdon declares Celtics’ Jayson Tatum-Jaylen Brown as ‘best duo’ in NBA');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Celtics-news-Malcolm-Brogdon-declares-Jayson-Tatum-Jaylen-Brown-as-best-duo-in-NBA.jpg"></figure><h1>Malcolm Brogdon declares Celtics’ Jayson Tatum-Jaylen Brown as ‘best duo’ in NBA</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-22T20:50:52-08:00">November 22nd, 8:50pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-22T20:50:52-08:00">November 22nd, 8:50pm</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Jedd Pagaduan is a certified Clippers and Gunners fan, which means he's a very sports-traumatized individual. He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Boston Celtics, after suffering a gut-wrenching loss to the Atlanta Hawks in their NBA Cup group-stage opener, needed to be perfect from here on out to advance to the tournament’s quarterfinals. On Friday night, they handily took care of the hapless Washington Wizards, 108-96, as they <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-vs-wizards-predictions-odds-pick-for-nba-cup-2024">met a familiar face in former Celtics guard</a> Malcolm Brogdon.</p><p>It has been a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wizards-news-malcolm-brogdon-devastating-injury-update-before-2024-25-season">trying past one and a half seasons</a> for Brogdon after the Celtics traded him in the deal that netted them Jrue Holiday in return. He has been part of not just one, but two rebuilding teams in the Wizards and Portland Trail Blazers, and he hasn’t been quite as impactful on the court since winning the 2023 Sixth Man of the Year award.</p><p>Brogdon certainly recalls his time with the Celtics fondly; after all, he’s been keeping tabs on how they’ve been doing and he believes that the duo of Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown <a href="https://twitter.com/NoaDalzell/status/1860160202160636283" rel="noopener">has ascended</a> towards the top of the league’s totem pole.</p><p>“People have always criticized them over the years — they can’t play together, their games are too similar, they’ve heard it all. I think they’ve really come together and figured it out how to play well and mesh on the court on both ends. I think they’re great… they’re the best duo in the NBA right now,” Brogdon said, via Celtics on CLNS on X (formerly known as Twitter).</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">High praise from Malcolm Brogdon for the Jays: </p><p>“People have always criticized them over the years — they can’t play together, their games are too similar, they’ve heard it all. I think they’ve really come together and figured it out… they’re the best duo in the NBA right now.” <a href="https://t.co/JvM3MG3Gpq">https://t.co/JvM3MG3Gpq</a></p><p>— Noa Dalzell 🏀 (@NoaDalzell) <a href="https://twitter.com/NoaDalzell/status/1860160202160636283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Indeed, Tatum and Brown’s confidence have only skyrocketed since winning it all last season. They may have been <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-eye-popping-jayson-tatum-jaylen-brown-stat-proves-boston-duo-is-the-real-deal">setting scoring records for a duo</a> even before they led the Celtics to a title, but now, it is apparent in their body language that they think they’re the best — with the production to match their level of confidence in themselves.</p><h2><b>Jaylen Brown leads the way for the Celtics on Friday as Jayson Tatum takes a backseat</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Celtics-forward-Jayson-Tatum-0-celebrates-with-Celtics-guard-Jaylen-Brown.jpg"></figure><p>One of the most improved dynamics of the Jayson Tatum-Jaylen Brown duo is that they have learned when to let the other take over. There is no stepping on each other’s toes for this Celtics star partnership, and on Friday, it was Brown’s turn to seize the controls.</p><p>Brown had it going against the Wizards; he finished with 31 points, 11 rebounds, and five assists — with Tatum having to take a bit of a backseat amid his shooting struggles on the night (6-19 from the field, 0-10 from deep). The two have each other’s backs, and it has resulted in quite the recipe for success in Beantown.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Malcolm Brogdon declares Celtics’ Jayson Tatum-Jaylen Brown as ‘best duo’ in NBA

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/wizards-news-malcolm-brogdon-trade-revelation-rebuild');   ga('set', 'title', 'Wizards’ Malcolm Brogdon drops future trade revelation amid rebuild');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Wizards-news-Malcolm-Brogdon-drops-future-trade-revelation-amid-Washington-rebuild.jpg"></figure><h1>Wizards’ Malcolm Brogdon drops future trade revelation amid rebuild</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-02T15:22:57-07:00">October 2nd, 3:22pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-02T18:16:41-07:00">October 2nd, 6:16pm</time><address><a>Joshua Valdez</a>Joshua Valdez started his journalism career as the Sports Editor for the Rutgers University newspaper before becoming an associate editor and Washington Wizards/Mystics reporter for ClutchPoints. He is a diehard Yankees, Jets, Knicks, Rutgers, and Tottenham Hotspur fan. When Joshua is not either watching a game or writing about one, you can find him in an art-house movie theater or working on a screenplay.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>While the Washington <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wizards-2024-nba-draft-grades-every-pick">Wizards drafted three rookies</a> over the summer, they also brought in veterans to help guide the young bucks. One of them is 31-year-old guard Malcolm Brogdon, who they got from the Portland Trail Blazers in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grading-blazers-trade-malcolm-brogdon-wizards-deni-avdija">Deni Avdija trade</a>.</p><p>Brogdon <a href="https://twitter.com/joshvaldez100/status/1840815184358576524" rel="noopener">likes what he sees</a> so far in Washington.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Malcom Brogdon admits that he may not be around for the end of the Wizards’ rebuild, but he’s committed to building a winning culture while he’s here <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wizards?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#wizards</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/dc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#dc</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nbamediaday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nbamediaday</a> <a href="https://t.co/7KzjlKxTNW">pic.twitter.com/7KzjlKxTNW</a></p><p>— Joshua Valdez (@joshvaldez100) <a href="https://twitter.com/joshvaldez100/status/1840815184358576524?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 30, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“It’s been good signs here of them trying to build culture the right way. That’s the first thing they said to me, ‘We wanna build culture the right way here, you’re a culture guy, we brought you in here to help us do that.’ In my mind, I’m thinking “Alright, I wanna see you guys do your part,’ and they are, they’re doing their part,” Brogdon said. “And that might not be a 50-win, 60-win season right now, you know.”</p><p>Brogdon praised the organization for investing in player development. However, the 2016 second-round pick admitted that he may not be with the Wizards long-term.</p><p>“That’s something they’re trying to get to pay off, this is a long-term process. That’s three, four, five years down the road, we want the habits we’re building today and the money we’re spending today to pay off at that point,” he continued. “I might not even be here to see it but my job is to make sure we’re taking steps this year to plant those seeds.”</p><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-malcolm-brogdon-wins-sixth-man-of-the-year-award">2023 NBA Sixth Man of the Year</a> is in the last year of his contract, so he could get traded in-season or walk to a playoff contender in free agency. However, he’ll enjoy his time in the nation’s capital for as long as he can.</p><h2><b>Malcolm Brogdon always wanted to play with the Wizards</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Wizards-Malcolm-Brogdon.jpg"><figcaption>© Geoff Burke-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Players don’t always get traded to places they have built-in connections to. Brogdon, <a href="https://twitter.com/chasedcsports/status/1840919100941615536" rel="noopener">though, got lucky,</a> via Monumental Sports Network’s Chase Hughes.</p><p>“I feel like I’m coming back home. I’ve always had extended family in DC that I visited growing up, ended up coming to school here, an hour and a half down the road,” he said. “My wife is from Northern Virginia, so man, this is like a full-circle moment for me to be able to play for the Wizards. It’s a team I’ve always wanted to put the jersey on for. I’m super excited to be here.”</p><p>Brogdon had a prolific career on the Virginia Cavaliers from 2011-16. The two-time ACC Defensive Player of the Year earned numerous honors, including ACC Player of the Year (2016), consensus first-team All-American (2016), Naismith award finalist (2016), and three first-team All-ACC selections. The university retired his No. 15 jersey on February 20, 2017.</p><p>With the DMV area playing such an important role in Brogdon’s life, it makes sense why he’s invested in helping a young team in the early stages of a rebuild. However, the 6-foot-4, 229-pounder is still just as valuable on the court as he is in the locker room.</p><p>Brogdon instantly upgrades Washington’s perimeter defense and shooting, as he’s only a year removed from shooting a career-high 44.4% from deep on the Boston Celtics. Players like Bilal Coulibaly, Alex Sarr, Bub Carrington, and Kyshawn George will all benefit from playing with a reliable “three and D” veteran.</p><p>Whether Brogdon stays for half the season, the whole season, or even re-signs, he has the chance to pay it forward to a city he has a soft spot for.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Wizards’ Malcolm Brogdon drops future trade revelation amid rebuild

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/grading-blazers-trade-malcolm-brogdon-wizards-deni-avdija');   ga('set', 'title', 'Grading Blazers’ trade of Malcolm Brogdon to Wizards for Deni Avdija');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Grading-Blazers-trade-of-Malcolm-Brogdon-to-Wizards-for-Deni-Avdija.jpg"></figure><h1>Grading Blazers’ trade of Malcolm Brogdon to Wizards for Deni Avdija</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-06-26T19:58:59-07:00">June 26th, 7:58pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-06-26T19:58:59-07:00">June 26th, 7:58pm</time><address><a>Peter Sampson</a>Peter Sampson is ClutchPoints' Portland Trail Blazers reporter and also serves as an Associate Editor. He has been covering all things sports (with a focus on the Blazers) for more than a decade, most recently hosting "The Pulse with Peter Sampson" in Afternoon Drive for 750 The Game. Prior to that, he hosted an NBA wrap-up show that aired immediately at the conclusion of every Trail Blazers game. Peter had previous stops at Blazer's Edge and XRAY.FM - where his show "Blazer's Edge Radio" was named "Portland's Best Sports Radio" in the 2017 Willamette Week reader's poll. When he's not telling the stories of your favorite sports team, Peter can be found recording the next garage rock classic in his basement studio, whipping up an authentic Italian meal in the kitchen, or trying to figure out the appeal of Minecraft with his 9-year-old son in the living room.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Just hours ahead of the 2024 NBA Draft, the Portland Trail Blazers <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blazers-trade-key-vet-and-lottery-pick-to-wizards-ahead-of-nba-draft">traded a piece</a> that many expected to be dealt this offseason, sending veteran guard Malcolm Brogdon along with the 14th pick in Wednesday’s draft to the Washington Wizards for forward Deni Avdija.</p><p>The Blazers also sent the second most favorable of their three 2029 first-round picks along with two second-round picks as part of the deal as well.</p><p>Brogdon, a former Rookie of the Year and Sixth Man of the Year award winner, didn’t have a place on a Blazers squad that is looking to rebuild with young pieces. With Scoot Henderson and Shaedon Sharpe needing to play development minutes and Anfernee Simons the best scorer on the team, Brogdon was the odd man out.</p><p>With Brogdon off to Washington, the Blazers land an emerging small forward in Deni Avdija. The no. 9 pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, the 23-year-old Avdija had a breakout season last year for the Wizards. He put up 14.7 points and 7.2 rebounds a night in 75 games played.</p><p>The Blazers sincerely needed an upgrade on the wing and have found it – to a degree – with Avdija, who is a solid defender, rebounder, and passer that can assist with help-side playmaking. Avdija has also begun to show a legitimate 3-point stroke last season. The career 32 percent 3-point shooter shot better than 37 percent from the arc in 2023-24.</p><p>The Blazers are clearly banking on Avdija’s upside at a position of need. He’s an affordable long-term option that is locked up through 2028 on a declining 4-year/$55 million deal. That price, and the fact that he has already demonstrated in his age-23 season greater contribution than they’re likely to get from the no. 14 pick on Wednesday, makes the trade a worthwhile swing for the Blazers.</p><p>While trading a player of Brogdon’s caliber along with a pair of first rounders and a pair of second rounders seems like a steep price – and it is – if Avdija takes another step this season like he did last year, Portland has found their wing of the future.</p><h2><b>Blazers’ trade of Brogdon the first domino to fall?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Jerami-Grant.jpg"><figcaption>© Jaime Valdez-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>The move also makes financial sense for the Blazers as they’ll gain some much-needed flexibility. Portland went into the offseason over the $178.7 million first apron, making it difficult to make any moves. They are now $4.2 million below the luxury tax by moving off Malcolm Brogdon’s $22.5 million and the no. 14 overall pick.</p><p>Perhaps the reason Portland was willing to give up so much in the deal was in fact this financial flexibility. This makes it much easier to trade Jerami Grant this offseason. With the cap increasing, and one less year remaining on it, Grant’s contract looks a lot more palatable to teams in need of some offensive firepower that may already have their 1a and 1b players. Perhaps when the Los Angeles Lakers strike out on adding an All-Star to LeBron James and Anthony Davis, the Blazers can send them Grant in exchange for pieces and future picks that will backfill what was lost in the Brogdon deal? Just something to think about.</p><p>The Blazers were a poor team last season. With a potentially historic 2025 draft coming up, they have little incentive to improve this year. So why did they add Avdija? It makes sense if other moves to remove some vets from the roster are coming down the line. Once that happens, and Portland adds a (hopefully) top end 2025 pick, the makings of a young core will be in place with Shaedon Sharpe, Scoot Henderson, Donovan Clingan, next-year’s pick that could be Cooper Flagg, and Avdija.</p><p>That’s worth an extra first rounder in a year where you will be drafting three times in the first round.</p><p><b>Final trade grade: B</b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grading Blazers’ trade of Malcolm Brogdon to Wizards for Deni Avdija

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Prior to that, he hosted an NBA wrap-up show that aired immediately at the conclusion of every Trail Blazers game. Peter had previous stops at Blazer's Edge and XRAY.FM - where his show "Blazer's Edge Radio" was named "Portland's Best Sports Radio" in the 2017 Willamette Week reader's poll. When he's not telling the stories of your favorite sports team, Peter can be found recording the next garage rock classic in his basement studio, whipping up an authentic Italian meal in the kitchen, or trying to figure out the appeal of Minecraft with his 9-year-old son in the living room.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Portland Trail Blazers <a href="https://www.nba.com/blazers/news/malcolm-brogdon-medical-update" rel="noopener">announced on Monday</a> that guard Malcolm Brogdon has been re-evaluated for his elbow tendonitis and is making good progress in his recovery.</p><p>The Blazers also said that Brogdon will continue to ramp up with an anticipated return to action without giving a specified timeline for his return.</p><p>On Feb. 12, the Blazers announced that Brogdon had <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blazers-news-portland-malcolm-brogdon-injury-update" rel="noopener">received treatment</a> for tendinitis in his right elbow and would be reevaluated in two weeks. A source close to the team says that Brogdon received platelet rich plasma therapy.</p><p>Brogdon last played for the Blazers on Feb. 2 in Portland’s loss to the Denver Nuggets. He was ruled out of the team’s next game with a right knee contusion, missed Portland’s next two home games due to an unspecified illness, and now is out due to the elbow issues.</p><p>The Blazers could use his leadership on the court. Currently mired in an eight-game losing streak, Portland is 15-24 when Brogdon plays, and a staggering 0-17 when the veteran guard is out. Having Brogdon as a veteran presence on the floor has proved beneficial for a young Blazers team that is in the early stages of a rebuild. He has proved especially effective as a mentor for rookie guard Scoot Henderson, playing a key role in the youngster’s development throughout the season.</p><p>Amid the backcourt injuries, the Blazers traded for Dalano Banton and signed Ahston Hagans off of their G League squad Rip City remix.</p><p>On the season, Brogdon is averaging 15.7 points and 5.5 assists for Portland this season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blazers’ Malcolm Brogdon ‘making good progress’ in injury recovery, but return still unclear

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/blazers-news-portland-malcolm-brogdon-injury-update');   ga('set', 'title', 'Blazers announce key Malcolm Brogdon injury update');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Portland_announces_key_Malcolm_Brogdon_injury_update.webp"></figure><h1>Blazers announce key Malcolm Brogdon injury update</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-02-12T11:10:59-08:00">February 12th, 11:10am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-02-12T11:10:59-08:00">February 12th, 11:10am</time><address><a>Peter Sampson</a>Peter Sampson has been covering all things sports (with a focus on the Portland Trail Blazers) for more than a decade, most recently hosting "The Pulse with Peter Sampson" in Afternoon Drive for 750 The Game. Prior to that, he hosted an NBA wrap-up show that aired immediately at the conclusion of every Trail Blazers game. Peter had previous stops at Blazer's Edge and XRAY.FM - where his show "Blazer's Edge Radio" was named "Portland's Best Sports Radio" in the 2017 Willamette Week reader's poll. When he's not telling the stories of your favorite sports team, Peter can be found recording the next garage rock classic in his basement studio, whipping up an authentic Italian meal in the kitchen, or trying to figure out the appeal of Minecraft with his 9-year-old son in the living room.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Portland Trail Blazers announced that guard Malcolm Brogdon has <a href="https://x.com/trailblazers/status/1756785450260513138?s=20" rel="noopener">received treatment for tendinitis</a> in his right elbow and will be reevaluated in two weeks.</p><p>Brogdon last played for the Blazers on Feb. 2 in Portland’s loss to the Denver Nuggets. He was ruled out of the team’s next game with a right knee contusion, missed Portland’s last two home games due to an unspecified illness, and now is out due to the elbow issues.</p><p>The Blazers are dealing with multiple injuries to their backcourt rotation in addition to Brogdon. Rookie guard Scoot Henderson has missed the last two games with a foot sprain. Anfernee Simons missed Portland’s loss to the Pelicans after spraining his ankle in the team’s overtime loss to the Detroit Pistons, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blazers-news-shaedon-sharpe-surgery-timeline-revealed" rel="noopener">Shaedon Sharpe had surgery</a> to correct an abdominal issue last week that will see him miss at least six more weeks.</p><p>Fortunately for Brogdon and the Blazers, the news of his injury and treatment comes right as the NBA prepares to enter the All-Star break. After this week’s two games at home against Minnesota on Tuesday and Thursday, the Blazer don’t have another game until the following Friday at home against the Nuggets.</p><p>With all of the backcourt injuries, the Blazers signed Ashton Hagans of the G-League Rip City Remix to a 10-day contract last week. He played heavy crunch time minutes on Thursday and started Saturday’s game with Simons out.</p><p>Dalano Banton, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blazers-news-portland-officially-announces-new-acquisition-celtics-trade" rel="noopener">acquired from the Boston Celtics</a> at the trade deadline, played significant point guard minutes for the Blazers on Saturday.</p><p>On the season, Brogdon is averaging 15.7 points and 5.5 assists for the Blazers this season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blazers announce key Malcolm Brogdon injury update

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-76ers-interested-in-malcolm-brogdon-but-theres-a-problem');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: 76ers interested in Malcolm Brogdon, but there’s a problem');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/NBA_rumors_76ers_interested_in_Malcolm_Brogdon_but_there_s_a_problem.webp"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: 76ers interested in Malcolm Brogdon, but there’s a problem</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-02-07T19:50:39-08:00">February 7th, 7:50pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-02-07T19:50:39-08:00">February 7th, 7:50pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Philadelphia 76ers could be a potential Malcolm Brogdon <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-blazers-true-stance-on-jerami-grant-malcolm-brogdon-trades" rel="noopener">destination</a> ahead of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-76ers-andre-drummond-trade-interest-amid-joel-embiid-injury" rel="noopener">Thursday’s NBA trade deadline</a>. The Portland Trail Blazers guard’s name has come up in trade rumors after Philadelphia tried to <a href="https://allphly.com/nba-trade-rumors-malcolm-brogdon-sixers-bogdan-bogdanovic/" rel="noopener">kick the tires on a potential swap</a> with the Blazers to acquire the former NBA Rookie of the Year winner, per Kyle Neubeck of AllPhlly.com.</p><p>“Add another name to the Philadelphia rumor mill — the Sixers made inquiries about Portland’s Malcolm Brogdon, sources told PHLY, in the hope of adding the versatile veteran guard to their rotation. As of now, however, Brogdon appears to be staying in Portland, with the Blazers content to hold onto Brogdon unless they are bowled over with an offer.”</p><p>Brogdon would be quite an addition to the 76ers if such a trade pushed through. On the season, the former Virginia Cavaliers star is averaging 15.7 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 5.5 assists per game, while shooting 41.2 percent from behind the arc. However, the 76ers will need to further impress the Blazers if the latter are to cough up the 2022-23 NBA Sixth Man of the Year winner via a trade.</p><p>Brogdon has one more year left on his current deal which is set to expire by the end of the 2024-25 NBA season. Before he arrived in Portland, he played for the Boston Celtics for just a season. While his stint with the Celtics was short, Brogdon was a tremendous impact player off the bench for Boston. In Portland, Brodgon has gone back to playing as a starter, though, he’s still used at times off the bench by the Blazers.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: 76ers interested in Malcolm Brogdon, but there’s a problem

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He has covered everything from Major League Baseball to the NFL, UFC, and College Football.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Portland Trail Blazers are weighing their options heading down the stretch of the 2024 NBA trade deadline and two key names have been discussed.</p><p>The Blazers’ roster is getting a little bit thin lately with Shaedon Sharpe <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blazers-news-portland-guard-shaedon-sharpe-undergo-surgery" rel="noopener">scheduled to undergo surgery</a>. Another recent rumor mill update stated that volume scoring guard Malcolm <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-malcolm-brogdon-prefers-remain-blazers-trade-deadline" rel="noopener">Brogdon prefers to remain</a> with Coach Chauncey Billups’ team.</p><p>Now that the trade deadline is just two days away, the rumor mill is running wild with possibilities for Portland’s potential upcoming moves.</p><h2><b>Grant, Brogdon Trade Deadline Rumors </b></h2><p>Last season’s deadline day saw a flurry of activity as noted by Keith Smith on Twitter.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Related to it feeling like a slow NBA trade deadline week, here's what happened last year:</p><p>-1 trade on Monday (Kyrie trade)<br>-2 trades on Tuesday (two small deals)<br>-0 trades on Wednesday<br>-12 trades on Thursday (deadline day)</p><p>The KD trade news broke overnight on Wednesday into…</p><p>— Keith Smith (@KeithSmithNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/KeithSmithNBA/status/1754954348751204787?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 6, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>On the Blazers front, an update from NBA Reporter Jake Fischer stated that Jerami Grant appears to be “off the trade block.”</p><p>“Portland continues to indicate the Blazers are more interested in keeping Grant and guard Malcolm Brogdon,” Fischer reported according to ‘sources.’</p><p>Fischer added the caveat that <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/andrew-wiggins-appears-to-be-warriors-biggest-trade-chip-but-a-deal-remains-a-challenge-225816934.html" rel="noopener">this stance is conditional</a> on the Blazers only receiving an offer consisting of a “veteran that doesn’t blow them away” in return.</p><h2><b>Blazers’ Big Test in Twin Cities </b></h2><p>Coach Billups, Anfernee Simons, Scoot Henderson and the Blazers were scheduled to take on Anthony Edwards, Rudy Gobert and the Minnesota Timberwolves in Minneapolis on Tuesday night at 10 p.m., a chance for the team’s young guns to face off with one of the league’s rising contenders.</p><p>Simons has been on a tear lately scoring the basketball but the Blazers have just 15 wins on the season compared to 35 for the T’Wolves.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Blazers’ true stance on Jerami Grant, Malcolm Brogdon trades

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/grading-knicks-hypothetical-trade-blazers-malcolm-brogdon');   ga('set', 'title', 'Grading Knicks’ hypothetical trade for Blazers’ Malcolm Brogdon');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/grading-knicks-hypothetical-trade-for-blazers-malcolm-brogdon.webp"></figure><h1>Grading Knicks’ hypothetical trade for Blazers’ Malcolm Brogdon</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-02-06T05:49:44-08:00">February 6th, 5:49am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-02-06T05:49:44-08:00">February 6th, 5:49am</time><address><a>David Rooney</a>David Rooney is a former betting and fantasy football writer at ClutchPoints, primarily covering the NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The New York Knicks are 32-18, and currently in fourth place in the Eastern Conference. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-knicks-interest-pj-washington-bruce-brown-jr-trade-deadline" rel="noopener">Knicks have a legitimate chance</a> to make it to the NBA Finals and they should be going all-in this season. They already made one major move in trading for OG Anunoby, and another deal could put New York in a great spot to contend for a championship.</p><p>The Portland Trail Blazers, meanwhile, are in the middle of a rebuild. They have three core players in Anfernee Simons, Scoot Henderson and Shaedon Sharpe. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-malcolm-brogdon-prefers-remain-blazers-trade-deadline" rel="noopener">Blazers need to build around</a> that trio, meaning Portland’s other valuable players are better used trade chips to acquire future assets. This contrast makes the Knicks and Blazers ideal trade partners.</p><p>A hypothetical Brogdan trade between New York and Portland <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/insider/insider/story/_/id/39408945/2024-nba-trade-deadline-six-big-trades-want-see-lakers-hawks-nets-knicks-76ers" rel="noopener">was recently proposed</a> by ESPN’s  Chris Herring. Let’s break down the deal and give each team a grade.</p><h2><b>Knicks get: </b></h2><p><i><b>Malcolm Brogdon</b></i></p><h2><b>Trail Blazers get: </b></h2><p><i><b>Evan Fournier, 2024 first round pick and 2025 second round pick</b></i></p><p>In this deal, the Knicks acquire a versatile two-way player who can contribute in many ways in exchange for a seldom-used bench piece and future draft picks.</p><p>Malcolm Brogdon can play a supporting role in the starting rotation, and he could just as easily lead the team’s second unit. This by itself makes Brogdon incredibly valuable, because while a strong starting rotation is important, it is equally vital to make sure that your bench players do not blow the game when the starters need to rest.</p><p>Brogdon is capable of playing on and off the ball. He is a strong cutter and three-point shooter who would fit in well in New York while playing off of Jalen Brunson’s creation ability.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Trail Blazers get Evan Fournier and two draft picks. Fournier is a useful player but he won’t get Portland back into playoff contention by himself. Rather, this is about helping the Blazers accelerate their rebuild.</p><h2><b>Knicks still need more firepower after adding OG Anunoby</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/OG_Anunoby_s_honest_take_on_looming_Raptors_game_sums_up_human_aspect_of_trades.webp"></figure><p>The Knicks recently traded for two-way star OG Anunoby, who was previously with the Toronto Raptors. Anunoby brings a strong defensive presence to the Knicks, along with scoring capabilities.</p><p>However, Anunoby is best suited as a tertiary scoring option. He is capable of creating for himself, but is at his best when he is playing off of somebody else.</p><p>Anunoby’s handles are adequate, but he can sometimes struggle to get by defenders in isolation, and he is prone to turning the ball over.</p><p>When Anunoby has other playmakers to initiate the offense, he is lethal. When his teammates can get a defense off balance, Anunoby can leverage his top-tier athleticism and instincts to take advantage of the opportunity and make the defense pay.</p><p>While the Knicks have one elite creator in Jalen Brunson who can make plays for himself and others, Brunson is the only true perimeter creator. Brogdon would bring ball-handling skills to serve as a secondary initiator, efficient scoring and additional defense.</p><h2><b>Portland can flip Fournier for additional assets</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/NBA_rumors_Malcolm_Brogdon_prefers_to_remain_with_Blazers_at_trade_deadline.webp"></figure><p>Evan Fournier will be an unrestricted free agent in 2025. This will give Fournier some value to the Blazers as a future trade asset. At next year’s trade deadline, the Blazers should be able to flip Fournier to a team looking to clear up cap space by acquiring an expiring contract in exchange for a player with a contract the team wishes to move, along with one or multiple draft picks as compensation.</p><p>The first round pick Portland will acquire from the Knicks is likely to fall in the late teens to the mid-twenties, but this will still be valuable to Portland. The 2024 draft class isn’t particularly top-heavy and doesn’t have a consensus top player. However, there is depth, and some good players are likely to fall in the draft.</p><p>Depending on where New York’s pick falls, Portland can package that selection with their own to move up a few slots in the order. Or, they can use it to add two young, cost-controlled players to complement their emerging core.</p><p>This would be an opportunity for the Blazers to draft a wing such as Zaccharie Risacher with their own pick, and then add a big man with New York’s pick such as Kel’el Ware or even potentially Donovan Clingan. This deal would give the Blazers three first round picks, as they also have a pick from Golden State that is top-four protected.</p><h2><b>Blazers get enviable flexibility, but could get more for Brogdon</b></h2><p>This deal by itself would give the Blazers incredible flexibility, with the opportunity to draft three potential contributors or to package their picks and move up for a player that Portland’s front office really likes.</p><p>Brogdon is a good player, and Portland may be able to find a better deal. They would be wise to try and get at least another second round pick out of the Knicks in this deal, but they could do a lot worse than the added draft flexibility they will get from this deal.</p><p><i><b>Portland Trail Blazers Grade: B+</b></i></p><h2><b>The Knicks get an excellent fit for a reasonable cost</b></h2><p>The Knicks will be adding an efficient player who addresses their most pressing needs. They will only lose a projected late first round pick, a second round pick and a player on the end of their bench. If the Blazers were to make this offer, the Knicks should sprint to answer the phone.</p><p><i><b>New York Knicks Grade: A</b></i></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Grading Knicks’ hypothetical trade for Blazers’ Malcolm Brogdon

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Prior to that, he hosted an NBA wrap-up show that aired immediately at the conclusion of every Trail Blazers game. Peter had previous stops at Blazer's Edge and XRAY.FM - where his show "Blazer's Edge Radio" was named "Portland's Best Sports Radio" in the 2017 Willamette Week reader's poll. When he's not telling the stories of your favorite sports team, Peter can be found recording the next garage rock classic in his basement studio, whipping up an authentic Italian meal in the kitchen, or trying to figure out the appeal of Minecraft with his 9-year-old son in the living room.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The NBA trade deadline is less than 72 hours away, and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-rockets-lakers-knicks-malcolm-brogdon-trade-suitors" rel="noopener">multiple teams</a>, including the New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers, and Houston Rockets, have been linked to Portland Trail Blazers guard Malcolm Brogdon.</p><p>But Brogdon, the reigning NBA Sixth Man of the Year, has reportedly been <a href="https://marcstein.substack.com/p/mondays-latest-from-nba-trade-season?utm_campaign=email-post&amp;r=39f60&amp;utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email" rel="noopener">lobbying to stay</a> with the Blazers, according to NBA insider Marc Stein:</p><p>“Malcolm Brogdon has been openly lobbying the Trail Blazers to keep him beyond Thursday’s trade deadline.</p><p>Long considered one of this season’s Most Likely To Be Traded players after landing in Portland before the season started when Boston acquired Jrue Holiday from the Blazers, Brogdon recently told <i>The Athletic</i>‘s Jason Quick that he was rooting against a deal.</p><p>“I’m happy here,” Brogdon told Quick. “I’m valued here. … And I can’t complain with that. I’m happy in Portland.’’</p><p>There have been some recent rumblings that Brogdon, with one season left on his current contract after this one at $22.5 million, has been hopeful that the Blazers would entertain contract extension talks. Portland’s willingness to go that far is rather hard to picture given the understandable focus on its array of young guards — most notably Anfernee Simons and rookie Scoot Henderson — but the prospect of a longer stay than anticipated in the Pacific Northwest for the 31-year-old has gained credence.”</p><p>There is a case to be made that having Brogdon on the Blazers through at least the rest of this season would be beneficial for Henderson. Brogdon has done well in a mentorship role with the no. 3 overall pick. But given Brogdon’s relative health this season, the fact that he has another year left on his contract, and the glut of young guards deserving minutes, Portland will have to take a long <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/players-blazers-must-move-2024-nba-trade-deadline" rel="noopener">look at any incoming offers</a> involving a first-round pick.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Malcolm Brogdon prefers to remain with Blazers at trade deadline

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/malcolm-brogdon-reveals-true-feelings-about-tenure-with-celtics-i-didnt-feel-very-valued');   ga('set', 'title', 'Malcolm Brogdon reveals true feelings about tenure with Celtics—’I didn’t feel very valued’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/celtics-news-malcolm-brogdon-reveals-true-feelings-about-tenure-in-boston-i-didnt-feel-very-valued.webp"></figure><h1>Malcolm Brogdon reveals true feelings about tenure with Celtics—’I didn’t feel very valued’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-31T08:39:37-08:00">January 31st, 8:39am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-31T08:39:37-08:00">January 31st, 8:39am</time><address><a>Daniel Donabedian</a>Daniel Donabedian is a beat reporter for ClutchPoints covering the Boston Celtics. He's also covered Villanova men's basketball and Big East basketball, building a strong reputation in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Veteran guard Malcolm Brogdon was only with the Boston Celtics for one season, but it was a productive one. The 31-year-old became the first Celtic to win <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-malcolm-brogdon-wins-sixth-man-of-the-year-award">Sixth Man of the Year</a> since 1986 and helped Boston make it all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals.</p><p>Despite this success during the 2022-23 campaign, Boston’s front office decided to part ways with the former Rookie of the Year. The Celtics attempted to move him to the Los Angeles Clippers in a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/clippers-news-malcolm-brogdon-prepared-to-be-a-clipper-twice-this-summer">shocking three-team trade</a> last June, but the deal fell through in the final hours. Brogdon’s uncertain health, which has been a nagging issue throughout his career, ultimately blew the trade up.</p><p>Once that failed trade happened, Brogdon’s relationship with the organization <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hes-pissed-malcolm-brogdon-reportedly-still-angry-with-the-celtics-after-near-trade">was fractured</a>. Although there were rumblings that Brogdon might overcome any <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rumor-the-joe-mazzulla-reason-the-celtics-relationship-with-malcom-brogdon-got-worse">potential bad blood</a>, he was successfully traded just before training camp to the Portland Trail Blazers.</p><h2><b>Malcolm Brogdon is enjoying his time in Portland</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/celtics-news-malcolm-brogdon-reveals-true-feelings-about-tenure-in-boston-i-didnt-feel-very-valued-1.webp"></figure><p>Even though the Blazers are out of the playoff picture, Brogdon has enjoyed <a href="https://theathletic.com/5239168/2024/01/30/malcolm-brogdon-trade-blazers-rumor/?source=emp_shared_article">his time in Oregon</a> in comparison to his stint in Beantown, per Jason Quick of <i>The Athletic</i>.</p><p>“When I was first traded, I viewed it as an opportunity,” Brogdon said of his arrival in Portland. “I was excited to go from a place where I wasn’t as valued, and go to a place where I am very valued.”</p><p>On the Blazers, Brogdon has dealt with some lingering injury issues. However, he’s still managed to average 15.9 points and 5.5 assists per outing through 37 games.</p><p>“I was [in Boston] for a year, won Sixth Man of the Year, and they shipped me out. So like … I didn’t feel very valued there,” Brogdon added. “[In Portland], I feel valued. Portland has embraced me. And I’ve enjoyed being coached by Chauncey [Billups].”</p><p>Things didn’t quite work out with Brogdon for the Celtics, but they’ve benefitted from trading him so far. In exchange for the former Virginia Cavalier, as well as <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-blazers-robert-williams-iii-drawing-trade-attention-amid-season-ending-injury">center Robert Williams III</a> and a couple of first-round draft picks, the Celtics received two-time All-Star Jrue Holiday. The 2022 NBA champion has provided the C’s with great, two-way guard play and a strong veteran presence.</p><p>The new-look Celtics are an NBA best 37-11 and in first place in the Eastern Conference, so they’re probably willing to let bygones be bygones with Brogdon. Regardless of their feelings towards one another, Brogdon and his former team will have a reunion of sorts when the Celtics face the Trail Blazers on March 11th.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Malcolm Brogdon reveals true feelings about tenure with Celtics—’I didn’t feel very valued’

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Prior to that, he hosted an NBA wrap-up show that aired immediately at the conclusion of every Trail Blazers game. Peter had previous stops at Blazer's Edge and XRAY.FM - where his show "Blazer's Edge Radio" was named "Portland's Best Sports Radio" in the 2017 Willamette Week reader's poll. When he's not telling the stories of your favorite sports team, Peter can be found recording the next garage rock classic in his basement studio, whipping up an authentic Italian meal in the kitchen, or trying to figure out the appeal of Minecraft with his 9-year-old son in the living room.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Portland Trail Blazers are set to take on the Philadelphia 76ers at home on Monday night, but they may be without the services of one of their key players.</p><p>Blazers guard Malcolm Brogdon is <a href="https://x.com/TrailBlazersPR/status/1752070458206523548?s=20" rel="noopener">questionable with a right-knee contusion</a>, the same injury that forced him to miss last Friday’s loss against the San Antonio Spurs.</p><p>Brogdon was questionable for the Blazers on Sunday night in the team’s loss to the Chicago Bulls. Brogdon played 38 minutes, but he struggled from the floor. Brogdon shot 4-13 and only 1-6 from the 3-point line on his way to 16 points, six rebounds, and six assists.</p><p>If he’s unable to go, it’s likely that rookie Scoot Henderson would the get the start for the Blazers alongside Anfernee Simons in the backcourt.</p><p>On Sunday night, Blazers coach Chauncey Billups <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/blazers-news-portland-effort-more-deandre-ayton" rel="noopener">commended Brogdon</a> as one of the players who had been making a concerted effort to find Deandre Ayton and get him more involved in the offense:</p><p>“You know, I think Ant [Simons], and Malcolm [Brogdon], and Scoot [Henderson] and those guys have made a real effort to make sure to get him the ball in that pocket. Or he can roll behind the defense and throwing it up for him. Just made a real concerted effort. You know, we’ve got to try and get more out of D.A. And we’ve been doing that. He’s been great for us. Now we’ve got to just make sure we don’t forget about everything else we’ve been doing, you know?”</p><p>On the season, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/biggest-need-blazers-must-address-at-2024-nba-trade-deadline" rel="noopener">Brogdon is averaging</a> 15.7 points and 5.4 assists in just over 28 minutes per game for the Blazers.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Blazers’ Malcolm Brogdon still dealing with knee injury ahead of 76ers clash

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/rockets-must-pursue-malcolm-brogdon-trade-adding-robert-williams-iii-too-risky');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rockets must pursue Malcolm Brogdon trade, but adding Robert Williams III is too risky');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Rockets_must_pursue_Malcolm_Brogdon_trade_but_adding_Robert_Williams_III_is_too_risky.webp"></figure><h1>Rockets must pursue Malcolm Brogdon trade, but adding Robert Williams III is too risky</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-26T21:37:13-08:00">January 26th, 9:37pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-26T21:42:29-08:00">January 26th, 9:42pm</time><address><a>Jeremy Gretzer</a>Jeremy Gretzer joins ClutchPoints with a unique blend of experience in both the performing arts and sports journalism. A Houston native, Jeremy is happy to receive the opportunity as a beat reporter for ClutchPoints covering the Rockets. During his tenure at Back Sports Page, he honed his skills in sports writing, social media, and reporting, gaining valuable experience and having the opportunity to interact with notable figures from the NBA during media day, various charity, and pro camps events. His approach is analytical yet accessible, ensuring dedicated fans and casual readers alike can appreciate his insights.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Houston Rockets desperately need bench depth in order to make a successful postseason push. Two games under .500 and a game underneath the 10th seed in the Western Conference, moves need to be made for the Rockets, as they have been 5-8 in the month of January.</p><p>Since an ugly loss to the Portland Trailblazers on Wednesday, news <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/how-the-rockets-can-utilize-victor-oladipos-9-4-million-contract" rel="noopener">has been circling</a> around the Rockets regarding Blazers veteran Malcolm Brogdon. Other teams such as the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks could also be <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-rockets-lakers-knicks-malcolm-brogdon-trade-suitors" rel="noopener">possible suitors</a> for the reigning Sixth Man of the Year.</p><p>In addition to Brogdon, Houston has also considered adding Robert Williams III to the trade package in order to fill the gaping hole that is the team’s lack of center depth. Here is why adding Williams to the package might be bad for Houston.</p><h2><b>Analyzing Malcolm Brogdon, Robert Williams III’s fit with Rockets</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Blazers-news-Portland_s-Damian-Lillard-trade-haul-after-dealing-Jrue-Holiday-to-Celtics.jpg"></figure><p>On paper, the Rockets bringing in Brogdon and Williams is a match made in heaven. Why not kill two birds with one stone? For starters, both are familiar with the Boston Celtics coaching staff and front office. Brogdon, in particular, is a perfect backup combo guard to complement any team. In 35 games, Brogdon is averaging 15.7 points and 5.3 assists including a solid 42.2% from deep. Providing reliable scoring, passing and defense, the 31-year old would be a great addition to the Rockets struggling bench.</p><p>Williams is quite familiar with coach Ime Udoka, having played for him in Boston during the Celtics’ 2022 NBA Finals run. He was especially integral to Boston’s defense, cementing himself as a true difference-maker in the playoffs. That was also Williams’ best regular season, averaging 10 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game. His defense in the paint will certainly provide more versatility and take some of the slack from Alperen Sengun and the Rockets undersized forwards.</p><h2><b>Injury prone</b></h2><p>The problem? The injury history between the two. Brogdon’s injury history dates back to his sophomore season. On average, Brogdon’s appeared in 54.1 games since his second year in the league, including two shortened 72-game seasons from in 2019-20 and 202-21.</p><p>While it’s not a huge risk acquiring Brogdon, adding Williams in the deal would make it much more fraught.</p><p>Currently, Williams is <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/blazers-robert-williams-knee-surgery">out for the season</a> with a torn ligament in his knee after playing just six games. Injury issues have been rampant ever since he stepped foot on an NBA court. In just his sixth NBA season at age 26, Williams has yet to play more than 61 games. Including this season, Williams averages just around 35 games. Theoretically, trading for him wouldn’t make any impact this season, but he could be a solid weapon in the following years if healthy.</p><h2><b>Financial implications for the Rockets</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Rockets-3-major-offseason-fixes-Houston-must-make-to-reach-2024-NBA-Playoffs.jpg"></figure><p>That’s if Williams is able to keep himself on the court, of course. Right now, injuries outweigh the talent, and he is under contract through 2025-2026 making a total of $48 million. Having his payroll on the roster could prove costly when Houston is trying to bring in depth elsewhere.</p><p>It’s just too much of a gamble adding Williams along with the 2015 Rookie of the Year, who already has an injury history of his own. With Brogdon making $22.5 million in 2023-2024 and 2024-25 , the two combined would account for $34 million on this season’s payroll alone.</p><p>This would be a different story if Williams was available. With Fred VanVleet and Dillon Brooks’ combined salary of $63.4 million this year, having four players—one of them unplayable and neither of them being franchise players—combine to make nearly $100 million is a recipe for disaster, especially when you need to start looking to extend your main core.</p><p>Keep in mind, this isn’t saying that Williams’ fit on the Rockets won’t work. It certainly could, but only if he is fully healthy. Nevertheless, he hasn’t proved his reliability on the court. If Houston pulls off this trade, it will haunt their future depth moving forward.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rockets must pursue Malcolm Brogdon trade, but adding Robert Williams III is too risky

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-rockets-lakers-knicks-malcolm-brogdon-trade-suitors');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Rockets join Lakers, Knicks as Malcolm Brogdon trade suitors');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Rockets_join_Lakers_Knicks_as_Malcolm_Brogdon_trade_suitors.webp"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Rockets join Lakers, Knicks as Malcolm Brogdon trade suitors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-26T10:44:20-08:00">January 26th, 10:44am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-26T10:44:20-08:00">January 26th, 10:44am</time><address><a>Benedetto Vitale</a>Benedetto Vitale is an avid sports writer who is an expert at covering the NFL, college football, and UFC. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 2016 with a film degree but has since dedicated his career to sports writing. Go Titans, go Ducks, and go Kraken!</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Trade rumors involving Malcolm Brogdon are ramping up with the deadline right around the corner. The Portland Trail Blazers aren’t really in contention for the postseason and it makes sense for the front office to acquire as many draft picks as possible. Both the Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks have been in the rumor mill for a minute. However, it sounds like <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rockets-losing-play-in-chances-embarrassing-blazers-defeat" rel="noopener">the Houston Rockets could be</a> in play as well.</p><p>Houston could be in the mix for Brogdon considering the coaching staff <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/how-the-terry-rozier-trade-has-reset-the-point-guard-market-163709399.html" rel="noopener">has a plethora</a> of former Boston Celtics coaches, according to Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports. The Rockets could make a move before the trade deadline and Malcolm Brogdon is now a name to watch for. The organization is also rumored to be interested in the Trail Blazers’ injured center, Robert Williams.</p><p>“In addition to the Knicks and Lakers, league personnel believe Brogdon has another team with legitimate interest in his services: Houston, which has plenty of former Boston staffers who overlapped with Brogdon during his season with the Celtics. Head coach Ime Udoka’s Rockets are also one of the teams that is considering a move for injured Portland big man Robert Williams, sources said.”</p><p>It makes sense <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/rockets-news-alperen-sengun-real-on-baby-jokic-nickname" rel="noopener">for the Rockets</a> to be interested in Brogdon. Not only is he familiar with the coaching staff, but Houston is in the mix for the play-in tournament as well. They’re right behind the Utah Jazz for the 10 spot and Malcolm Brogdon would improve Houston’s backcourt for a potential playoff push.</p><p>It’s not clear exactly what Brogdon is valued at in a trade. But it would be wise of the Trail Blazers to find a trade partner soon. The NBA trade deadline is on February 8, so Portland still has some time to weigh their options. As for the Rockets, they seem eager to make a playoff appearance this season despite how volatile it’s been for this franchise.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Rockets join Lakers, Knicks as Malcolm Brogdon trade suitors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nba-rumors-knicks-76ers-showing-interest-malcolm-brogdon');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: Knicks, 76ers amongst teams showing interest in Malcolm Brogdon');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Knicks_76ers_amongst_teams_showing_interest_in_Malcolm_Brogdon-1.webp"></figure><h1>NBA rumors: Knicks, 76ers amongst teams showing interest in Malcolm Brogdon</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-22T13:42:10-08:00">January 22nd, 1:42pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-22T13:42:10-08:00">January 22nd, 1:42pm</time><address><a>Matt Wadleigh</a>Matthew Wadleigh was born and raised in Oceanside and resides in Fresno. He lives with his wife and two dogs. He is a huge Southern California sports fan and a retired member of the Fresno State drumline.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-terry-rozier-malcolm-brogdan-dejounte-murray-knicks-trade-candidates" rel="noopener">NBA Trade Deadline buzz</a> is heating up with a few big names on the market. One name that has also been picking up steam is Portland Trail Blazers guard Malcolm Brogdon. The veteran point guard has done well in his first season with the Blazers, but there are quite a few teams <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-explore-malcolm-brogdon-trade" rel="noopener">interested in landing</a> him. The Philadelphia 76ers and New York Knicks are <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sources-bruce-brown-dejounte-murray-trade-market-trade-deadline-rumors" rel="noopener">two teams showing interest,</a> per ClutchPoints’ Brett Siegel.</p><p>“Malcolm Brogdon has been made available in trade talks by the Portland Trail Blazers in recent weeks, sources said. The Philadelphia 76ers, Magic, Knicks, and Lakers have all talked with the Blazers recently regarding Brogdon. It continues to look unlikely that Portland will make Jerami Grant readily available in trade conversations.”</p><p>There are other teams interested in landing Brogdon via trade, including the Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Lakers. Brogdon is averaging 15.5 PPG with 5.3 assists for the Blazers <a href="https://www.nba.com/player/1627763/malcolm-brogdon" rel="noopener">this season</a>. But, with Portland sporting a 12-30 record, moving him for some draft assets makes sense from all avenues.</p><p>The 76ers are third in the Eastern Conference and the Knicks are fifth, so both teams are trying hard to improve. The Knicks already did so by <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/takeaways-og-anunoby-knicks-debut-raptors-trade" rel="noopener">acquiring OG Anunoby</a> in a trade with the Toronto Raptors, and they don’t appear done just yet.</p><p>Malcolm Brogdon was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-malcolm-brogdon-receives-sixth-man-of-the-year-trophy-from-jamal-crawford-on-tnt" rel="noopener">named Sixth Man of the Year</a> in 2022 with the Boston Celtics but was sent to the Blazers as part of the Jrue Holiday blockbuster trade in the offseason. Now, he could get moved again, with playoff contenders showing interest in the veteran.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: Knicks, 76ers amongst teams showing interest in Malcolm Brogdon

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/knicks-explore-malcolm-brogdon-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Should Knicks explore a Malcolm Brogdon trade?');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Should_Knicks_explore_a_Malcolm_Brogdon_trade.webp"></figure><h1>Should Knicks explore a Malcolm Brogdon trade?</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-01-07T10:04:18-08:00">January 7th, 10:04am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-01-07T10:05:16-08:00">January 7th, 10:05am</time><address><a>Drew Maresca</a>Drew is a NY-area writer and researcher who has covered the NBA for more than 5 years. Prior to joining ClutchPoints, Drew wrote for Basketball News and Basketball Insiders. Drew has conducted interviews inside NBA locker rooms including Madison Square Garden, the Barclays Center, and the Kia Center, and he covered the 2019 NBA Draft in-person from Brooklyn.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-new-york-dejounte-murray-trade" rel="noopener">Much like Dejounte Murray</a>, Malcolm Brogdon could be an addition the New York Knicks decide to pursue ahead of the 2024 NBA trade deadline.</p><p>Despite winning the 2016-17 Rookie of the Year award and the 2022-23 <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-malcolm-brogdon-wins-sixth-man-of-the-year-award" rel="noopener">Sixth Man of the Year award</a>, Brogdon has never received the acclaim he deserves. At 6’4”, he’s a pretty big lead guard, an excellent three-point shooter and a willing passer who averaged a career-high 7.1 assists per game in 2019-20 with the Indiana Pacers.</p><h2><b>Why hasn’t Malcolm Brogdon stuck?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Blazers_news_Malcolm_Brogdon_s_worrisome_injury_gets_update.jpg"></figure><p>Despite his talent, Malcolm Brogdon has weirdly bounced around. The Milwaukee Bucks selected him in the second round in 2016, but he was involved in a sign-and-trade in the summer of 2019, mostly because they felt the offer sheet he signed with Indiana was simply too much to enable them to continue building a contender.</p><p>In 2022, the Pacers decided to swap Domantas Sabonis for Tyrese Haliburton. Haliburton was clearly the team’s point guard of the future. Not surprisingly, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/grading-the-celtics-shocking-trade-for-malcom-brogdon" rel="noopener">Brogdon was traded</a> to the Boston Celtics a few months later.</p><p>Brogdon excelled in the role of sixth-man role in Boston, which certainly bolstered the Celtics’ bench. But his tenure in Boston wasn’t long-lived, as he was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/clippers-news-malcolm-brogdon-prepared-to-be-a-clipper-twice-this-summer" rel="noopener">traded to Portland</a> as part of a larger deal for Jrue Holiday.</p><p>Ultimately, Brogdon is a good player who has had the misfortune of playing for teams that were able to upgrade the lead guard position — at his expense. Injuries have also played a factor, as he has never played more than the 75 games he did in his rookie season. In fact, that’s the only season in which he hit the 70-game mark.</p><h2><b>What has Brogdon done in his career?</b></h2><p>But don’t be fooled by the various trades in which he has been involved. Brogdon is still more than capable of playing starting-caliber basketball. That’s not even the role he’d be asked to play on the Knicks.</p><p>So, what does Brogdon bring to the table? He’s a career 39% three-point shooter. He’s a capable floor general who has averaged 5.7 assists per 36 minutes throughout his entire eight-year career. And he’s an above-average defender.</p><h2><b>What has Brogdon done recently?</b></h2><p>But let’s have a look at his recent production, as any talent evaluator would be wise to review up-to-date stats on a 31-year-old with an injury history (he has played 27 of 34 games this season). In the past five games, Brogdon is averaging 18.0 points, 5.2 assists, and 3.0 rebounds in 28.4 minutes per game. Not bad for an old man who hasn’t stuck with any team for too long, right?</p><p>And let’s remember, Portland is clearly in a rebuild. So, wins aren’t necessarily valued. They are 5-6 when Brogdon plays 30+ minutes, and they’re 4-11 when he plays under 30. He obviously impacts winning, even with a team full of youngsters.</p><p>Can Brogdon come on board and liven up the Knicks’ second unit? He certainly can. He’d actually be a breath of fresh air for a team that could use a consistent lead guard behind Jalen Brunson and more shooting to space the floor. Of course <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-miles-mcbride-ready-prove-deserves-more-minutes-og-anunoby-trade" rel="noopener">Miles McBride deserves a shot</a>, but there must be someone who can steady the ship when the waters get rough. McBride deserves a look, but he’s inexperienced. Brogdon’s experience is a major reason for the presumable interest in him.</p><p>But Brogdon doesn’t have the appeal of a Murray, Donovan Mitchell, etc. His game is comparatively conservative. His impact is less obvious. But he’d cost a whole lot less as far as what New York would have to give up, and his contract expires after next season.</p><h2><b>What would New York have to give up?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/knicks-news-evan-fournier-continues-to-hint-at-possible-trade-following-fiba-world-cup.jpg"></figure><p>That’s actually sort of difficult to gauge. As mentioned above, the Blazers are in the early stages of a rebuild and the Knicks don’t have many players who fit that sort of a timeline. So, it would probably be a draft pick or two.</p><p>But which one? The Knicks have all of their own first-round picks, as well as the 2024 Dallas Mavericks protected first-rounder, 2024 Washington Wizards protected first-rounder, 2024 Detroit Pistons protected first-rounder, and Milwaukee Bucks 2025 protected first-rounder. The Dallas pick is the most likely to convey this year, which is actually a near certainty.</p><p>So, what would it be? <a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10103571-nba-trade-block-big-board-deals-for-top-rumored-targets-1-month-before-deadline" rel="noopener">Bleacher Report’s Zach Buckley recently suggested</a> a deal could be done for Evan Fournier, the 2024 Washington pick, and a 2024 second-rounder. That seems fair enough to both sides.</p><p>The question is, is this the best deal the Knicks can swing? If it cost the Knicks a first-rounder, that would probably be it in terms of in-season additions, as New York is clearly holding picks in hopes of a bigger deal this upcoming summer.</p><p>Malcolm Brogdon would definitely improves the Knicks’ rotation, but the front office should explore other options before agreeing to a deal. At the end of the day, the Knicks should consider making this deal, assuming it only costs one first-rounder and <i>if</i> there isn’t a better deal to be had. But that “if” dictates everything.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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