Malcolm Brogdon being traded to the Boston Celtics has been called the move of the summer by many people. Brogdon is one of the most solid point guards in the entire NBA, even though he struggles with staying healthy. When he is on the court, he is an efficient low-volume scorer who is the perfect floor general for Boston.
The Celtics have their elite scorers and Brogdon comes in as a fantastic table-setting option or a guy that can make a big shot when it matters. Whether he starts or comes off the bench is yet to be determined. No matter how you slice it, the Celtics are better off for adding a genuine PG after their struggles to create open looks in the NBA Finals.
But Brogdon was almost not coming to Boston, as he revealed on The Woj Pod. He expected to be dealt to the Washington Wizards prior to the Draft but ended up moving to Boston ultimately.
“I thought it was going to be Washington,” Brogdon admitted. “I heard the Pacers loved the idea of having that 10th pick and two picks in the lottery and I knew Washington needed a good veteran point guard to pair with Bradley Beal. I knew I fit his timeline and knew that everything fit. I’m basically homegrown in DC, lot of roots with University of Virginia, family there. It would have been a little too perfect.”
“The day before I got traded,” Brogdon said when he got wind of Boston’s interest. “Brad Stevens had called the Pacers and called my agent and had expressed a lot of interest that we had no clue was there the day before. We were in serious talks that day. By the time it got to 12 o’clock at night before I went to bed, the deal was going to be done at any minute and it happened the next morning.” (h.t MassLive)
Brogdon would have been a great fit next to Bradley Beal and would be a guaranteed starter in Washington. Nonetheless, he is now part of the lead guard rotation of the team that just made the NBA Finals and will be looking to continue building off that momentum for an eventual title run.
