While it might seem a bit of an absurd thing to ask given the Virginia alum won his first Sixth Man of the Year award on his way to helping Boston Celtics win a total of 57 games in the 2022-23 regular season and falling a win short of a return to the NBA Finals, there are some who are wondering whether the trade for Malcolm Brogdon was a failure for Boston.
With the ball club falling short of its ultimate goal of hanging the elusive Banner 18 for the Celtics, however, there is a case to be made that the cost of the deal contrasted to the bit of a spot having his deal on the books could put Boston in under the league’s new collective bargaining agreement, there is some logic to this point of view.
To hear it fleshed out in full by one such analyst, check out the clip embedded below in which the hosts of the CLNS Media “Celtics Beat” podcast to hear why maybe such a helpful, capable player was also something of a letdown.
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