Boston Celtics: 3 players that must step up in Jaylen Brown’s absence

Boston Celtics player No. 2) Evan Fournier

Since acquired at this year’s deadline, it feels as though we at HH have been constantly pounding the proverbial drum shouting that Evan Fournier is a player who arguably has the most to prove on this Boston Celtics team.

After averaging nearly 20 points per game on 46 percent shooting from the field and 39 percent shooting from deep in 26 games played with the Orlando Magic during the first half of this season, the veteran wing came to the shamrocks viewed as a much-needed quaternary option to run alongside their top scoring threats in the rotation.

Unfortunately, things got off to a slow start for the 28-year-old wing, as he started off with a debut donning green and white going 0-10 for zero points only to go on and drop six points on 0-2 shooting from deep in his follow up outing.

Though things became a bit messier directly after that, with Fournier contracting COVID 19 which forced him to miss nine games back in April, his last four games have shown glimpses of what Danny Ainge believed he was originally getting when he swapped two future picks to bring him aboard.

Over this aforementioned span, the shooting guard has averaged 21.5 points, 4.5 assists, 4.8 rebounds, and 1.3 steals per game on 67 percent shooting from the field and a whopping 62 percent shooting from deep.

With the wing position now depleted without Brown in tow, how well Fournier performs becomes more vital to the team’s success.