Boston Celtics: 2 Malcolm Brogdon trades Cs should consider

Boston Celtics sign-and-trade Evan Fournier in exchange for Brogdon

This offseason, while many believe the Boston Celtics will wind up re-signing trade deadline acquisition, Evan Fournier, we at the Houdini believe there could be a few teams vying for his services on the open market and, though we didn’t list the Pacers as being one of them in our recent piece, the forward seems to make some real sense for the ball club.

Despite the fact that Indiana ranked sixth in the league in points per game last season, they seemed to struggle when looking to space the floor, as they finished just 17th in 3-point percentage and 18th in 3-point attempts.

In such a high octane, long-range game such as the modern-day NBA, these numbers aren’t desirable for a team looking to vie for legitimate postseason contention.

Adding a guy who is a career 37 percent 3-point shooter and who just found himself averaging 17.1 points per game on 41 percent shooting from deep in 2020-21 could help them solve their problems from distance, while also giving them a tremendous off-ball scorer who could thrive whilst running alongside Sabonis and LeVert.

As for the Cs, yes they lose a solid player in Fournier, but completely seem to make up for it by bringing back Brogdon who, as we’ve stated on numerous occasions, has a skill set that perfectly meshes alongside the Jays, as he’s a 6-5 point guard with great playmaking abilities and can defend quite well.

At an average salary of $22.15 million over the next two years, a player of Brogdon’s potential is well worth it, especially for a team that has two absolutely lethal wings and no seemingly point guard options to fully compliment them.