The Pacers will shut down guard Malcolm Brogdon for the next 10 days, tweets James Boyd of The Indianapolis Star. Coach Rick Carlisle told reporters that Brogdon will undergo a rehab program for his injured right Achilles.
Brogdon has only been able to play two games in the past month because of the injury, as well as a stay in the league’s health and safety protocols. He logged 17 minutes in a January 12 game against the Celtics and 26 minutes in Wednesday’s contest with the Lakers.
Brogdon, the team’s starting point guard, has appeared in 28 games this season, averaging 18.5 points, 5.1 rebounds and 5.9 assists per night. However, he’s shooting a career-low 30.7% from three-point range.
Brogdon’s condition is part of a terrible run of injuries for the Pacers, who have lost Myles Turner and Domantas Sabonis in the past week. T.J. McConnell had hand surgery last month and may miss the rest of the season, while T.J. Warren has yet to play this season because of a foot fracture.
I’d like to reminisce with all of the commenters who argued that the Bucks not resigning Brogdon was a huge mistake!
Jason… Lancaster(?) was one.
However Brook Lopez is not adding much either, and Lopez or Brogdon was the hard choice.
Giannis +12 and Portus +5 have been the centers
Have not seen him here for awhile. Probably got tired of beating his head against a wall.
That guy actually thought it was odd that people use screen names on the Internet instead of using their real name.
I didn’t take him too seriously.
Lopez was actually a part of the championship winning team. Has Brogdon even played a season’s worth of games since being traded (or in the 2 prior..). He probably has, but the point is he’s terribly injury prone, and was before the Pacers (and, as Buckman said, a number of people on here) thought adding him was a good move.
As for Holiday, again, he was part of the championship team. I don’t believe he’s missed half a season since coming to Milwaukee, which it seems Brogdon flirts with every year.
So, to summarize, Lopez and Holiday helped win a title. Brogdon cant stay on the court, the Pacers can’t win AND they actually extended him after proving how fragile he is. Now they’re rumored to be shopping everyone except him (because of both the contract and his inability to stay healthy).
I don’t know about that. To keep win a championship and keep Giannis happy the Bucks had to trade for and pay close to 4 millions dollars more for Holiday who has a similar skill set and is nearly as injury prone as Brogdon.
The ring was massive but Holiday will affect the Bucks future getting paid 37 million at age 36 when he misses many games as well. Brogdon’s contract will already be over and he’s already paid 11 million less than Jrue this year.
Milwaukee has probably gotten the only title they’re going to get for the next 50 years unless they manage to steal 1 of the next 2, which I doubt.
Not saying I’m thrilled about paying an aging star what Holiday will be making, but it is what it is.
The point about Brogdon, besides the constant injuries, is people said he was the key to making Giannis happy/stay, and to win a title. They were wrong.
They just extended him. But the original one yes, done.
That trade the Bucks made to unload Brogdon is looking better all the time.
Sometimes the best trades are the one’s you don’t make. I was ok with Ben for Brogdon +++ before Indy signed him to the extension (thus making him ineligible to be traded this season). I’m glad Morey is making those decisions and not me or all the other Philly fans that wanted that deal to happen.
Old story.
I have been a Brogdon fan since he slipped in the draft and I thought him the value pick that year. But even Milwaukee who took the leap did not seem to respect him enough with minutes and I guess one would have to hold his feet to know why; his flaw.
And once MIL gave Bledsoe a big midseason raise, there was not enough money for everyone (it’s complicated), and Brogdon was the one who could return the most, so bye guy.
Many (firmly) thought MIL mismanaged the Giannis window away by trading Brogdon. The Jrue trade bailed them out, though I think Jrue is much less enjoyable to watch, and I got grumpy about those desperate trading events.
Now MIL looks more like the big bad than the worthy struggler that broke through! Allen footballing Caruso, not good. Somebody beat this team so I don’t have to hear dynasty talk!
Anyone talking dynasty is on crack.
The Bucks are the Big Bad? A team built on non-lottery picks and developing its own players – let’s be frank, Khris has basically been a career-Buck.
Jrue is a better player than Brogdon. The main mistake Milwaukee made was to re-sign Bledsoe instead of Brogdon. There’s a scenario in which the bucks have Jrue and Brogdon, but on the other hand: they won a championship and are well positioned for a few more deep runs the next few seasons so what can you say?
There’s also the scenario of a healthier NETS or a rested, healthier HEAT, which can derail future deep runs.
So long as Gino doesn’t move under Kyrie again and end his season… Big Bad is right.
IND has been the most unfortunate team with injuries this season make no mistake about it!
If they had healthy all season Brogdon, CLV, TJ, Domas & Turner… they would be a top 4 team in the EC at the very least!
They probably are the only team who is missing their entire starting 5 plus their 6th man.
Brogdon going to Indiana was obviously the right move but his contract doesn’t look that bad now when guys like Bogdan, Duncan Robinson, Joe Harris etc are getting paid the same as him.
If the Bucks had Bogdan and Bledsoe vs. Jrue I don’t think that they would have won a chip. Jrue played great D during the playoffs even if his shooting was inconsistent. Bogdan has proved to be injury prone himself.
If the NETS had Kyrie and a healthier Harden, I don’t think that the BUCKS would have won a chip.
“If” doesn’t play out too well in sports.., and well.. in life actually either.
And yes I agree that Jrue Holiday is just a little bit better player than Brogden. Worked out for the Bucs even though holiday was a little bit of an over pay, they had to do it.
Bogdan on the Bucks was a thing for about a minute with DDVC on his way to the Kings while an in-shape, healthy Harden and a sane Irving was never a thing.
But injuries and bad play are part of sports. You can only dance with people on the dance floor, all the rest is just a waste of words.
IF Magic and Bird and MJ would have been on the same team they could have won 82 games bla bla bla
El Don Always Wrong, on paper I thought the same thing, that the Pacers would be top 4 or 5 in the East.
But if you watched them play this year, even when they were all healthy they slipped and stumbled and couldn’t get it done. They were a .500 team with all the players available. Maybe even worse than that.
Doesn’t make sense to me why they could not succeed with that well-rounded team. Maybe I’m not seeing where their weakness is? But of course now with the injuries they need to blow it up. Because as I said, even healthy this squad was not successful as a unit. Definitely not a “top 4 at least” as you say.
Agreed. No one on that team scares me, even at full health. In fact I feel they looked better the other night with no names giving their all.
I don’t want to say the Pacers are a mess, but something isn’t working. They’re heads down, hardworking, middle of the pack that needs someone special to get over the hump. Not sure blowing it up is the best way to make that happen, but I don’t know what is the alternative.
As for El Don there is this great feature on HoopsRumors called the mute button. Thanks to the HoopsRumors mute button, I know longer have to engage with commenters like El Don. Thanks HoopsRumors mute button!
Haha, yup, I think I figured out I’ve only been muted by one person: El Don.
But I prefer to not mute anyone because I enjoy reading all of it, even those I don’t agree with. I might learn something which is often the case LOL.
As far as the Pacers, I agree with you. Seems like the scrubs play really hard and have come up with a couple of wins whereas the starters.. it’s hard to figure out what the issue is. I thought Malcolm Brogdon would be that someone special. Then Caris LeVert. Who knows. Maybe not blow it up just yet but hard to pinpoint the issue.
The Pacers have a team of third and fourth options… no one sucks, no one is great either
The Pacers can’t close out anyone. I know not on their level – but examples are home games vs Lakers, Warriors, and Nets. In all three cases held strong leads in second half then crumbled in the 4th. Caris is not remotely efficient, Malcolm and Myles are injury prone, and no one on the bench invokes fear. I’d keep Sabonis but beyond that they won’t ever be a true contender with their current roster.