Mike Scotto, a reporter for “Hoop’s Hype,” reported on the 14th (Korea Standard Time) that several clubs in the NBA are looking at the situation to recruit Malcolm Brogdon of the Portland Trail Blazers in a trade.
Brockdon, who joined Milwaukee with the 36th overall pick in the second round of the 2016 NBA draft, has been moving between the starting line and the bench since his debut season, averaging 10.2 points and 4.2 assists with a 40.4% three-point success rate and holding the Rookie of the Year trophy.
Among the draft picks, Rotary Pick nominees such as Brandon Ingram, Jaylen Brown, Dragan Bender and Chris Dunn did not have much impact, and No. 1 Ben Simmons made his professional debut a year later due to an injury, so it was a result of some luck.
Since then, Brockdon has moved to Indiana through a sign-and-trade in 2019 and has consistently played as a main ball handler for the new team. He has a good balance of offense and defense and has more strengths than expected from reading to finishing the scoring, so he often becomes a plus for the team when he is on the court.
Brockdon, who moved to Boston, where he wanted to strengthen the bench through a trade ahead of the 2022-2023 season, averaged 14.9 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.7 assists and a 44.4% three-point shooting success rate, playing the role of Sixman perfectly and receiving the Sixman Award.
However, the Boston Red Sox did not have a very long relationship. Brodon was traded to Portland last summer when the Boston Red Sox made a bold decision to invest two future first-round picks, starting center Robert Williams and Brockdon to acquire the league’s top offensive and field guard, Zru Halladay. It was the third transfer in four years.
This season, Brockdon recorded an average of 15.7 points, 3.8 rebounds, and 5.5 assists in 39 games. He played his part by taking the center stage of young guards such as Anne Fanny Symonds, Shaden Sharp, and Scoot Henderson.스포츠토토 사이트 추천
However, injury, a chronic weakness, has hampered his performance again. Since his debut season in which he played 75 games, Brockdon has had so many minor injuries that he has played in more than 70 games in a season.
Still, if a team wants to strengthen its bench, Brockdon is still an attractive resource. He is a contractor whose contract expires next season with $22.5 million, and Portland, which is undergoing reconstruction, is more likely to engage in a trade with Brockdon because it is more beneficial to take him to the counter benefit when it is worth even a little more than taking him for a season.