What’s going on with Jaylen Brown?
When the Celtics initially announced Brown’s knee injury — a bone bruise with posterior impingement — they said he’d be out at least two games at the start of the road trip. And even before the team headed west, he had already missed a pair of games before the All-Star break and sat out a couple of back-to-backs. If you trust Dr. Google, rest and recovery is the basic course of treatment for a bone bruise. Then why play at all? Why not sit out until he’s 100%?
After missing three straight games, he never eclipsed 30 minutes in the following three in Sacramento, Phoenix, and San Antonio.