While all eyes are on Jayson Tatum’s recovery from a ruptured Achilles, his fellow Boston Celtics star is dealing with an injury worth watching this offseason as well.
Jaylen Brown played through a partially torn meniscus in his right knee for a good chunk of the season and into the playoffs. It’s an issue Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens said Brown dealt with “for a while.”
Now the question becomes will Brown need surgery to repair his knee or will rest in the offseason be enough? Brown recently said he’s still weighing his options.
“l got a lot of doctors I gotta get evaluated with — see the potential for surgery versus no surgery, wait to speak to the (Celtics) organization,” Brown told CelticsBlog’s Noa Dalzell at a 741 event this past Saturday. “For now, it’s just rest and recovery. I’m taking a step back from a long season. Mentally, it was a lot of stuff going on.”
Boston’s second-round exit to the New York Knicks is the earliest the Celtics have been kicked out of the playoffs since 2021 — when Brown was sidelined with torn ligaments in his wrist. Since then, Brown played in 266 regular-season games and another 74 playoff contests, the miles taking its toll.
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The longer offseason than what was expected for the Celtics should do Brown good on the health-front. He usually attacks the offseason with strenuous workouts, like the ones he does under water, going viral.
But Brown may need to take a different approach this summer due to his knee.
“Right now, I’m decompressing emotionally,” Brown said. “And then in a week or so, I pick up the pieces. I see what the direction is for myself, my health, and the organization. And, whatever the outcome is, I’m excited.”
