{"id":115658,"date":"2025-01-02T13:04:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T18:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=115658"},"modified":"2025-01-02T13:04:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T18:04:22","slug":"boston-celtics-stars-jaylen-brown-injury-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/02\/boston-celtics-stars-jaylen-brown-injury-concern\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston Celtics Star&#8217;s Status Could Be Cause for Concern"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of their first game of the new year, the reigning champion <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/01\/baylor-scheierman-g-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Boston Celtics<\/a> are 24-9 and own the No. 2 seed in the East. Ranked as a top-10 team on both sides of the ball, the Celtics look primed for another deep playoff run. Though the Celtics recently had a cold streak, they were able to right the ship before the end of 2024 with a 125-71 victory over the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/12\/28\/raptors-return-bruce-brown-injury-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Toronto Raptors<\/a>. As they go into 2025, the Celtics have a lot to be excited about. However, not all may be great to begin the year as star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brownja02.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-02_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jaylen Brown<\/a> is now dealing with a shoulder injury.<\/p>\n<p>Via Celtics beat writer Zack Cox, Brown was &#8220;flexing his right shoulder&#8221; during Boston&#8217;s victory over Toronto. Additionally, Cox posted a picture of Brown getting his shoulder iced. Ahead of Boston&#8217;s battle against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/01\/01\/new-years-check-in-on-the-minnesota-timberwolves\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Minnesota Timberwolves<\/a>, the start of a four-game road trip, the Celtics have listed Brown as questionable due to the injury.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Jaylen Brown now getting that right shoulder iced up with the Celtics starters done for the night. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GrIyjsqFEe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/GrIyjsqFEe<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DbKQP3IJKV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/DbKQP3IJKV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zack Cox (@zm_cox) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zm_cox\/status\/1874210871632879720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 31, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nearly halfway through the season, Brown has missed just five games.<\/p>\n<p>The Celtics are still missing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/porzikr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kristaps Porzingis<\/a>, who has missed the team&#8217;s last three games due to an ankle injury. If Brown misses any time, the Celtics will likely add <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hausesa01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-02_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sam Hauser<\/a> to the starting lineup.<\/p>\n<h2>Boston Celtics Star&#8217;s Status Could Be Cause for Concern<\/h2>\n<h3>Jaylen Brown&#8217;s Season So Far<\/h3>\n<p>The Georgia native is putting together another good campaign. In 28 games, he is averaging 24.4 points, 6 rebounds, 4.6 assists, and 1.4 steals. Additionally, he is shooting 46.1% from the field and 33.2% from beyond the arc. At this rate, he should make another All-Star appearance this year.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, 2024 as a whole was a good year for Brown on the court. He won Eastern Conference Finals MVP and NBA MVP en route to the first title of his career. Brown was also named SI.com&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/12\/27\/boston-celtics-star-jaylen-brown-controversially-earns-highly-acclaimed-honor\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">NBA Player of the Year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Brown persevered, stacking successful seasons, earning his first All-NBA nod in \u201922\u201323, after which the Celtics rewarded with a then record five-year, $285-million contract. He\u2019s a reliable defender. His three-point shot has become more consistent. He averaged less than two assists per game his first three seasons; this year, Brown is averaging nearly five. He earned another All-Star spot last season, but it was his willingness to sacrifice\u2014to allow a beefed up roster that added <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/holidjr01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-01-02_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jrue Holiday<\/a> and Kristaps Porzingis to grow\u2014that was critical to Boston\u2019s 64-win season that culminated with a 16\u20133 march through the playoffs\u2014and Brown\u2019s first NBA championship.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Last Word On Jaylen Brown&#8217;s Injury<\/h3>\n<p>Brown&#8217;s injury status is one to monitor from here on out. They remain shorthanded and have a tough stretch of games coming up. Regardless, they are the reigning champions for a reason. The Celtics have arguably the best roster in the NBA and remain title contenders in 2025. Hopefully for the team, Brown will only miss just a few games, if any at all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ahead of their first game of the new year, the reigning champion Boston Celtics are 24-9 and own the No. 2 seed in the East. Ranked as a top-10 team on both sides of the ball, the Celtics look primed for another deep playoff run. Though the Celtics recently had a cold streak, they were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4631,"featured_media":95152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,5,2,62,3],"tags":[450],"class_list":["post-115658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-celtics","category-featured","category-nba","category-news","tag-jaylen-brown"],"modified_by":"Elie Deglaoui","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115665,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115658\/revisions\/115665"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}