Wiggy says Mazzulla should rest Jaylen Brown (knee injury) for the entire 1st round of the #NBA playoffs. Agree? Do the #Celtics need Jaylen round 1?
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00:00This is what I'm thinking. Three games left in the Celtics season, and if I'm Joe Mizzoula and I'm sitting here locked into the number two seed, I'm sitting Jalen Brown for the first round of the playoffs because you can beat the Magic Hawk, Bulls, or Heat without him.
00:16You brought this up yesterday.
00:17Yeah, I'm definitely doing it.
00:19So you think sit Jalen Brown for the entire first round?
00:21Sit him for the first round. You don't need him against one of those teams that you'll potentially be playing. Everybody else seems like they're good to go.
00:28You can beat those teams without Jalen Brown.
00:31Does he need the minutes, though, to be ready for round two?
00:34No, no, no, because I think he's played enough basketball this year.
00:39This season he's played in, what, 63 games?
00:42So he's played enough basketball this season that the most important thing is if he is dealing with a bone bruise, give him that extra time to rest it and rehab it and do all the things.
00:57So now in round two, if you have to potentially play maybe the Knicks, you'll have him there, but you don't need to waste them in round one and let him maybe still potentially be dealing with something that will affect him throughout the playoffs.
01:13Would you give him the minutes so that he gets to 65 games and the $2 million bonus or whatever, if that is there?
01:22And maybe more importantly, what he clearly wants is the opportunity to get accolades after the season all NBA-wise or whatever.
01:32No, because there's no guarantee.
01:34You're probably going to upset him if you don't do that.
01:37Yeah, but there's no guarantee he's going to be all NBA, right?
01:40So there's no guarantee, and that means he would have to play home and away to end the season against Charlotte.
01:48And I think he has to play in like 15 or 20 minutes in each game.
01:51And it's just not worth it, especially when you know that there's no guarantee that you're going to be either first, second, or third team all NBA.
02:02So I would just be like, it's not worth it for us or you when we need you in the playoffs.
02:06It's $2 million.
02:07Bro, you're making what, $305 million?
02:10Yeah.
02:10All right.
02:10Well, interesting lead from Wiggy.
02:13I'm curious what you think about it.
02:15He suggests that Joe Missoula should sit Jalen Brown for the entire first round.