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Malcolm Moses Adams Brogdon (born December 11, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Virginia Cavaliers under Tony Bennett. As a senior in 2015–16, he was a consensus first-team All-American. Today we will discuss about Malcolm Brogdon: Injury| Stats| Fantasy| Lakers| Trade Celtics.

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Brogdon, a top 100 recruit, committed to Virginia over offers from Arkansas, Georgia, and Notre Dame. He redshirted his sophomore year after suffering a serious foot injury the prior season. He was known as one of the top contributors to the team’s successful 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons.

Malcolm Brogdon
No. 7 – Indiana Pacers
Position Point guard / Shooting guard
League NBA
Personal information
Born December 11, 1992 (age 28)
Atlanta, Georgia
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight 230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school Greater Atlanta Christian
(Norcross, Georgia)
College Virginia (2011–2016)
NBA draft 2016 / Round: 2 / Pick: 36th overall
Selected by the Milwaukee Bucks
Playing career 2016–present
Career history
2016–2019 Milwaukee Bucks
2019–present Indiana Pacers
Career highlights and awards
  • NBA Rookie of the Year (2017)
  • NBA All-Rookie First Team (2017)
  • 50–40–90 club (2019)
  • J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award (2020)
  • Consensus first-team All-American (2016)
  • Consensus second-team All-American (2015)
  • NABC Defensive Player of the Year (2016)
  • ACC Player of the Year (2016)
  • 3× First-team All-ACC (2014–2016)
  • 2× ACC Defensive Player of the Year (2015, 2016)
  • No. 15 retired by Virginia Cavaliers
Medals
        Representing the  United States          
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place
2015 Toronto National team

Injury

Brogdon has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 left AC sprain and will not play in Wednesday’s preseason matchup against the Grizzlies, Tony East of the West Indianapolis Community News reports.

Stats

In 2018, Brogdon founded Hoops2O, a nonprofit aimed at addressing the clean-water crisis, particularly in Africa. As of May 2019, $274,200 had been raised for the cause. Brogdon is a member of the “Starting Five”, along with Joe Harris, Justin Anderson, Anthony Tolliver, and Garrett Temple, who initially made a goal to raise $225,000 through Hoops2O to fund five wells in East Africa by the end of the 2018–19 season. Brogdon traveled with Anderson and Harris to Tanzania to witness the opening of the first well they funded in July 2019, and by November Hoops2O had raised nearly $400,000. By February 2020, the charity had funded the construction of ten wells in Tanzania and Kenya, bringing water to over 52,000 citizens.

Fantasy

The durability of Brogdon has been his only main issue in recent years. He fills the stat sheet when he is healthy, averaging over 21 points with five rebounds, just under six assists and one steal in 56 games played last year.

Lakers

Malcolm Brogdon

The Los Angeles Lakers are expected to find a new starting point guard in the 2021 offseason. Dennis Schroder may have expressed his desire to return to Los Angeles in the 2021-22 NBA season but with his dismal performance in the 2021 NBA Playoffs, it remains a big question mark if the Lakers are willing to pay him a huge amount of money in the 2021 free agency.

If Schroder makes unreasonable demands as an unrestricted free agent, the Lakers are highly likely to let him walk away and find his replacement this summer.

Trade Celtics

The Boston Celtics already look a bit different than they did just a couple of months ago, replacing Brad Stevens with Ime Udoka as head coach. Stevens, who is now in the front office in Boston, didn’t waste time in making his first move of the NBA offseason by trading Kemba Walker to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Following the decision to part ways with Walker, the Celtics are now in desperate need of finding someone that can join the starting lineup at the point guard position. One player to keep an eye on as a potential trade candidate is Malcolm Brogdon of the Indiana Pacers.

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