00:00 Hey, Bobby Manning here.
00:09 Welcome to a news edition of the Garden Report.
00:12 Back again here with long awaited news from the Boston Globe here.
00:16 Gary Washburn caught up with Brad Stevens at the Garden and broke.
00:22 Some important news ahead of media day next week.
00:25 Malcolm Brogdon healthy.
00:27 Most concern surrounding him.
00:28 Christoph Porzingis healthy as well.
00:30 Entering training camp next week as Stevens expects full participation on day one.
00:36 Brogdon of course, his elbow injury worried me and many others given the lack of updates
00:42 over the offseason.
00:43 The silence surrounding him and the reports from Gary Washburn himself that he left that
00:50 near trade to the Clippers angry at the Celtics.
00:54 Stevens also discussed that in this interview.
00:56 Said things are smoothed over.
00:58 They've had discussions and they're ready to go into this season.
01:01 Of course, the Globe also reported last week Celtics have no plans to trade Brogdon.
01:08 Not actively shopping him.
01:10 So it looks like this is going to be the team here.
01:13 And barring any stunning surprises over the next couple of days here.
01:17 Ginormous news on the Brogdon front.
01:19 I thought he was a critical part of this team last year despite some areas of weakness in
01:23 his game that hurt him at times.
01:26 Great shot maker, great consistent bench presence.
01:30 About as consistent as I've seen covering and following this team over the years.
01:34 And one six man of the year of course.
01:36 He's going to be that link between the bigger and smaller lineups.
01:39 We hit on the possible bench wings earlier here.
01:43 And he minimizes that as a camp discussion if he's reliable, healthy and contributing.
01:50 Also possibly in line for some more point guard reps this year.
01:53 So ginormous news that he's fully healthy and ready to go.
01:57 Haven't seen him on social media at the Auerbach Center yet so it doesn't appear he's back.
02:03 But he'll be ready to go next week according to Stevens here.
02:06 So massive sigh of relief for many Celtics fans.
02:09 I'm sure we'll see how he responds to questions about the near trade and where he's at mentally
02:14 going into this year in terms of commitment and everything like that.
02:18 He is extension eligible coming up here soon as well.
02:21 So big year for Brogdon bouncing back from that East Finals injury.
02:26 More opportunity for him coming with Marcus Smart out.
02:29 This is just what everyone wanted to hear.
02:32 And we'll ultimately see what he looks like at practice on Tuesday, a week from today.
02:37 And Christoph Sporzingis, some video out of him shooting at the facility.
02:41 He's been back for a couple days now.
02:44 He dealt with plantar fasciitis, got shut down for four to six weeks.
02:49 This marks the six week mark going into Wednesday here that they shut him down six weeks ago.
02:54 So all good on his front too.
02:57 No lingering pain or ailments here.
03:01 And a notoriously nagging injury could pop up down the line here.
03:07 But for now it seems like Stevens, according to his comments in this piece, feels like
03:11 they treated it well along with Latvia's national team which he spent most of the summer with
03:15 here.
03:16 So Celtics can start to gel, build their lineups, see what they have into the preseason.
03:21 Biggest fear going into camp was that we'd hear Brogdon needed surgery or Sporzingis
03:26 was on the sideline for a couple more weeks, even the entirety of the preseason.
03:30 That would have been a tough way to start camp given the importance of both these players.
03:34 They're really the X factors on this team when you think about flowing between the first
03:39 and second unit.
03:41 I think both these guys will probably play together quite a bit on that second unit too.
03:45 So again, big news here.
03:48 Boston Globe reporting Brogdon, Sporzingis healthy, 100% ready to go when training camp
03:53 begins next week.
03:54 And so are we.
03:55 We'll have media day coverage on Monday featuring both of these guys as they make their Celtics
04:01 debuts.
04:02 Brogdon entering year two, Sporzingis in year one.
04:06 Pretty soon, just a couple weeks from now the preseason gets going.
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06:13 The news today, Brodden Porzingis healthy entering camp according to the Boston Globe
06:18 here.
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06:24 We'll see you then.
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