BOSTON — Joe Mazzulla shared a optimistic replace on the development of Jaylen Brown at Celtics’ afternoon follow on Saturday: he’s had no limitations this week, and is predicted to be a full-go tomorrow.
Brown has been coping with a proper knee impingement since earlier than the All-Star break, and missed 13 video games this season resulting from that damage.
“He seems good,” Mazzulla mentioned. “He was capable of do all the pieces. No limitations. He’s been nice bodily and mentally, getting ready himself, able to go. I like the week that he had.”
Brown was on the ground understanding with assistant coach Tony Dobbins when follow opened to the media, and was one of many final Celtics on the ground
All week, Celtics gamers have shared optimistic updates about Jaylen Brown
“He seemed nice immediately,” Al Horford mentioned at follow on Tuesday. “I used to be very pleased to see him on the market, doing all the pieces. It’s a very good signal for us.”
On Saturday, Derrick White echoed that sentiment.
“He’s among the finest gamers within the sport, so it’s at all times nice having him,” White mentioned. “He seems good, he’s feeling good, and we all know what begins tomorrow.”
Derrick White tells @RealBobManning that Jaylen Brown has seemed good at follow this week:
“He’s among the finest gamers within the sport, so it’s at all times nice having him. He seems good, he’s feeling good, and we all know what begins tomorrow.” pic.twitter.com/73WRTXWPQH
— Noa Dalzell (@NoaDalzell) April 19, 2025
On Wednesday, Kristaps Porzingis mentioned he spoke with Brown and gave him some recommendation about managing the damage.
“Not to enter an excessive amount of element, however [telling him] stuff that simply has helped me,” Porzingis mentioned. “It helped me, and we’ve some related stuff, perhaps. He has one thing occurring; perhaps I do know kind of what it’s, so I simply gave him my standpoint.”
On April eighth, after the Celtics’ additional time win over the Knicks, Porzingis indicated he was supportive of Brown resting.
“He’s a troublesome dude,” Porzingis mentioned. “He at all times preaches his warrior mindset, and he lives by it, however to what extent do we’d like that proper now? Possibly he must deal with it and ensure he’s going to be prepared for an important moments.”
Brown in the end sat out the ultimate three video games of the common season and subsequently acquired ache administration injections in his proper knee to “promote restoration,” as ESPN’s Ramona Shelbourne first reported, and Joe Mazzulla later confirmed.
Mazzulla shed some gentle on what Brown’s warrior mindset is like behind the scenes.
“His perspective, his capacity to remain true himself, his capacity to simply keep sort of proper right here, no matter if it’s going effectively or not going effectively,” Mazzulla mentioned. “He doesn’t get distracted by the issues round — simply sort of has an understanding of how issues are purported to go, comfy with who he’s, and simply sort of places himself able to be efficient it doesn’t matter what. So, he simply has a very good perspective and steadiness on the issues that go into what makes him profitable and what makes our staff profitable.”
