Avery Bradley having shoulder surgery
WEEI:
Avery Bradley came into this season as a question mark. He leaves it as a potential future cornerstone.
Bradley had surgery on Friday for his injured shoulder, which had repeatedly popped out during the playoffs. It’s a huge loss for the Celtics, who have come to rely on his tenacious on-the-ball defense and the jolts of athleticism he provided the offense.
“Avery’s a big blow. There’s no doubt. If I’m the guy on the other team and I don’t have to play against Avery Bradley, I would sleep a little better,” Doc Rivers said. “No one wants to play against Avery. Our guys don’t want to play against him in practice. He’s a pain in the ass defensively. That’s what he does, and that’s not here anymore.
“We’re a great defensive team. What Avery did was allow us to be a great defensive team and put an individual on one guy and say, ‘Go shut him down.’ We don’t have that anymore. So now we have to go back to being just a great defensive team.”
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