What are the implications of losing Avery Bradley?

[Celtic_Pride777]

And if you have any estimates or updates on when he can return, please post them here

[rondohondo]

lose a lock down defender against pg's , and a solid 3pt shooting / spacing . We are going to need to put Kelly in for big mins to space the floor . He is the only other reliable 3pt shooter on the team to space the floor for IT to create  .

[esel1000]

Literally the only other reliable 3 pt threat outside of IT that can play defense (I'm looking at you KO).

Yeah it's a huge hit to lose him

[j804]

Stevens said he heard a pop

Yea he's done

[Yoki_IsTheName]

Stevens said he heard a pop

Yea he's done

Yep. Expect him to miss the rest of the Playoffs.

That's a bummer. We needed him too, his scoring and defense.

[LarBrd33]

It's a bummer. 

[alldaboston]

Needs help putting on pants, socks, and also needs a crutch.

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

NEXT MAN UP!!!!

[max215]

It means our chances in this series look bad, and they'd be nonexistent in a second round matchup with Cleveland.

[walker834]

luckily guard is one position we have the most depth.  Rozier, Smart now is your time.  Love avery though.  As far as a guy i just root for and want to do well.  Hopefully this lights a spark under the team because I've always felt like avery is the unheralded emotional leader of this thing.  He's been around the longest and is real leader on this team.  I think he personfies what this team is about as far as just playing with grit and that comeback mentality.  Crowder is a real horse as far as grit.  But Avery is that focus and comeback in all of them.

[j804]

Stevens said he heard a pop

Yea he's done

Yep. Expect him to miss the rest of the Playoffs.

That's a bummer. We needed him too, his scoring and defense.

Smarts gotta kill it or we have no shot

[colincb]

It sounds highly likely that he's done.

He's the best match-up vs Teague who is topo quick for the rest, so.... we're screwed. The Cs likely go small ball and switch a lot. Might be able to get by ATL with Brad coming up with some smart scheme, but I don't see even that with Crowder also looking like he's not all the way back. it's a shame, because I could see them winning this series easily enough even with a game 1 loss. We loss by 1 point and we should have been blown out.

[Celtic Fan Forever]

I know how it looks but we still don't know much. Until I hear he's out for the playoffs I'm not taking it as a sure fire thing

[kozlodoev]

I know how it looks but we still don't know much. Until I hear he's out for the playoffs I'm not taking it as a sure fire thing

We know he wasn't able to tie his shoes in the locker room.

[saltlover]

He's certainly out for the series.  Hamstrings just don't recover that quickly, and it's really easy to reinjure.  Two weeks minimum.

Shame -- Bradley was playing some of his best basketball and had been pretty healthy all year.