Gasper: Bradley struggling with "dual hip pointers"

[hpantazo]

From the Globe today, reportedly Bradley is fighting through not one, but two hip pointers:

http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/celtics/2017/05/08/celtics-need-find-right-combination-because-series-lock/IAonQOdO4I52HulGm7XB7M/story.html

It may explain why he sucked so badly last game, got toasted on defense and couldn't hit a thing on offense.

[tarheelsxxiii]

We may see a lot more Rozier on Wednesday, which many here have been calling for.  I'd like to see more Rozier and Brown, but it seems that Brad doesn't trust Brown at this level.  Should be an interesting game. 

[Eddie20]

Bradley himself said that he was hurt in game 4 during the 2Q

[GreenWarrior]

 

[Celtics4ever]

It may explain why he sucked so badly last game, got toasted on defense and couldn't hit a thing on offense.

I have heard those painful, CBS does not have much because Rozier and Smart to back him up and each has their own warts.

Bradley himself said that he was hurt in game 4 during the 2Q

I clearly recall the play, you could see him wince on it.   He does not have the best record of playing hurt.   My hat is off to him for trying.

[hpantazo]

It may explain why he sucked so badly last game, got toasted on defense and couldn't hit a thing on offense.

I have heard those painful, CBS does not have much because Rozier and Smart to back him up and each has their own warts.

Bradley himself said that he was hurt in game 4 during the 2Q

I clearly recall the play, you could see him wince on it.   He does not have the best record of playing hurt.   My hat is off to him for trying.

Yeah, I knew about the one hip injury, but both hips injured, that was news to me. That's got to every tough to play through and be able to maintain some effectiveness. I don't see us getting past the Wizards without a relatively healthy Bradley. Stevens has to roll the dice and trust Rozier or Brown to get prime minutes and let Bradley recover.

[2short]

Gotta say any knock on Bradley gets negated when you think of him playoff time.  Guy will give it his all injuries or not.  When his shoulders were popping out that got big respect in my book

[hpantazo]

Gotta say any knock on Bradley gets negated when you think of him playoff time.  Guy will give it his all injuries or not.  When his shoulders were popping out that got big respect in my book

Bradley gives 110% all year round, every second. Nobody disputes that as far as I know. The knock on him though is he can't stay healthy very long. Whether its due to his style of play, or his body type, or sheer bad luck, it's hard to know, it just seems to be true either way.

[mef730]

It may explain why he sucked so badly last game, got toasted on defense and couldn't hit a thing on offense.

I have heard those painful, CBS does not have much because Rozier and Smart to back him up and each has their own warts.

Bradley himself said that he was hurt in game 4 during the 2Q

I clearly recall the play, you could see him wince on it.   He does not have the best record of playing hurt.   My hat is off to him for trying.

Yeah, I knew about the one hip injury, but both hips injured, that was news to me. That's got to every tough to play through and be able to maintain some effectiveness. I don't see us getting past the Wizards without a relatively healthy Bradley. Stevens has to roll the dice and trust Rozier or Brown to get prime minutes and let Bradley recover.

If we win 5, I'd consider sitting him for 6.

Mike

[slamtheking]

mark this as another playoff run negatively impacted by AB's fragility.  for all the good he can do, I wouldn't object to moving him in a deal to upgrade the roster.

[RockinRyA]

Maybe its time to revisit arugably our best starting five of the season? AH-JJ-JC-JB-IT?

[RockinRyA]

For all of Bradley's faults, I cannot hate the guy. Dude gives it all, plays hard even through injuries even when he was a sophomore.

[Somebody]

I'd give him a rest in game 5 and hope we take care of business without him, we really need a healthy Avery out there and even if we lose I'd be confident in winning two in a row with a motivated and relatively healthy Celtics team.

[obnoxiousmime]

They really need everybody playing to win this series so I'd be inclined to leave him in. Even if it means he won't be as effective in the next round, we're most likely going to lose against the Cavs no matter what anyway. Maybe they can have him come off the bench? The problem is they really need him to guard the Wiz's best player, Wall.

[PAOBoston]

This guy gets hurts at the worst times.