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Boston Celtics' Addition Of Malcolm Brogdon Is Perhaps Proof The Miami Heat Needed Better Offseason

The Celtics' key free agency pickup was a factor in Wednesday's win against Heat
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Boston Celtics' Addition Of Malcolm Brogdon Is Perhaps Proof The Miami Heat Needed Better Offseason
Boston Celtics' Addition Of Malcolm Brogdon Is Perhaps Proof The Miami Heat Needed Better Offseason

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Life is good for Boston Celtics guard Malcolm Brogdon. 

He's playing on the league's best team and comfortable in his role as the top reserve. 

“This is a treat for any NBA player," Brogdon told reporters earlier this week. Whether you ask Marcus Smart, [Jayson] Tatum, [Jaylen] Brown, anybody, it’s a treat to play on a team like this.”

Brogdon is giving the Celtics everything the Miami Heat had hoped to acquire in the offseason. The Heat were unable to make any moves in free agency, so they returned with basically the same roster. 

While the Celtics improved to 18-4 after defeating the Heat Wednesday, the other team in last year's Eastern Conference finals is still struggling. The Heat, who are just 10-12, could have used an offseason acquisition like Brogdon. He had 21 points in Wednesday's victory and is averaging 14.4 this season. 

"There’s a lot of good here," Brogdon said. "I remind the guys of that when times get tough because there’s always going to be times and days when there’s lulls, guys can get a little unhappy. It’s just part of the nature of the business, but for me and Blake (Griffin), we’ve been in situations where the team is not winning, and the team is really struggling and there’s chaos. I try to encourage guys to be appreciative of what they have here.”

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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