It was the injury. Against Atlanta and Philly, he averaged 15/4/4 and shot .446 from the field and .435 from 3. He scored 19 points on 50% shooting from the floor and from 3 in game 1 against Miami, but that's the game he got hurt. He scored just 15 points the rest of the series, on 25 shots. It was 100% the injury that changed him from sixth man of the year and exactly what Boston had been missing in 2022, to a totally ineffective reserve that couldn't even get off the bench and played just 15 total minutes in games 5-7.On paper Brogdon was perfect, but whether it was injury or otherwise, he really didn't do much to move the needle in May.
It was terrible timing, but that was always part of the package with Brogdon. This is always in the back of my head with KP, just gotta hope and pray.