Celtics bring in Bruno Caboclo to compete for roster spot

Bruno Caboclo received a training camp deal with the Boston Celtics, and he’ll have to try to compete for a roster spot, per Shams Charania of The Athletic.

Caboclo is a Brazilian basketball player who last was on an NBA team in the 2020-2021 season with the Houston Rockets, he only appeared in six games. His best season was in 2018-2019 with the Memphis Grizzlies, when he averaged 8.3 points, 4.6 rebounds 1.5 assists and a block per game in 34 games as a 23-year-old.

The 6-foot-8, 220-pounder played in Brazil this past season, averaging 18.3 points, 8.4 rebounds, 1.1 steals and two blocks while shooting 50 percent from the field and 40 percent from three, according to Real GM.

Caboclo is now 26 years old and attempts to play for his fifth NBA team. His addition to the Celtics would add depth at both the small forward and power forward positions.

Jaylen Brown responds to Kevin Durant trade rumors

• Jaylen Brown woke up Monday morning as the most talked-about player in the NBA. Before the sun was up, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Brown’s name had come up in trade talks between the Celtics and Nets, centering on superstar Kevin Durant.

  Brown hasn’t been shy in the past expressing his feelings about seeing his name in trade talks. Unsurprisingly, it took just a few hours for him to respond to Monday’s news on Twitter, sending out a three-letter thought on the matter – ‘smh.’

• Smh

  — Jaylen Brown (@FCHWPO) July 25, 2022

• Less than an hour later, Mark Murphy of the Boston Herald followed up with a more extensive reaction from Brown’s side of things.

• Source on Jaylen Brown's reaction to trade rumors: "He loves it in Boston. He was two games away from a championship. He's happy and looking forward to coming back. ... Like Kawhi, AD and others on that level, he's going to be included in every report because of who he is." https://t.co/bNV0y6U9Zw

  — Mark Murphy (@Murf56) July 25, 2022

• Brown’s relationship with the Celtics is at a key point right now. The 25-year-old is under contract with the Celtics for two more seasons, so while extension talks aren’t an immediate issue they’re not far off either. If the trade talks become an issue to the point where he no longer wants to be in Boston, the Celtics could end up having to trade him to avoid losing him for nothing in free agency.

  For now, it seems like the Celtics have things under control. In fact, the conversation Woj initially reported on now appears to be “weeks old” according to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, via AZSports’ Sarah Kezele.

  Still, as Murphy’s source points out, Brown is a top-tier player in the NBA, and with that comes trade rumors. This isn’t the first, and likely won’t be the last time his name comes up in this kind of report.

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