The Boston Celtics' two best players have both undergone surgeries over the past month.
Jaylen Brown underwent a successful surgery on his right knee Wednesday and is expected to participate in 2025 training camp "without limitation," the team announced. The Celtics described Brown's surgery as a "right knee arthroscopic debridement procedure."
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WATCH HEREBrown had been dealing with nagging right knee pain since March and missed six regular-season games in a 13-game span down the stretch. After an April 3 loss to the Miami Heat, Brown admitted he had consistent knee pain but planned to play through it.
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SIGN UP "I've had to come to grips that every night I'm not gonna feel my normal self," Brown said at the time, "but that doesn't mean I still can't make plays and things like that. So, it's just something that we are working through."
The 28-year-old didn't miss a game in the postseason, and while his typical explosiveness was limited, he still averaged 22.1 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. After Boston's second-round playoff loss to the New York Knicks, it was revealed that Brown had a partially torn right meniscus.
Brown's surgery comes just over a month after Celtics co-star Jayson Tatum had surgery to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon. Tatum is expected to miss most or all of the 2025-26 season, giving Brown a golden opportunity to step up as Boston's leader if he's fully healthy by the fall.
