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He was traded from Washington in the summer of 2024 for Malcolm Brogdon and first-round picks from 2024 (used to select Bub Carrington) and 2029. At the time, the trade was largely viewed as an overspend by the Blazers for a player who averaged 14.7 points and 7.2 rebounds the year prior. After his first 20 games, Avdija scuffled, averaging 11.4 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists. In eight of those games, he came off the bench. “When I came here, it was hard for me to find my role,” Deni Avdija said. “I had to find a new identity.”
Holiday told Billups he preferred to be on a contending team, and the Blazers worked with him and his representatives to find a trade (ultimately to the Boston Celtics) that worked for both sides. The Blazers got back promising young center Robert Williams III, Malcolm Brogdon and two first-round draft picks. The Celtics got Holiday, who proved critical to their championship run in 2024. "Chauncey really did me a solid the first time I was traded here, just being able to see things through my lens and ask me what I wanted," Holiday told ESPN. "Not many coaches would do that. But he understood because he was also a player in this league."
Malcolm Brogdon was brought to training camp by the Knicks with the thinking that the veteran could become the primary backup to All-Star point guard Jalen Brunson. Now that Brogdon has abruptly retired less than one week before the start of the regular season, however, first-year coach Mike Brown will have to turn to in-house options such as combo guard Miles McBride or second-year player Tyler Kolek as Brunson’s understudy barring a trade or another free agent signing. “We’re in good hands, great hands,” Brunson said after practice Thursday in Tarrytown. “[Kolek] has been getting better every day. Deuce has been getting better every day. “Those guys, they come in and they work on their game nonstop. When you see that, you have the utmost confidence that when their number is called they’re going to be ready to go. So like I said, we’re in good hands.”
Brogdon did not enter training camp with retirement on his mind and only made his decision over the last couple of days, per league sources. “I came here with the expectation that I’m going to make the team,” Brogdon said earlier in training camp. “I feel like what I bring to the table, everything I have to offer, I feel like I can help this team get over the hump. The decision is out of my control, but I know I can help this team.”
As for the Knicks, Brogdon’s retirement puts the franchise in an interesting position with opening-night rosters needing to be finalized this weekend. Per league sources, the Knicks were strongly considering creating another roster spot via trade in order to keep two of Brogdon, Landry Shamet and Garrison Mathews.
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After nine NBA seasons, guard Malcolm Brogdon is retiring from the NBA, league sources confirmed to The Athletic. The sources said Brogdon’s sudden retirement is due to him feeling like he could no longer meet the physical and mental demands needed to succeed in the NBA. The veteran guard has dealt with multiple injuries over his last few seasons and the work to recover and build up for games was too much at this stage in his career.
Stefan Bondy: Malcolm Brogdon's sudden retirement is a shocker. He was going to make the Knicks final roster and said in Abu Dhabi he was expecting to be an impact rotation player. But a career in the NBA took a toll, physically and mentally. And I heard it dawned on him in camp that some of the desire/hunger was lost.
Fred Katz: Knicks were in a spot where they needed to make a move to keep Brogdon and one of Shamet or Mathews. Now, they can make a move to keep both Shamet and Mathews or they could hold onto their young guys, dump no one and still retain one of the two.
Shams Charania: Just in: After nine NBA seasons, New York Knicks guard Malcolm Brogdon has decided to retire from basketball, he tells ESPN. Brogdon became the 2017 Rookie of the Year and 2023 Sixth Man of the Year after being drafted No. 36 in 2016.
Ian Begley: Worth noting for Knicks: Saturday is the final day teams can waive a player on a nonguaranteed contract and not incur a salary cap charge. Vets Malcolm Brogdon, Landry Shamet, Garrison Mathews are among the Knicks vets on nonguaranteed deals. Club currently has 1 open roster spot.
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To keep both Malcolm Brogdon and Landry Shamet on their Opening Night roster, as we've covered extensively, New York is going to have to trade someone. And the focus for that trade has been on former first-round pick Pacome Dadiet ever since the Knicks signed the two veterans to Exhibit 9 contracts. Sources tell The Stein Line that Knicks, in fact, have indeed already called several teams to gauge interest in Dadiet.
If the Knicks want to keep both Landry Shamet and Malcolm Brogdon on the roster, they would have to trade a player. The trade is necessary because they need to create enough room under the second apron to keep both players.
Never mind his non-guaranteed deal. Never mind New York’s stacked backcourt. Malcolm Brogdon didn’t sign with the Knicks to sit on the bench. “I view myself as having a skillset and being a versatile enough player to crack any rotation in the league,” Brogdon said in an interview with The Post. “So I expect to do that here as well.”
Veteran point guard Malcolm Brogdon signed a non-guaranteed one-year deal with the Knicks this summer — a training camp deal in name, but not in mindset. As far as Brogdon is concerned, he’ll be suiting up in orange and blue when the Knicks host the Cleveland Cavaliers on opening night. “I come here with the expectation I’m going to make the team,” Brogdon said after practice Sunday in Tarrytown. “I feel what I bring to the table and have to offer, I can help this team. The decision is out of my control but I feel like I have what it takes to help this team.”
