Bruce Brown had a very tough and eventful season, being traded from the Indiana Pacers to the Toronto Raptors in the Pascal Siakam blockbuster, all while dealing with leg injuries, and he got real about how he was impacted after the Raptors’ 118-103 loss to the Miami Heat in the season finale.
“I haven’t been myself since December… I keep bruising my femur, so my bone keeps rubbing against my bone when I bend my knee, so there is a lot of inflammation and swelling in there,” Bruce Brown said, via Michael Grange of SportsNet.
Brown did say that he is confident that the on-going issue would resolve itself this summer, according to Grange.
Despite being injured, Brown played in 66 games this season, averaging 10.9 points with 4.3 points and 2.9 assists per game, according to Basketball Reference. After being a fan favorite on the Denver Nuggets in the 2022-2023 season, helping them win the NBA Championship, this season did not go to plan. With the Pacers, Brown averaged 12.1 points with 4.7 rebounds and three assists in 33 games. Then he was part of the Jan. 17 trade that sent Pascal Siakam to the Pacers.
Brown played in 33 games for the Raptors as well, averaging 9.8 points with 3.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game. There was some thought that the Raptors could flip Brown at the deadline to a contender, but they ultimately kept him.
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