Jaylen Brown's status for Hawks matchup revealed

Boston Celtics star guard Jaylen Brown will miss his second straight game against the Atlanta Hawks on Monday due to a persistent hip flexor issue.

The Celtics announced the news on Sunday. They shared it via Twitter/X.

The Celtics also listed forward Sam Hauser as probable due to treatment for a lower back injury and forward Kristaps Porziņģis as out due to rehabilitation surgery on his left posterior tibial tendon on the injury report.

Porziņģis will be out for at least the next month.

Brown is dealing with a nagging hip flexor issue and will have a second MRI on the injury. He played in the first game against the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night, but missed the second game on Saturday evening.

The 28-year-old is one of the Celtics' best players and that's why they were crowned champions last season. Brown is off to a solid start to the 2024-25 season as he is currently averaging 25.7 points, 7.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game. He's started the year off to a good start, so this hip injury could be a disappointment for Boston.

It is unclear when this injury occurred, but he began to lack explosiveness in a recent game against the Indiana Pacers.

Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla called him “every day progress.”

Mazzulla also said it was an injury that had been bothering Brown lately and that he had “played through it.”

The Celtics are the deepest team in the league, so missing Brown for a handful of regular-season games may not hurt them in the long run. However, if Brown is actually out for a long period of time, it could hurt Boston if things get a little tight in the Eastern Conference standings.

Brown has spent his entire career in the Northeast as the Celtics selected him with the No. 3 overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft.

In his nine-year career, Brown was an NBA Champion, NBA Finals MVP, three-time NBA All-Star, All-NBA Second Team and NBA All-Rookie Second Team.

The Georgia native has improved every year of his career, and his jump from his rookie season to now is the reason Boston is the juggernaut they are.

Brown has played in 546 games and averaged 18.7 points per game, 5.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists while shooting 48 percent from the field and 36 percent from three for his career.

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