Jaylen Brown will be available for the Celtics‘ season opener against the Knicks on Wednesday, per the NBA’s Opening Night rosters.
Brown tested positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 8.
Celtics coach Ime Udoka expressed some confidence the star wing would be able to return for the team’s opener. On Monday, Udoka said Brown was doing well, but he wasn’t certain what Brown’s status might be. He was asked whether Brown will be able to jump straight back into basketball activities if cleared.
“That’s a discussion we’re going to have,” Udoka said. “We like to get somebody reps obviously instead of throwing them into a game after being out all that time so something we traditionally do not do, but something we’ll have a discussion about and see where we go.