BOSTON — Oshae Brissett heard about the Celtics’ search for a big wing before the trade deadline, Brad Stevens’ most direct pronouncement about what the team will consider in the coming weeks before the trade deadline. Stevens stressed that that big wing could already be on the roster.
With Sam Hauser squarely in the rotation and other forwards mostly uninvolved all season, no other player appears to fit that description other than Brissett. At that time, he sat outside of the rotation after a difficult shooting start to the season. Joe Mazzulla used him consistently in the opening weeks of the season, and almost on call, inserted him early the night after Stevens’ comments with Al Horford out on the first half of a back-to-back against Utah.