Jeff Green will not play basketball this season, due to an aortic aneurysm. He's having heart surgery next month.
This certainly comes as a surprise, though we've known for a little while now that Green was having some sort of health issue. He had been held out of the team's early practices because he hadn't yet passed his physical.
The temptation is to tack this on to the list of reasons that the Green-for-Kendrick-Perkins trade last February was a disaster, but that's not fair to Danny and it distracts from the more important issue, Green's health. While heart surgery is a serious matter, it sounds like Green's long-term outlook is good and that the condition, when treated, doesn't even threaten his career, let alone his life.
From a basketball perspective, this obviously puts the Celtics in a tough spot. When action is taken to try and replace Green in the rotation, I'll let you know.
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