Position: F
Born: 03/23/90
Height: 6-8 / 2.03
Weight:207 lbs. / 93.9 kg.
Salary: $29,727,900
Born: 03/23/90
Height: 6-8 / 2.03
Weight:207 lbs. / 93.9 kg.
Salary: $29,727,900
Jared Weiss: Brad Stevens asked about what phase Gordon Hayward is in working with the running mechanics specialist: “He’s in the running mechanics specialist phase.”
Scott Souza: #Celtics Brad Stevens on Gordon Hayward: We’re just trying to get him ready for Friday’s game … (waits on laughter). He won’t join us in Milwaukee. He’s a long, long, long way from playing.
Tom Westerholm: Rozier on whether the team has a chip on its shoulder: “There’s been a chip on the shoulder since Hayward went down. You hear a lot of people doubting us from that point. We went on the 16-game winning streak and everybody hopped back on the bandwagon. That’s just how it goes.”
Gordon Hayward: “I always loved basketball. Being on the basketball court and winning with my team is one of the greatest feelings I have. This injury, I mean, I have never been through anything like this in my life. You go from excelling at a really advanced level to concentrating all [your] efforts just to do a calf raise. An experience like this changes you. My wife and I took some hospital visits. I was really down and having dark thoughts, but we visited kids who were really going through terrible illnesses. It put things in perspective. I know I can and will be an inspiration for people. Twenty-eighteen will be my year. I will be back on the court.”
“Even if Kyrie was on [the Celtics] I still think the Cleveland Cavaliers [were] the better team, especially when you look at how depleted [the Celtics] are … Marcus Smart, they don’t know if he’s gonna be back for the second round of the playoffs then you’ve got Gordon Hayward who’s been out all season long. So when you look at this roster I think in order for them to great and in order to beat a Cleveland or the Toronto Raptors, they need to be healthy.”
Gordon Hayward: I’m happy to report I’ve made some solid progress in my recovery the last couple months. The most encouraging thing for me right now is that I’m accomplishing things that I wasn’t able to do before. This process is tedious. But you set these little goals that you have to accomplish, and you just slowly check them off.
