Paul George knows what it’s like to lose an entire season to a leg injury. He also knows what it takes to regain form after the fact. George suffered a broken leg while playing with Team USA in 2014. Since his injury occurred over the offseason, he was able to return at the tail end [...]
November 3, 2017
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Gordon Hayward is slowly recovering from his dislocated left ankle and fractured tibia. While making an appearance on 98.5 the Sports Hub in Boston, Celtics head coach Brad Stevens said the All-Star forward is out of his post-surgery hard cast and in the infant stages of rehabilitation, per ESPN.com’s Chris Forsberg: Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens [...]
November 2, 2017
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Gordon Hayward suffered a dislocated left ankle and fractured tibia barely five minutes into his regular-season debut with the Boston Celtics. He underwent surgery last Thursday and is expected to miss the rest of the year. Oh, and lastly, he’s already started the rehab process. WAIT, WUT? Yep, it’s true. Hayward essentially began the recovery [...]
October 22, 2017
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When Gordon Hayward crumpled to the floor early in the Boston Celtics’ opening-night loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers, everyone in Quicken Loans Arena knew. The fans, the players, the coaches—they all understood. Something was broken. Hayward’s season was over. It was a gruesome, soul-sundering sight to behold, made so much worse, for some reason, by [...]
October 18, 2017
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Boston was the big winner in free agency this season as they were able to lure 27-year-old All-Star wing Gordon Hayward from the Utah Jazz. Everybody knew Boston would be a big contender for Hayward’s services because of his connection with Celtics Head Coach Brad Stevens, whom recruited him to and coached him at Butler [...]
September 22, 2017
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Kyrie Irving is preaching patience on behalf of the Boston Celtics’ Big 3. On paper, the mix of himself, Gordon Hayward and Al Horford is terrifying. All of them can play off the ball, and Irving may be the least talented passer of the bunch—a knock against him, but a compliment to the Celtics’ blend [...]
September 22, 2017
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As if we needed more proof that Joe Ingles is a class act. The Utah Jazz officially announced on Tuesday that they had re-signed the combo wing to a four-year, $52 million deal, and while speaking with reporters, he was naturally asked about Gordon Hayward’s decision to bolt for the Boston Celtics. His response to [...]
July 26, 2017
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Would the Boston Celtics have signed Al Horford last summer and then Gordon Hayward this year if Brad Stevens wasn’t their head coach? Probably not. And this answer isn’t purposely incendiary. It basically has Danny Ainge’s stamp of approval. From ESPN.com’s Chris Forsberg: Armed with little more than a MacBook, Stevens has led a series [...]
July 21, 2017
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Rudy Gobert is not surprised Gordon Hayward left the Utah Jazz for the Boston Celtics. To the contrary, by the end of Utah’s sales pitch to the All-Star forward, Gobert expected him to leave for Beantown, per the Salt Lake Tribune‘s Tony Jones: He said he learned of Hayward’s departure through Twitter, although he and Hayward [...]
July 14, 2017
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Gordon Hayward’s path to the Boston Celtics has taken yet another turn for the weird. Surprise, surprise. The All-Star combo forward agreed to join the Celtics on a four-year, $128 million deal this past Tuesday, a decision that was rife with screw-ups and leaks and general awkwardness. And it turns out that period of topsy-turviness [...]