Brad Stevens threw cold water on the rumblings about Gordon Hayward returning this season
Even if Hayward is getting pretty good at shooting from that chair.
Despite the rehab videos and nagging speculation, Celtics coach Brad Stevens re-articulated Saturday what the team has always said about Gordon Hayward returning this season.
Don’t count on it.
“We don’t anticipate him being back this season,” Stevens said Saturday, according to ESPN’s Chris Forsberg. However, the Celtics coach did acknowledge Hayward’s work on his shot, despite his fractured left angle.
“Like, he’s a heck of a standstill shooter now,” Stevens said. “And he’s really good in a chair, too.”
Brad Stevens on Gordon Hayward: “He makes a lot of shots standing still. I mean, a lot. Like, he’s a heck of a standstill shooter now. And he’s really good in a chair, too. But nothing new. We don’t anticipate him being back this season.”
— Chris Forsberg (@ESPNForsberg) January 28, 2018
Hayward hasn’t ruled out returning this season, but medical experts have said that given the severity of his injury he wouldn’t be 100 percent if he did.
In the meantime, Hayward has indeed been practicing his shot, from the chair and otherwise.
