Just when it seems to be getting back to normal for Gordon Hayward, he injures his left hand. He has to get surgery on that hand and now he is out for 6 weeks. Gordon Hayward speaks on those frustrations as reported by NBC Sports Boston:
“Like I said, happy that it shouldn’t be that long. Obviously frustrated — it sucks watching and not being able to go out there and play, especially with the start that we’ve had. I think this time around, I’ll be able to run around, use my legs still, maintain my conditioning, which I’m very thrilled about and then be around the team, too. And kinda stay involved, which is good…
“I think we’ll take it, as cliche as it sounds, we’ll take it day by day and week by week and it’s one of those things that, once the bone is healed, then it’s kind of how much can you tolerate and how well does my body handle with the swelling, kind of how well it takes ramping up activities and doing different basketball things,” said Hayward. “Honestly, looking at the plan that we set up today and just kind of attacking each day. Hopefully, I’ll be back sooner rather than later.”
Gordon Hayward is obviously frustrated after it seemed that he was having a bounce-back year. Now he has to be patient for 6 weeks until he can come back. The Celtics are still 9-1 and shouldn’t regress too much from his injury. The Celtics are deep enough to account for his loss. They’ll have him back around Christmas time, so that’ll be good. While his presence should be missed, learning how to play without him now could make the Celtics better throughout the year. Time will come, Gordon Hayward, time will come.
