This is not a drill.
I REPEAT THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!
Hayward has said he’s keeping a return this season in the back of his mind. As fun as it is to freak out right now, this is about the right time for him to get out of the book.
I stick by what I said on Sunday..
If I put money down to bet on when Hayward would return, that’s where it would go… second round of the playoffs. He will have missed the entire regular season and, by then, have gone through six and a half months of recovery and rehabilitation.