It’s been assumed that Celtics forward Gordon Hayward is on track for a return at the start of next season. And in an update on his blog, Hayward explained that while he’s still in line to be ready, it wasn’t without a recent “complication.”
According to Hayward, the issue derived from insertions that doctors made during the initial surgery when he fractured his tibia and dislocated his ankle on opening night in 2017.
“I recently had surgery to remove the plate and screws that were put in my ankle after I broke it in the opener,” Hayward wrote.