Celtics forward Gordon Hayward says he’s been playing full-court, 5-on-5 basketball with “pretty much no restrictions” for two weeks.
“I’m just excited to be out there,” Hayward told reporters at the Auerbach Center Thursday afternoon. “It’s been so much fun to be able to play again and play with my teammates. These past few weeks and the next probably month or so will be good to get back into the game.”
Hayward was five minutes into his Celtics debut last season when he went down with the season-ending fracture dislocation of his left ankle. He spent the entirety of last season rehabbing and recovering from the gruesome injury — a process he called “the most difficult thing [he’s] done.