BOSTON -- Celtics forward Gordon Hayward will not formally rule himself out for the remainder of the 2017-18 season, reaffirming that his focus remains on day-to-day improvements and seeing where that leads him.
Less than a week after Celtics coach Brad Stevens offered his most emphatic, "He's not playing this year," when asked about Hayward's recovery, Hayward wouldn't close the door completely on the possibility.
"My thoughts are that I take it day by day. And I said that from the very beginning, that's what I would do, not putting a timetable on it," Hayward said Friday while unveiling a new gym for students at the Timilty Middle School in Roxbury.