Gordon Hayward

After a long, eventful offseason, we finally have basketball to watch. We’re a week into the season and we’ve already had multiple season-changing injuries, team controversies, major rookie impacts, and a couple of breakouts from former top-10 picks, including Orlando's Aaron Gordon. As always, feel free to ask me any questions on Twitter, @JonSauber. Season-Changing Injuries Gordon Hayward, Boston Celtics Not even a quarter into their opener, the Celtics’ season was turned on its head. Gordon Hayward went down with a…

We opened the NBA and fantasy basketball season on Tuesday with two potential conference finals matchups. Sounds great, right? Well, just a little over five minutes into the first quarter of the Boston/Cleveland showdown, Gordon Hayward came down hard. It looked like he just hurt his back at first, but then you heard Marv Albert break the news, “Heyward broke his leg! Hayward has broken his leg.” No matter what team you root for, you never want to see something like this happen. Unfortunately, Hayward wasn’t the only…

As a Celtics fan, writing this article totally sucks. Barely over five minutes into his Celtics career, Gordon Hayward came down hard on an alley-oop attempt and from the reaction from the Cleveland bench, you knew something was drastically wrong. Hayward had dislocated his left ankle and fracturing his tibia. I have seen the footage about five times now and that’s five times too many. Why I watched again after the first time is beyond me. Do yourself a favor and don’t watch the replay if you have a weak stomach. It was…

Fall is here, and that means the NBA season is right around the corner. In any fantasy sport, the draft is the most important part of building a winning team. If you're not prepared, you're going to be scrambling for the next five months to try to fix your team and make the playoffs. In today's NBA, guards are running wild like they never have before. Three-pointers are at an all-time high, and that seems to be said each passing season. Grabbing a couple of elite guards isn't just recommended, it's a viable part of…

When you compare the two conferences, the West is far superior to the East. The three best records this season were all by teams in the West. There were two heavy favorites to begin the season in the West: Golden State and San Antonio. That remains the case after the first round. Let's take a look at the two Western Conference semifinals series to see if either Utah or Houston can upset these two juggernauts. #1 Golden State Warriors vs. #5 Utah Jazz 1st Round: Golden State swept Portland in 4 games, Utah beat Los Angeles…