Jabari Parker Details Heartwarming Off-court Aspect Of His ACL Recovery

"What's up, everybody? I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who has kept me in their thoughts and prayers," Hayward said. "I'm going to be all right. It's hurting me that I can't be there for the home opener; I want nothing more just to be with my teammates and walk out onto that floor tonight. I'll be supporting you guys from here. I wish you the best of luck. Kill it tonig

The 27-year-old averaged a career-high 21.1 points, 6.3 assists and 4.8 rebounds per game on 43.4 percent shooting last season with Phoenix but his numbers didn't have much effect on the team as they were constantly losing ga

"This opportunity for myself to really get back everything that I would say has been taken away. I’m not too much worried about the naysayers, the rankings and stuff, but just the hearts of the peo

It's difficult to play good D on a rebuilding team filled with young players still learning their assignments, so it's unfair to point to Bledsoe's deficiencies on that end of the floor in a Suns unif

Last season, Jabari Parker was in the midst of an outstanding year with the Milwaukee Bucks, averaging 20.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists over 33.9 minutes per contest, all of which were career hi

Despite not featuring in the playoffs in the four years he spent in Arizona, he should still be able to deal with pressure situations better than some of the Bucks youngsters and take on more responsibility both on and off the fl

In Wisconsin, however, those numbers would prove to be valuable for his new team as they would love to ease the scoring load on star player Giannis Antetokounmpo and rely on another player to create his own offe

"But this is a setback; we're expecting a full recovery," Stevens noted . "And we know there are going to be a lot of tough days ahead on that recovery but, at the same time, hopefully he'll improve day to day. But it's been tough. It's been tough for h

"I think the biggest thing is they really care about Gordon," Stevens said . "He's made a big impact on them. He's an easy guy to play with. He's a guy you want to play with on both ends of the floor. So certainly you miss that -- and that camaraderie. But one of the tasks that we have now is to pick up steam for him, and guys that get opportunities that [they] may not have [had before Hayward's sports injury community|https://sportsinjuryfocus.com/] or guys that get opportunities from a more minutes standpoint need to be ready to take advantage of tho

"There have been writers who get national attention who have said things about me that stick in people’s minds and in their hearts," Howard said. "I’ve allowed things that have been said about me to have an effect on

In case you missed it, Gordon Hayward suffered one of the most grotesque in-game injuries in NBA history on Tuesday night.Landing awkwardly on his way down from an ally-oop attempt, Hayward dislocated his ankle and fractured his tibia which immediately shocked everyone watching.As he lay in pain on the floor at the sight of his visible deformity, his teammates, opposing players, the crowd and the viewing audience looked on in anguish as one of Boston’s star players was severely injured. Hayward’s agent Mark Bartelstein told ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan that the surgery would involve "a bunch of different things," including inserting a plate and screws in order to stabilize his ankle and tibia.In the team’s home opener against the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night, the longest-tenured Celtic Marcus Smart was slated to deliver a message to the fans over the loudspeakers. But instead, he simply directed fans to the video screens above on the jumbotron. Here’s what pla

"I was [at the hospital] for a minute last night and also again today for an hour or so. He's down," Stevens said, via ESPN . "Obviously, there's a physical pain to it, but I think it's also doubled by the emotional pain of, you know, he put a lot of effort into trying to start this, his career, out well in Bost

He admitted that his first ACL tear didn’t go well from a mental perspective. After all, he was just 19 years old and it was just a few months after his one-and-done season at Duke University. "I was by myself a lot… I've been in a very dark place," he not

Having dropped their season opener against the Cavs, the Celtics also lost their home opener to the Bucks on Wednesday to fall to an early 0-2 record. They will have to figure out how to compensate for the loss of their All-Star forw

Therefore, the comfort of having his mother around to support him has had a positive impact on his recovery from a mental standpoint. Once he returns to the court, we will see if it also has an impact there as well if he's planning on having his mom around even after he's fully healthy. By the sounds of it, that may be a smart decision for the youngs

"I want to wait as long as I can just so I know where I am and I don't have to rush nothing," he told The Crossover’s Rob Mahoney in an exclusive interview . Mahoney reported that in private, Parker ends each one of of his workouts with a power dunk off a single step, which suggests that he may be closer than expec