If you’ve watched yesterday’s game between Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers, you’ve probably witnessed one of the most gruesome injuries in NBA. Gordon Hayward attained a terrible ankle injury after attempting to do an alley-oop during the opening game of the NBA. This has happened a little before the first quarter started.
After that incident, Hayward was taken out on a stretcher and was reportedly brought to a hospital in Boston.
As someone on his early career in the NBA, this can be rather demotivating aside from being physically painful. Hence, Kobe Bryant, a basketball superstar and a former NBA player, wrote to Hayward a heartfelt message via Instagram.
A poignant part of Kobe’s message was when he said, “Then focus on the recovery process day by day by day. It’s a long journey but if you focus on the mini milestones along the way you will find beauty in the struggle of doing simple things that prior to this injury were taken for granted.”
I bet those words are some that Gordon really needs right now.
What words of encouragement do you want to share to Gordon Hayward?