As is typical in our family, my spouse and I sat down the other evening to catch the day\u2019s sporting events \u2014 bouncing between baseball\u2019s league championship series and the start of the professional basketball season. Truth told, pro basketball doesn\u2019t always keep my attention; it sometimes seems like defense is only played the last ten minutes of the game. But in solely the first six minutes of the season, our eyes were glued to the television. I wish they had not been so glued.<\/p>\n
The Celtics were playing the Cavaliers in Cleveland, and not halfway through the first quarter, star free agent pickup, Boston\u2019s Gordon Hayward, went up for a routine alley-oop \u2014 a play he\u2019s probably made hundreds of times \u2014 and in one of the most grisly injuries to watch unfold, Hayward landed awkwardly, his ankle contorted underneath him, fracturing both his ankle and left tibia.<\/p>\n
Happening in front of the opposing team, the Cavaliers\u2019 bench responded in immediate, unprecedented queasiness, scrambling to look away. It was grisly and gruesome indeed\u2026 an injury that should be wished upon no one.<\/p>\n
Note the immediate wishes from all over the sports spectrum\u2026<\/p>\n
For @gordonhayward. Come back stronger! God bless you bro @gordonhayward ! help him thru this god! Never like to see that. Best wishes to @gordonhayward Praying for my guy @gordonhayward!!! NEVER want to see any of the guys go through anything like that. NBA | Heartbreak for #GordonHayward but beautiful to see the NBA Community come together for him. Our thoughts and prayers are with you Lord , Carry Him Now @gordonhayward No no no no no no………. praying everything is okay\u2026 Gordon and Robyn, our thoughts are with you and your family. All of Jazz Nation sending best wishes for a speedy recovery. Never want to see that man!#thoughtsandprayers @gordonhayward. Only God has ALL the answers. @gordonhayward prayin for u my brother. Prayers to @gordonhayward @celtics hope people will understand better that NOTHINGS guaranteed in the game we love Wow\u2026 that\u2019s horrific\u2026 feel awful for Hayward Can’t even put into words. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Gordon Hayward. #BiggerThanBasketball Absolutely gut wrenching. Never like to see that. Feel awful\u2026<\/em> Respectfully\u2026 As is typical in our family, my spouse and I sat down the other evening to catch the day\u2019s sporting events \u2014 bouncing between baseball\u2019s league championship series and the start of the professional basketball season. Truth told, pro basketball doesn\u2019t always keep my attention; it sometimes seems like defense is only played the last … <\/p>\n
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2014 from Steph Curry<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u00a0\u2014 from Paul George<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u00a0\u2014 from soccer\u2019s Jody Altidore<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u00a0\u2014 from DeAndre Jordan<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u2014 from award-winning broadcaster Benny Bonsu<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u2014 from Dwight Howard<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u2014 from Jared Sullinger<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u00a0\u2014 from the Utah Jazz, Hayward\u2019s former team<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u00a0\u2014 from Zach LaVine<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u2014 from Shaun Livingston<\/em><\/p>\n
\n \u00a0\u2014 from Odell Beckham, Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u00a0\u2014 from Bruce Bowen<\/em><\/p>\n
\n\u00a0 \u00a0\u2014 from Jeremy Lin<\/em><\/p>\n
\nGordon Hayward.
\nFeeling for you man.
\nAbsolutely gut wrenching.
\n \u00a0\u2014 from JJ Watt<\/em><\/p>\n
\n \u00a0\u2014 from the Cleveland Cavaliers<\/em><\/p>\n
\nInjury should be wished upon no one. I hope we get that. I pray, too, we can always be graceful, wishing another well, even in opposition, realizing something is always \u201cbigger\u201d \u2014 in far more than basketball. I thus also pray our emotion and opposition wouldn\u2019t keep us from extending the wisdom and warmth embedded within such beautiful (and beautifully contagious)<\/em> grace.<\/p>\n
\nAR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"