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Gordon Hayward Empathizes with Jusuf Nurkic

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Gordon Hayward is one of the few NBA players who can relate to Jusuf Nurkic right now.

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CelticsforwardGordon Hayward, who suffered his own infamously gruesome leg injury at the start of the 2017-18 season, shared some sympathy withJusuf Nurkicand theTrail Blazerswhen speaking with reporters recently (via NBC Sports Boston):

“I just saw it this morning. I feel so bad for the guy,” Haywardtold reporters in Clevelandahead of Boston’s game against theCavaliersthat night, via The Boston Globe’s Gary Washburn. “I mean, he was having a tremendous year. I feel bad for the Blazers, too.”

海沃德也有一些鼓励Nurkic:

“It is what it is. Hopefully I can be some inspiration for some people that you can come back and it takes a lot of work,” Hayward said. ”But it’s definitely possible, and we’re blessed modern technology and all that they can do to help us get better.”

And even tried some Bosnian in a get-well tweet he sent: