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Brad buries any hopes of Hayward returning

Brad Stevens has said all season that he doesn’t “anticipate” a Gordon Hayward return. Just now, however, the coach was finally definitive: “He’s not playing this year.” Says Hayward is only running at 60% of body weight on AlterG treadmill.

— Marc D'Amico (@Marc_DAmico) March 3, 2018

Brad Stevens with his most definitive “he’s not playing this year” in regard to Gordon Hayward at shootaround this morning. pic.twitter.com/HxBr69ssXj

— Chris Forsberg (@ESPNForsberg) March 3, 2018

Well…

I guess that’s it.

Any hope that might have been inspired by Gordon Hayward jumping a little bit has been snuffed out by Brad Stevens today.