I thought by now he would be doing shooting drills with team mates. Things are progressing slowly.
At this stage I'm not absolutely convinced he'll be 100% for camp next season. Seriously. It's mid-May and he's relearning how to move.
There is always a chance that someone could struggle to return from such a serious injury. Let’s not take this too far however. Hayward is not relearning how to move. He’s working with a specialist to make sure his rehab goes as well as possible. When dealing with a leg or foot injury it is easy to pick up bad habits and to favor one side over the other. They are just making sure he rehabs the right way.
Yeah, "relearning to move" is an incredibly dishonest description of what he's doing
At one point DA said they had to pull him back a bit which maybe he went too hard and set him back a week or two.
I think the best case was him on the floor was two weeks before playoffs. That ment superfast healing, and progression. Realistic was getting on the floor at this time. And doing drills in mid June to early July. When this happened my wife said 8 months before moving as a normal person with out thinking about it. Now being a pro ball player, thats a whole different story. Couple more months.
Funny thing about injuries too, is that some times you hit a wall. I've had a bad ankle injury that if took about six months to get right, and it wasn't nearly as bad. But if felt like that it would be the same for a month and never got better, and then the next week it felt better. Then it would feel that way for a few weeks, and then all of a sudden after a day of rest, it would be even better.
Next month he could be going full out in drills out of nowhere's. I wouldn't worry until August if he's not playing at least 3 on 3. But even then if he's close, it's still good. I'd be fine easing him into the line up into the season. I'd be more focused on the after All-Star break. Thats when he really needs to be 100% and back starting.