Danny Ainge spoke to the media for the first time since Gordon Hayward left the Boston Celtics for the Charlotte Hornets. Ainge said the Celtics talked to 3-4 teams about sign-and-trades and tried to keep Hayward on a long-term deal before talks fell apart and the Hornets secured him on a $120 million deal. Boston is left with a trade exception worth $28 million, Jeff Teague and Tristan Thompson, who will start training camp slow with a hamstring injury.
The breaking news of the day was Kemba Walker, who will miss time for the Celtics through January after a knee stem cell injection to address the likely onset of arthritis in his left knee. Boston has him on a 12-week strengthening program and will slowly ramp him up.
He also said it's possible that the Celtics rushed Kemba back into action when the NBA Bubble began in June. Kemba played every game except for two regular season games after the re-start and Ainge said he never looked right.
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