Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward was injured for all but five minutes of last season, but his social media antics managed to piss off head coach Brad Stevens. Hayward's season-ending ankle fracture occurred about five minutes into the team's season opener with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

There were lots of speculation about Hayward returning to help the Celtics make a playoff run, but Stevens consistently denied the possibility of this. Despite his coach's words, Hayward posted workout videos that made Celtics fans hopeful. Stevens didn't enjoy this.

“It was funny because I would do like an Instagram post of me doing stationary dribbling and shooting the day after Coach Stevens said ‘he’s not coming back,'” Hayward said in his guesting for Barstool Sports' Pardon My Take podcast. “And then there would be all this hype like I’m coming back and everything. Coach Stevens got a little pissed about that.”

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These two have plenty of history. Stevens coached Hayward on a Butler team that nearly beat Duke in the NCAA Finals back in 2010. Now that Hayward is healthy and a full participant in practice, Stevens won't have to worry about fielding injury questions as much. He'll have plenty of time to focus on being the basketball genius he is this year. Hayward will help the Celtics put a starting lineup together that's better than last year's.

Gordon Hayward and Brad Stevens will need to have patience with one another this year. Hayward is an All-Star, but he may not play starting minutes from the jump. Once he adjusts to the speed and physicality of a real game, the Celtics should take off.