Gordon Hayward today underwent successful surgery to remove the plate and screws that were implanted following the broken fibula he suffered on October 17.

Hayward’s ankle and fibula are both structurally sound, and the removal of the plate and screws was necessary as they were causing irritation to his peroneal tendons.

Hayward is scheduled to return to basketball activities in six to eight weeks, and is expected to be at full strength for the start of training camp.

The Boston Celtics are interested in moving up to select Mo Bamba, according to sources.

The Celtics would likely need to trade up to the No. 3 through No. 6 range in order to select Bamba.

The Celtics have a need for a defensive center and Bamba projects as a potential All-Defensive caliber player.

Boston owns the No. 27 overall pick and have multiple other assets available.

The Boston Celtics are hopeful Gordon Hayward will be able to resume full basketball activities this summer.

Hayward is recovering from a dislocated ankle suffered in the season opener.

"Gordon is progressing well," Ainge said. "He's on the court now, finally doing a little bit of competition, like just one-on-one. And he'll progress along that line slowly. We think that he'll be playing basketball in the next couple months."

Ainge admitted it had to be hard for Kyrie Irving and Hayward watch Boston's playoff run without them.

"I don't think any of us can really understand," Ainge said. "That never really happened to me as a player, so I'm not sure I understand, but I could see it in their eyes all year when Gordon was out. It hurts to not be able to play, especially when the team was doing so well, and same thing with Kyrie."

Kyrie Irving did not attend the Boston Celtics' Game 7 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers as he was recovering from nasal surgery.

"Kyrie had a deviated septum, had some surgery on that, and so I don't think he wanted to be seen," said Ainge, who turned playful while noting, "He's a really good-looking guy. He can't ruin his movie career."

Irving's agent, Jeff Wechsler, told ESPN's Jackie MacMullan that he wanted to attend the game but couldn't fly because of the surgery.

"It was a residual from the facial fracture he had earlier in the season," Wechsler said, referring to the injury Irving suffered in November. "He had the knee surgery, and now he's taken care of this sinus surgery, so he will be all set going forward."

Irving was ruled out for the season with knee surgery in April.

Ben Simmons and Donovan Mitchell headline the 2017-18 NBA All-Rookie Teams as unanimous selections.

Jayson Tatum nearly was a unanimous selection as well, earning 99 out of 100 First Team Votes.

Kyle Kuzma and Lauri Markkanen round out the First Team.

2017-18 NBA All-Rookie First Team
Donovan Mitchell
Ben Simmons
Jayson Tatum
Kyle Kuzma
Lauri Markkanen

2017-18 NBA All-Rookie Second Team
Dennis Smith Jr.
Lonzo Ball
John Collins
Bogdan Bogdanovic
Josh Jackson

The Phoenix Suns have won the 2018 NBA Draft Lottery while the Sacramento Kings moved up to No. 2 and the Atlanta Hawks will select at No. 3.

1. Phoenix Suns
2. Sacramento Kings
3. Atlanta Hawks
4. Memphis Grizzlies
5. Dallas Mavericks
6. Orlando Magic
7. Chicago Bulls
8. Cleveland Cavaliers (from Nets)
9. New York Knicks
10. Philadelphia 76ers (from Lakers)
11. Charlotte Hornets
12. Los Angeles Clippers (from Pistons)
13. Los Angeles Clippers
14. Denver Nuggets

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Jay Larranaga met with the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday about their head coaching position.

Larranaga has also interviewed with the Charlotte Hornets and Atlanta Hawks this offseason.

Larranaga is the top assistant to Brad Stevens with the Boston Celtics. 

Larranaga had a long playing career in Europe before going into coaching in 2008. He worked in the NBA’s Developmental League, coaching the Erie Bay Hawks, before being hired by the Celtics in 2012.

The Cavaliers were blown out by the Celtics in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, but LeBron James remains optimistic about his team's chances.

“I have zero level of concern at this stage,” James said. “You get better throughout the series. You see ways you can get better throughout the series. But I’ve been down 0-1, I’ve been down 0- 2. I’ve been down before in the postseason. For me, there’s never no level of concern no matter how bad I played tonight with seven turnovers, how inefficient I was shooting the ball. I’m just as confident going into a series whether it’s a 0-0 series or I’m down 0-1. We have another opportunity to be better as a ball club coming in Tuesday night, and we’ll see what happens.”

Al Horford had 20 points, four rebounds, six assists and two blocks in the Celtics' 108-83 Game 1 win over the Cavaliers. Horford also was plus-17 in the game.

"He's our rock," Brad Stevens said. "He's the guy we really, really lean on."

"[Horford's] playing at a very high level," Kevin Love said. "He's really been an ace in the hole for them."

Brad Stevens called a meeting shortly after Gordon Hayward suffered a dislocated ankle and the Celtics completed an emotional three-games-in-four nights period.

Stevens warned the Celtics to not use their youth as an excuse.

"Expedite your learning curve," Stevens remembered saying. "If there's film to watch, or something you need to work on with a coach, go do it."

"This is my favorite Celtics team ever, in terms of energy, camaraderie and underdog spirit," Wyc Grousbeck said.

"This is a special team," Danny Ainge said. "This is as much fun as I've ever had."