If I’m Jaylen Brown, I’m going shopping right now for a nice greeting card, maybe something with leprechauns on it or something, with the intent of writing a heartfelt message in it and delivering it to Gordon Hayward’s locker. The heartfelt message would be something like this:
“Hey Gordon,
It’s cool that you’re not injured anymore, but I really wish you would get re-injured so I can have all the minutes again. As you can see from the stats I have included with this card, my numbers are way down from last season, and it’s all your fault, to put it bluntly.
It’s not like I want you to blow up your leg or anything, that was really gross, but maybe if you had like a heart condition that takes a few years to clear up, that would be awesome. Then, by the time you’re ready to play again, your contract will have run out and I’ll have been winning championships with Kyrie and Jayson in the meantime.
But we’re still good friends and I like you as a person. I just wish you would stop stealing my minutes and tanking my stats with your presence.
Regards,
-Jaylen Brown”
That gets his point across without being too mean or forceful about it. If he wanted to soften the blow even more, he could include a fifty dollar gift card for Hearthstone. Hayward probably has all the cards anyway but it’s the thought that counts, right?