This one’s on you, Danny Ainge.

The Boston Celtics’ president of basketball operations caused a minor stir Tuesday when he tweeted a photo of forward Gordon Hayward standing without a brace on his injured left ankle. Hayward responded by tweeting an eye emoji, and the rampant speculation about his possible return picked up once again.

But head coach Brad Stevens threw cold water on that speculation Wednesday when asked for an update on Hayward.

“Obviously, nothing has changed with his timelines,” Stevens told reporters in a conference call from London, where Boston will play the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday. “This isn’t like a huge ordeal. This is what was expected.”

The Celtics (and Hayward himself) have insisted they don’t plan on him returning this season. But Hayward admitted recently his “mind is open” to possibly coming back late in the season, and Ainge hasn’t totally ruled that out, either.

Stevens would say nothing more other than Hayward is sticking to the script, however.