For former Boston Celtics veteran forward Gordon Hayward, his new home with the Charlotte Hornets is a mix of the familiar and the strange — and most importantly for all involved, he seems to be happy with his new home.
At the time of its signing, it didn’t seem logical for a team to offer him the $128 million, four-year deal the Hornets gave him to lure him away from the Celtics, and perhaps down the road it will look less sensible than it does right now. But the opportunities he’d signed on for with Boston no longer existed because of the unexpectedly fast growth of star wings Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum.
Regardless of how we feel about Hayward’s exit, the numbers he’s putting up in Charlotte just weren’t going to be there for him in Boston — and he knew it.
