Gordon Hayward rumors, news

Breaking news and rumors

Injuries and suspensions

Lifestyle

Trade rumors, contract, salary

Stats and scores

Family

Top stories

Fantasy rankings and news

Schedules and games

Rumors and scandals

• Playoff risers, lottery tankers and Cooper Flagg’s injury | The Kevin O'Connor Show

Kevin O'Connor is joined by Gordon Hayward & Tom Haberstroh to talk NBA draft prospects, teams whose playoff hopes are rising, teams beginning to tank and more....2025
Visit the page Cooper Flagg breaking news today
• Former NBA All-Star Calls Out LeBron James’ Viral Confrontation Over Stephen A. Smith-Bronny James Episode
Former NBA star Gordon Hayward subtly calls out LeBron James for his viral public altercation with Stephen A. Smith over Bronny James coverage....2025
Visit the page LeBron James headline news
• Gordon Hayward Exclusive: Celtics In ‘Cruise Control’ Now, Will Beat Thunder In Finals
Gordon Hayward believes it’ll be his two former teams that meet in the 2025 NBA Finals. Hayward began his career and had his best years with the Utah Jazz, playing seven years in Salt Lake City while being named an All-Star in 2017. However, he spent a few years playing with the Boston Celtics (2017-2020) […] The post Gordon Hayward Exclusive: Celtics In ‘Cruise Control’ Now, Will Bea...2025
Continue with Utah Jazz news today
• 30 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Let’s jump around the league to find the players most likely to get relocated at the 2025 NBA trade deadline. In a now-annual tradition at SB Nation, we are scouring through the internet’s endless supply of NBA trade rumors and asking around our NBA team site network to ask our local experts (alongside some national analysis from yours truly) to see ...2025
See also Atlanta Hawks
• 1 trade for all 30 NBA teams to fix the whole league for Christmas

Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images Are all these trades legal under the NBA Collective Bargaining Agreement? Yes. Will every team involved hate them? Quite possibly. The holiday season is about rebirth and renewal. It’s a moment of reflection, when we are all afforded a chance to improve ourselves in the new year. Many people vow to go to the gym more, to quit smoking, to b...2024
Continue with Bill Simmons breaking news
• Predicting one breakout player for each NBA team in 2024: Eastern Conference Edition

Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images The start of the NBA season is here, so let’s predict one breakout player from each Eastern Conference team ahead of the 2024-25 campaign. Editor’s Note: This is the Eastern Conference edition of our series on breakout player candidates for each NBA team in the 2024-25 season. The Western Conference edition can be read here. Every year, each t...2024
Check it out Eastern Conference news

• Playoff risers, lottery tankers and Cooper Flagg’s injury | The Kevin O'Connor Show
2025

Check it out Cooper Flagg availability report
• 30 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline
2025

See more articles Atlanta Hawks injury report
• 1 trade for all 30 NBA teams to fix the whole league for Christmas
2024

Visit the page Bill Simmons
• Predicting one breakout player for each NBA team in 2024: Eastern Conference Edition
2024

Read about Eastern Conference injury report
• Northwest Notes: Hayward, Morris, Jazz, Strawther
Gordon Hayward has battled injuries for the past several seasons and is no longer playing at the same level as he was back in 2017 when he made his first and only All-Star game. But Hayward is the sort of big wing who has real value on a playoff roster, according to Joe Mussatto of […]...2024
• NBA trade deadline instant grades for every 2024 deal made as they happen

Photo by David Jensen/Getty Images Let’s grade every 2024 NBA trade deadline deal. The NBA transaction periods have become almost as exciting as the games themselves, and that makes the 2024 NBA trade deadline something close to a holiday for a certain type of hoops fan. No matter where your team is in the standings right now, the trade deadline represents an opportunity for hope: teams ar...2024
See more articles Brooklyn Nets injury status
• Thunder nearing trade for Gordon Hayward from Hornets in exchange for Tre Mann, salaries: Sources
The Charlotte Hornets are nearing a deal to send forward Gordon Hayward to the Oklahoma City Thunder, according to league sources. Hornets are expected to acquire a package centered around Tre Mann and salaries, sources said. Mann, a 2021 first-round pick, has upside as a talented young guard. Hayward leaves Charlotte after agreeing to a four-year, $120 deal with the Hornets in 2020. The one-time ...2024
Read about Tre Mann injuries
• Former All-Star being monitored as potential buyout candidate

Charlotte Hornets forward Gordon Hayward never entered stardom in earnest, largely due to injuries, but he would have allure on the buyout market should the Hornets cut bait upcoming....2024
Read about Charlotte Hornets injury
• Gordon Hayward To Miss At Least Two Weeks
Hornets wing Gordon Hayward will be re-evaluated in two weeks after suffering a calf strain on Tuesday against the Clippers, according to a team release (Twitter link). Hayward is listed as out. Hayward played just 23 minutes on Tuesday in the game he suffered the injury. He left that game in the third quarter and […]...2023
• The 2023 NBA Draft hinges on what the Hornets do at No. 2
Scoot vs. Miller starts the dominos for the rest of the class. The Charlotte Hornets have an incredible legacy of coming up just short in the NBA Draft when there’s a franchise-defining big man waiting at No. 1. In 2004 they watched as the Magic took Dwight Howard and they settled for Emeka Okafor. It happened again in 2012 when Anthony Davis was selected with the top pick, leading to the disastr...2023
Check it out Charlotte Hornets injury status

• Jimmy Butler's Emergence Can't Be Lost in Derrick Rose's Shadow
2014

See also Jimmy Butler

2025
"Last year’s trade for Gordon Hayward is one of the few attempts Presti has ever made at adding to his team’s rotation midseason."

2024
"Gordon Hayward says he was a target at the defensive end of the court because of his skin colour."

2023
"Hornets 'prepared to take calls' on Gordon Hayward"

2022
"Along with the loss, Gordon Hayward suffered a serious injury in a collision with Gary Trent Jr in the first quarter and did not return to the court."

2021
"6 million contract through their trade exception from the Gordon Hayward deal."

2020
"Kobe Bryant final game: Gordon Hayward responds to Mike Tirico's claim regarding Lakers icon's 60-point finale"

2019
"Gordon Hayward injury update: Celtics star could return from broken hand on Monday vs. Cavaliers"

2018
"Danny Ainge posts photo of Gordon Hayward without ankle brace"

2017
"The post Gordon Hayward Suffers Gruesome Leg Injury in NBA Season Opener appeared first on SLAMonline."

2016
"Across the league, teams are shuddering at what awaits in 2017, when the cap will spike again to a projected $110 million, and an even bigger wave of stars will hit the market, including Westbrook, Derrick Rose, Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, Gordon Hayward and Paul Millsap."

2015
"Utah's Gordon Hayward threw Booker a bounce pass on the inbounds play, and Booker did the rest."

2014
"Gordon Hayward says he's better than LeBron (at 'League of Legends')"

• Playoff risers, lottery tankers and Cooper Flagg’s injury | The Kevin O'Connor Show
2025

See more articles Cooper Flagg contract
• 30 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline
2025

Visit the page Atlanta Hawks trade rumors
• 1 trade for all 30 NBA teams to fix the whole league for Christmas
2024

Click for news about Bill Simmons salary
• Southeast Notes: Bertāns, Micić, Wizards, Wagner
Hornets forward Dāvis Bertāns joined the team alongside Tre Mann and Vasilije Micić at the February trade deadline, but wasn’t viewed as a centerpiece of the deal that sent Gordon Hayward out of Charlotte. However, as The Charlotte Observer’s Roderick Boone points out, Bertāns is performing well for the Hornets after working his way into […]...2024
Visit the page Tre Mann trade rumors
• The Best and Worst from Day 3 of March Madness

Photo by Joe Sargent/Getty Images A pair of overtime games in Pittsburgh highlighted the first day of second round action in the 2024 NCAA tournament. Let’s get right into it. March Madness’ 3 best games of Day 3 1. (11) NC State 79, (14) Oakland 73 (OT) (South) The first overtime game of the two played in Pittsburgh Saturday night was the best second round game the tournament has shown ...2024
Click for news about Kyle Boone salary
• And-Ones: 2024 Offseason, Vegas, Mudiay, Forbes, More
The NBA had a busy trade deadline, but there were no blockbuster deals completed last week, with role players like Buddy Hield, Bojan Bogdanovic, and Gordon Hayward among the biggest names who were on the move. However, according to Howard Beck of The Ringer, executives around the league are expecting more fireworks during the 2024 […]...2024
Read about Buddy Hield
• Hornets waiving former lottery pick James Bouknight

The Charlotte Hornets are waiving shooting guard James Bouknight, per Shams Charania of The Athletic. This is one of several moves the Hornets made at the trade deadline, also sending power forward P.J. Washington to the Dallas Mavericks and small forward Gordon Hayward to the Oklahoma City Thunder. They are next expected to buy out […] The post Hornets waiving former lottery pick James Bouk...2024
Click for news about James Bouknight contract
• 2024 NBA trade deadline tracker: Buddy Hield, Gordon Hayward, P.J. Washington moved, see every deal

Here's a look at every NBA trade that went down this week...2024
Visit the page Buddy Hield salary rumors
• Thunder Acquire Gordon Hayward From Hornets, per Report

Oklahoma City secured a veteran rotational piece ahead of the trade deadline....2024
• Thunder Acquire Gordon Hayward From Hornets For Tre Mann, Davis Bertans

The Oklahoma City have agreed to acquire Gordon Hayward from the Charlotte Hornets for Tre Mann and Davis Bertans. Hayward is on a $31.5 million expiring contract and wasn't planning on seeking a buyout if he were not traded....2024
Continue with Davis Bertans contract

• 30 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline
2025

Continue with Atlanta Hawks
• Predicting one breakout player for each NBA team in 2024: Eastern Conference Edition
2024

Read about Eastern Conference scores
• East Notes: Hornets, Tre Mann, Heat, Knicks

Hornets Guard Tre Mann may be the biggest X-factor for the Hornets this year, wrote Grant Hughes of Bleacher Report. Mann, of course, was acquired from the Thunder as part of a trade involving since-retired forward Gordon Hayward in February. In 28 games with the Hornets, mann averaged 11.9 points, 5.2 assists, and 4.5 rebounds, […] The post East Notes: Hornets, Tre Mann, Heat, Knicks appear...2024
Read about East Notes stats
• Southeast Notes: Bertāns, Micić, Wizards, Wagner
2024

See more articles Tre Mann stats
• The Best and Worst from Day 3 of March Madness
2024

Visit the page Kyle Boone statistics
• Hornets trading Gordon Hayward to Thunder

The Oklahoma City Thunder are acquiring veteran forward Gordon Hayward in a trade with the Charlotte Hornets, per NBA insider Shams Charania of The Athletic. In exchange, the Hornets will receive point guard Tre Mann and other salaries to match, Charania noted. Hayward, 33, is averaging 14.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.6 assists, shooting 47 […] The post Hornets trading Gordon Hayward to Thun...2024
Click for news about Oklahoma City Thunder statistics
• NBA trade deadline instant grades for every 2024 deal made as they happen
2024

Read about Brooklyn Nets stats
• Teams Have Interest in Gordon Hayward
On a recent episode of The Lowe Post podcast, Zach Lowe said teams are interested in acquiring Gordon Hayward of the Charlotte Hornets. Hayward is slated to return from a strained left calf soon. One challenge for teams is that Hayward is on an expiring $31.5 million contract. That's a big number to match salary for but could provide a team with some future cap relief. Hayward has been productive ...2024
See also Lowe Post stats
• The 2023 NBA Draft hinges on what the Hornets do at No. 2
2023

Click for news about Charlotte Hornets stats
• Game Recap: Hornets 110, Mavericks 104
Despite Luka Doncic's 40 points (seven 3PM), 12 rebounds and eight assists, the Mavericks fall to the Hornets, 110-104. Gordon Hayward recorded 22 points, six rebounds and four assists for the Hornets, while P.J. Washington added 21 points and a season-high 12 rebounds in the victory. The Hornets improve to 25-51 on the season, while the Mavericks fall to 36-39....2023
Click for news about Luka Doncic

• 1 trade for all 30 NBA teams to fix the whole league for Christmas
2024

See more articles Bill Simmons
• Predicting one breakout player for each NBA team in 2024: Eastern Conference Edition
2024

Visit the page Eastern Conference
• The Best and Worst from Day 3 of March Madness
2024

Click for news about Kyle Boone
• Gordon Hayward Boston Celtics recovery speech rated No. 9 most emotional NBA moment
Pretty much every fan of the Boston Celtics remembers the moment just minutes into the Celtics' opening night tilt with the Cleveland Cavaliers at the start of the 2017-18 season with crystal clarity....2023
Check it out Boston Celtics
• Robyn Hayward Claims Hornets Made Gordon Hayward Play Through Injury

Robyn Hayward always has been one to voice how she feels, especially when it comes to her husband Gordon Hayward. Friday was no different when she sounded off on Instagram after the Charlotte Hornets announced Gordon was on the injury report with a left shoulder contusion. According to Robyn, though, the Hornets have been aware […] The post Robyn Hayward Claims Hornets Made Gordon Hayward Pl...2022
See more articles Charlotte Hornets
$Gordon Hayward injury update: Hornets forward out indefinitely with fractured shoulder; wife calls out team$
• Gordon Hayward injury update: Hornets forward out indefinitely with fractured shoulder; wife calls out team

Hayward has already missed nine games this season...2022
• 3 reasons Hornets should trade Gordon Hayward in 2022 NBA offseason
The Charlotte Hornets gifted Gordon Hayward with a four-year $120 million dollar deal back in 2020. The 32-year-old forward has had some good moments with the Hornets and provided this young team with a calming presence on the floor with LaMelo Ball. A guy that knows how to play the right way and can elevate […] The post 3 reasons Hornets should trade Gordon Hayward in 2022 NBA offseason app...2022
Read about Charlotte Hornets
• Hornets SF Gordon Hayward’s wife’s message to Raptors’ Gary Trent Jr after scary injury
The Charlotte Hornets fell to the Toronto Raptors in their Monday night matchup. Along with the loss, Gordon Hayward suffered a serious injury in a collision with Gary Trent Jr in the first quarter and did not return to the court. The small forward is out indefinitely with sprained ligaments in his left ankle, just […] The post Hornets SF Gordon Hayward’s wife’s message to Raptor...2022
Visit the page Charlotte Hornets
• Celtics coach Brad Stevens provides scary update on Gordon Hayward’s injury
The Boston Celtics secured a 109-101 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday in the opening game of their first-round playoffs match-up. Unfortunately, it came with quite a cost after Gordon Hayward sustained an ankle injury. New reports have now surfaced pertaining to the status of the 30-year-old small forward, and at the moment, it’s […] The post Celtics coach Brad Stevens pro...2020
Read about Brad Stevens
• Gordon Hayward says he plans to leave Celtics, NBA 'bubble' for birth of child
Hayward's wife, Robyn, is due in September, which would be in the middle of Boston's playoff push...2020

• Gordon Hayward says he's better than LeBron (at 'League of Legends')
The Utah Jazz wing confused a lot of people on Twitter by claiming he was best in the NBA....2014
See more articles Utah Jazz
• Gordon Hayward Gets Chase-Down Block On LeBron, Dunks On Other End
2014

See also LeBron James
• Gordon Hayward Suffers Gruesome Leg Injury in NBA Season Opener

Warning: Viewer discretion is advised. The post Gordon Hayward Suffers Gruesome Leg Injury in NBA Season Opener appeared first on SLAMonline....2017
• Gordon Hayward Blocks LeBron James on One End, Soars for the Dunk on the Other
2014

Check it out LeBron James
• NBA Players React To Gordon Hayward’s Leg Injury

Players flooded twitter with support for their fallen brother. The post NBA Players React To Gordon Hayward’s Leg Injury appeared first on SLAMonline....2017
• Kawhi Leonard Contract: Latest Gossip and Buzz on Negotiations with Spurs
2014

Check it out Kawhi Leonard
• Kobe Bryant final game: Gordon Hayward responds to Mike Tirico's claim regarding Lakers icon's 60-point finale
Bryant dropped 60 points on Hayward and the Utah Jazz in his final game in the NBA...2020
See also Kobe Bryant
• Utah's Gordon Hayward Sinks Game-Winning Buzzer-Beater to Down the Cavs
2014

Visit the page Cleveland Cavaliers

1. Cody Rhodes

2. LeBron James

3. Los Angeles Lakers

. . .

155. Gordon Hayward

• Predicting one breakout player for each NBA team in 2024: Eastern Conference Edition
2024

Continue with Eastern Conference
• NBA Schedule 2016-17: Team-by-Team Record Predictions and Playoff Odds
2016

See more articles Kevin Durant
• Is It Time for the Jazz to Give Rudy Gobert a Starting Role over Enes Kanter?
2015

Click for news about Rudy Gobert

• Playoff risers, lottery tankers and Cooper Flagg’s injury | The Kevin O'Connor Show
2025

See more articles Cooper Flagg
• 30 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline
2025

Read about Atlanta Hawks
• 1 trade for all 30 NBA teams to fix the whole league for Christmas
2024

See more articles Bill Simmons
• Predicting one breakout player for each NBA team in 2024: Eastern Conference Edition
2024

Click for news about Eastern Conference
• The Best and Worst from Day 3 of March Madness
2024

Visit the page Kyle Boone
• Northwest Notes: Hayward, Morris, Jazz, Strawther
2024
• NBA Rumors: Ex-Celtic Gordon Hayward Traded To Title Contender

After missing out on the playoffs in each of the last three seasons, Gordon Hayward now has an opportunity to win the first NBA championship of his career. The Charlotte Hornets moved Hayward to the Thunder in exchange for guard Tre Mann and forward Davis Bertans on Thursday morning, as first reported by ESPN’s Adrian […]...2024
See also Title Contender
• NBA trade deadline instant grades for every 2024 deal made as they happen
2024

See more Brooklyn Nets
• An ode to Michael Jordan, my favorite player and most-hated owner
Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Jordan’s reign of mediocrity with the Hornets is finally over. Michael Jordan is no longer the governor of the Charlotte Hornets. On Sunday night the NBA Board of Governors owners approved the sale of the Hornets to a group led by Rick Schnall and Gabe Plotkin — a venture capitalist and hedge fund manager, who will now take ownership of the team with a...2023
Read about Michael Jordan
• 3 NBA veterans on notice after 2023 draft: Brandon Miller in, Hornets' Gordon Hayward out?
The next generation of basketball stars is being ushered into the league following the 2023 NBA draft, but what does that mean for some veterans?...2023
Click for news about Brandon Miller

• 30 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline
2025

See more Atlanta Hawks scandals
• The Best and Worst from Day 3 of March Madness
2024

Click for news about Kyle Boone buzz
• An ode to Michael Jordan, my favorite player and most-hated owner
2023

Read about Michael Jordan scandals
• The 2023 NBA Draft hinges on what the Hornets do at No. 2
2023

See also Charlotte Hornets gossip
• 2 Thing LaMelo Ball, Hornets showed in 24-0 run vs. Pacers
LaMelo Ball, Gordon Hayward and the Charlotte Hornets defeated the Indiana Pacers, 123-122. However, they didn’t have a good first half–in fact, it was pretty terrible. At the start of the third quarter, the Hornets were down by 23 points. In a shocking twist, thought, they found their rhythm and went on a 24-0 run […] The post 2 Thing LaMelo Ball, Hornets showed in 24-0 run vs. ...2021
Continue with Charlotte Hornets scandal
• Kyrie Irving rips young Celtics teammates after loss
Celtics veteran point guard Kyrie Irving was critical of the team’s young players after Saturday’s 105-103 loss to the Magic, and he did not hold back one bit. Irving was seen confronting teammate Gordon Hayward over the Celtics forward’s decision on an inbounds play in the game’s final seconds. Hayward elected to throw the ball to Jayson Tatum in the corner, which resulted in a contested fadeaway...2019
See also Kyrie Irving scandals
• Brad Stevens on Gordon Hayward: 'He's not playing this year'
There has been ramped up speculation in recent weeks that injured Boston Celtics star Gordon Hayward may be able to play at some point this season. That was all taken to a new level when a video surfaced of Hayward walking without a limp after suffering a dislocated left ankle and fractured tibia on opening night.Despite being optimistic about Hayward’s recovery, Celtics head coach Brad Stevens is...2018
Read about Brad Stevens buzz
• Ainge: Celtics have no plans to play Hayward this season
Danny Ainge created a buzz on social media earlier this week when he shared a photo of Gordon Hayward without a brace on his ankle, but the Celtics general manager says fans still need to temper their expectations.In an appearance on 98.5 The Sports Hub’s “Toucher and Rich Show” Thursday morning, Ainge said any talk of Hayward returning this season is still very premature. Here’s the tweet Ainge s...2018
See more articles Danny Ainge whispers
• Brad Stevens provides Gordon Hayward update amid photo hype
Boston Celtics boss Danny Ainge created something of a firestorm earlier this week by tweeting out a photograph that featured Gordon Hayward not wearing a brace on his injured left ankle.Ainge took to Twitter to post the photo, in which he notes the absence of said brace. Ainge’s tweet immediately led to speculation that Hayward conceivably could be further along in his rehab after suffering a gru...2018
Continue with Brad Stevens
• Friday NBA Roundup: DeMar DeRozan Has Raptors Looking Like Cavs' Biggest Threat
2016

Check it out DeMar DeRozan whispers