Gordon Hayward
Gordon Daniel Hayward (born March 23, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Hayward has previously played for the Utah Jazz, the Boston Celtics and the Charlotte Hornets.
Hayward with the Boston Celtics in 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| No. 33 – Oklahoma City Thunder | |||||||||||||||
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| Position | Small forward / power forward | ||||||||||||||
| League | NBA | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | March 23, 1990 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Brownsburg (Brownsburg, Indiana) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Butler (2008–2010) | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2010: 1st round, 9th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Utah Jazz | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2010–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2010–2017 | Utah Jazz | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Boston Celtics | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2024 | Charlotte Hornets | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | Oklahoma City Thunder | ||||||||||||||
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| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |||||||||||||||
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In college basketball, Hayward led the Butler Bulldogs to the championship game of the 2010 NCAA tournament. He was subsequently selected by the Utah Jazz with the ninth overall pick of the 2010 NBA draft. Hayward played seven seasons with the Jazz, and was selected to the 2017 NBA All-Star Game. In the 2017 off-season, Hayward signed as a free agent with the Celtics, but was ruled out for the remainder of the 2017–18 season after suffering a fractured tibia and dislocated ankle only five minutes into the season opener. He played two more seasons with the franchise before the Celtics traded Hayward to the Hornets in a sign-and-trade agreement in November 2020.
He is one of the two NBA Players to be drafted in the 2010 NBA draft and still be on a team's roster in the league; the other is Paul George.