[Charania] After 14 NBA seasons, Gordon Hayward is retiring. Hayward, 34, was a 2017 NBA All-Star in Utah and played for the Jazz, Celtics, Hornets and Thunder across his career. He was the No. 9 pick in the 2010 Draft after starring at Butler.
After 14 NBA seasons, Gordon Hayward is retiring. Hayward, 34, was a 2017 NBA All-Star in Utah and played for the Jazz, Celtics, Hornets and Thunder across his career. He was the No. 9 pick in the 2010 Draft after starring at Butler. pic.twitter.com/VrzfA5TrT7
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) August 1, 2024
by Turbostrider27
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Bro couldn’t come back from this year’s playoffs:
He was certifiably cooked, and the Thunder gave him more than enough chances to usurp Giddey in the playoff rotation
That one season opener.
LeBron outlasted Gordon that’s crazy
Damn. 14 years
derailed at the apex of his career, glad he got paid at least
This is really sad
I think his career is a bit of a what-if, he was a really good player with the Jazz and I can’t imagine the mental toll the injury had on him (as well as the physical toll ofc)
Wish him luck in retirement
I wonder how different his career would have been if it wasn’t for that injury
People forget dude had a career ending type of injury… shame on how his career ended, one of the biggest what ifs in Celtics history. Happy retirement Gordon!
It sucks his career will always be about what could have been, instead of what actually was.
I think it’s a fairly significant what-if scenario if he never wrecks his ankle game 1 of his Celtics career.
Now he can be professional league of legends player full time
I hate how Shams doesn’t give any credit to Gordon Hayward’s own post. People might think this is his exclusive news, but he’s just fastest to “retweet” Hayward’s own post and not give any credit.
I know he was starting to look pretty washed by the end of his Hornet’s tenure/few months on OKC, but still prettt shocked by this. Would have thought he had at least a couple years as a veteran second-unit guy left.
PG the last active player from 2010 draft?
Paul George is the only player left in his draft and he got a 4 year max
Daddy’s always happy 🙁
Injuries are truly a bitch.
There were rumors from the OKC side during the summer that he really didn’t want to get traded from Charlotte. He was super content there and just wanted to be comfortable. Wasn’t happy to be traded to OKC at all and that affected his play. Guess this sort of confirms that. Can’t blame a dude for being happy in a situation.
I figured this would have been a possibility. His days as a starter are over.
I think he could have had a season or two left in the tank if he wanted to ring chase on a vet-min and be load-managed off the bench.
Dude’s made over 250M in his career – not much left to prove after getting that much of a bag.
Paul George is the only one remaining from the 2010 draft. I think Harden and Curry are the only 2 from 2009, Westbrook and Love from 2008, Durant Horford Conley from 2007?
He had his career high on January 6th lmfao
Celtics Hayward was definitely the coldest white boy in the nba at the time, salute to him
I will never forget that season opener with the Celtics when he snapped his ankle. I was on Xbox with several of my friends, and I had turtle beaches on, and I heard a pop, and saw he hit the ground hard as fuck. And then the league pass camera was completely zoomed in on his ankle just dangling there. My friends and I were freaking out lol. I’ve always thought what if with those Celtics teams if he didn’t get injured.
[I’ll never forget this iconic image](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EnEHF89VQAEl7Om.jpg)
I still wish he had hit that shot against Duke. Happy trails!
This dude really was White LeBron when he was in Utah
His injury was scary as fuck to watch in real time I’m glad he was still able to come back but he was never the same
For anyone who hasn’t seen it, look up the Hayward family’s gender reveal video. Shit is too funny. He is sooo bummed.
Dude was able to get crazy contracts over that 14years. Good for him walking away. He’ll probably be remembered more for his butler time than his nba career