Boston Celtics small forward Gordon Hayward was booed when he walked onto the floor in Utah 70 minutes before tipoff. The swingman was also booed by Jazz fans when he came onto the floor with his Celtics teammates.
Hayward spent the first seven years of his NBA career with the Jazz.
Gordon Hayward was greeted with a nice chorus of boos when he walked onto the floor in Utah 70 minutes before tipoff. He grinned.
— Tim MacMahon (@espn_macmahon) November 10, 2018
All 5 of the Jazz fans booing @gordonhayward 🙄 pic.twitter.com/gBYse0KxB0
— Celtics on NBC Sports Boston (@NBCSCeltics) November 10, 2018
Fans at VSHA booing every time Hayward touches the ball in the layup line pic.twitter.com/lT8eOcKE3q
— Eric Walden (@tribjazz) November 10, 2018
The Jazz drafted Gordon Hayward with the ninth overall pick in the 2010 NBA Draft out of Butler University. In 516 career games with the Jazz, Hayward averaged 15.7 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 3.4 assists. He made the All-Star team in 2017 and guided the Jazz to the second-round of the 2017 playoffs.
Hayward signed a four-year, $128 million free-agent deal with the Celtics in the summer of 2017, ending his tenure with the Jazz. Some fans in Utah were upset by the move, as was big man Rudy Gobert. Looks like the fans haven't forgiven Gordon Hayward for leaving Salt Lake City.
When the Celtics star suffered that gruesome left ankle fracture on opening night last season, the Jazz's twitter account sent out a supportive tweet to Hayward and his family. Looks like all those positive feelings, though, will be thrown out the window Friday night.
In 10 games this season for the Celtics, Gordon Hayward is putting up 9.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 2.2 assists while shooting 40.0 percent from the field, 33.3 percent from beyond the arc, and 66.7 percent from the free-throw line.
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