Gordon Hayward’s misfortune with wounds seems to have followed him to Charlotte.
Hayward, who signed a four-year, $120 million agreement with the Hornets a month ago subsequent to spending the previous three seasons with the Boston Celtics, suffered a separation crack of the fifth metacarpal to his right side (shooting) hand during Charlotte’s 112-109 misfortune to the Toronto Raptors on Monday.
The Hornets said his profit will be based for pain tolerance and comfort level.
Hayward missed everything except the initial six minutes of his first season in Boston in the wake of suffering gruesome foot and lower leg wounds in the first game of the 2017-18 season.
Subsequent to playing 72 games yet frequently battling in 2018-19, Hayward had all the earmarks of being near his previous self last season with the Celtics – averaging 17.5 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.1 assists while shooting half from the field, 38% from 3-point range and 85% from the foul line – yet he played in just 52 of Boston’s 72 games in view of a variety of wounds.
He suffered a broken bone in his left hand in November 2019, and afterward he had nerve issues in his recently harmed left foot in December 2019. He at that point missed 12 of Boston’s 17 playoff games inside the NBA’s bubble at the Walt Disney World Resort in view of a Grade 3 right lower leg sprain suffered in a Match 1 win over the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round.
Hayward began both of Charlotte’s preseason games against Toronto, averaging 12.5 points. Charlotte opens its regular season on Dec. 23 against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
