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NBA: Gordon Hayward signs monster 4-year, $120M deal with Hornets

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/life/11/21/20201122-gordon-hayward-ap.jpg"/><figcaption>Several teams, including Hayward&#x27;s home state Indiana Pacers, were interested in adding him before Charlotte sealed the deal. <em>Bob Leverone, AP/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Gordon Hayward has agreed to a 4-year, $120-million deal to join the Charlotte Hornets, according to an ESPN report Saturday.</p><p>The monster deal punctuates a busy week for Charlotte, which drafted point guard LaMelo Ball at No. 3 overall earlier in the week. </p><p>Charlotte is coming off a 23-42 campaign and has missed the playoffs for four straight seasons.</p><p>David Aldridge of The Athletic reported that Hayward&#x27;s deal is fully guaranteed.</p><p>Hayward, 30, is coming off a bounce-back season in which he averaged 17.5 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.1 assists in 52 games (all starts) with the Boston Celtics. </p><p>He has averaged 15.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.5 assists across his 10-year career, which included seven seasons with the Utah Jazz and the last three seasons with the Celtics.</p><p>In Hayward&#x27;s first game with Boston, he sustained a gruesome leg injury that cost him the rest of the season. He averaged 11.5 points in a mostly reserve role upon his return in 2018-19 before returning to the starting lineup last season.</p><p>Hayward recently turned down his $34.2 million player option to return to the Celtics for a fourth season.</p><p>Several teams, including Hayward&#x27;s home state Indiana Pacers, were interested in adding him before Charlotte sealed the deal.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/twAnzB2KfFo?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/11/22/20/nba-bet-pays-off-as-raptors-sign-vanvleet-to-4-year-85-million-deal">NBA: Bet pays off, as Raptors sign VanVleet to 4-year, $85-million deal</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/11/21/20/nba-montrezl-harrell-to-leave-clippers-for-la-rival-lakers-says-report">NBA: Montrezl Harrell to leave Clippers for LA rival Lakers, says report</a></li></ul><div><strong>KRIS DONE IN CHICAGO, AS DUNN TO HAWKS</strong></div><p>Meanwhile, Kris Dunn has agreed to a deal with the Atlanta Hawks, according to a report from ESPN on Saturday.</p><p>The free-agent guard will reportedly get $10 million over two years, with the second year a player option.</p><p>Dunn played for the Chicago Bulls the last three seasons, but the team didn&#x27;t make a qualifying offer in the offseason, clearing the way for him to become an unrestricted free agent.</p><p>Dunn, 26, averaged 7.3 points, 3.4 assists, 3.6 rebounds and 2.0 steals in 51 games with the Bulls last season. He&#x27;s averaged 8.3 points, 4.2 assists, 3.3 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 227 career games (126 starts) with the Bulls and Minnesota Timberwolves, who drafted him fifth overall in 2016.</p><p>Minnesota traded Dunn to Chicago after his rookie season as part of a deal that brought Jimmy Butler to the Timberwolves.</p>

<p>Hayward is coming off a bounce-back season, in which he averaged 17.5 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.1 assists in 52 games (all starts) with the Celtics.</p>

Hayward is coming off a bounce-back season, in which he averaged 17.5 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.1 assists in 52 games (all starts) with the Celtics.