According to Spotrac.com, Gordon Hayward signed a 4 year / $62,965,420 contract with the Utah Jazz, including $62,965,420 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $15,741,355. In 2016-17, Hayward will earn a base salary of $16,073,140, while carrying a cap hit of $16,073,140 and a dead cap value of $32,809,850.
Born in Indianapolis and raised in the small town of Brownsburg just outside of Indiana’s capital, Gordon grew up loving basketball in a state that embraces the sport above all others.
Around the age of five —before he could even write—Gordon sat down with the help of his father and recorded his goal of playing in the NBA. Little did he know, the kid from the Hoosier State would end up writing something of a Hoosiers story of his own.
Early on, it looked like that story just wasn’t meant to be. Son to two parents measuring at 5’10”, Gordon was told that he was looking at a ceiling somewhere around 6’2”. As a 5’11” high-school freshman, he was hoping and praying for every inch he could get.
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