Gordon Hayward Trade Exception questions asked and answered

Photo by Brock Williams-Smith/NBAE via Getty ImagesYou probably heard Gordon Hayward left the Boston Celtics for the Charlotte Hornets as a free agent this offseason. You may have heard the Celtics got the largest Trade Exception in NBA history when Hayward left. If questions asked on Twitter, message boards, podcasts and right here on CelticsBlog are any indication, you may not fully understand exactly what happened and what it all means going forward.

Fret not! As we approach the start of the 2020-21 NBA season, CelticsBlog is here to answer all your Gordon Hayward Trade Exception questions. Well…except how Danny Ainge will use the Trade Exception. We’d need the Ghost of Christmas Future…