On this day in Boston Celtics history, the team would land All-Star forward Gordon Hayward in 2017 after the Indiana native penned a letter in The Player’s Tribune announcing his decision to leave the Utah Jazz to sign with the Celtics.
Earlier in the day, his agent had denied reports by ESPN NBA insider Chris Haynes that the unrestricted free agent would sign with Boston, but the Butler product would end up deciding on a largely ill-fated reunion with his college coach Brad Stevens, who had left the collegiate ranks to join the Celtics in the same role back in 2013.