A soon-to-be 14th-year NBA veteran in Gordon Hayward along with an exciting rookie in newcomer Brandon Miller are at the forefront of a Charlotte Hornets’ wing unit that is ready to make a statement this season.
Ever since signing with the organization almost three years ago, Hayward had yet to have a normal healthy offseason. Like many who played deep into the NBA Bubble Playoffs, Hayward only had a couple months off before the 2020-21 season tipped off right before Christmas. Then suffering a freak lower-extremity injury – first his foot, then his ankle – to close out each of his opening two seasons in Charlotte made it so Hayward was rehabbing instead of training to beginthe summer.