July 4, 2017 was a landmark day for Gordon Hayward and the Utah Jazz alike.
That was the fork in the road; the day that Hayward officially traded in his Jazz blues for Boston Celtics green and the two parties went their separate ways.
In hindsight, it’s crazy to think that any of us expected a different result from Hayward’s unrestricted free agency. However, there was a very real sense at the time that Hayward wasn’t going anywhere.
One day earlier — July 3 — I said, “If Gordon Hayward leaves, it’s still been an incredible ride.