TRADE: Hayward to OKC | Bertans+Tre Mann to CHA

[SleepingHero]

Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania)
Oklahoma City is closing in on a trade to acquire Gordon Hayward from Charlotte, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.

Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn)
The Oklahoma City Thunder are finalizing a trade to send G Tre Mann and F Davis Bertans to the Charlotte Hornets for Gordon Hayward, sources tell ESPN.

[dirkfansince1998]

Another interesting buyout option gone.

[Nowitzki Way]

Good move for OKC. They gave up nothing. Now lets see if Hayward can get healthy.

[SleepingHero]

Yossi Gozlan (@YossiGozlan)
Aleksej Pokusevski being added to the deal makes the money work.

Gordon Hayward could still get some of his trade bonus in this 3 for 1 framework.

The Hornets need to cut a player or two before making this deal or expand it to resolve their roster crunch.

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Another interesting buyout option gone.

I don't think Hayward was ever a real buyout possibility. Lots of articles before the deadline said Hayward would deny any buyout. 

How true that was we'll never know.

[MarkAguirreWrathofGod]

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