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Free-agent forward Gordon Hayward has waived goodbye to Utah Womens Julio Jones Jersey , announcing that he will sign with the Boston Celtics. Jeff SwingerUSA TODAY Sports
Gordon Hayward, the prize of this summer's free-agent class, announced Tuesday that he's going to play for the Celtics, choosing their maximum-contract offer over those from the Utah Jazz, his team since 2010, and the Miami Heat.


The 6-foot-8 small forward has agreed to a four-year Authentic Vic Beasley Jr Jersey , $128 million deal, according to sources. The deal also includes a player option for the final year, sources said, which would allow Hayward to return to free agency with 10 years of NBA service when he could pursue another big-money contract and command a starting salary at 35 percent of the salary cap.


He shared his decision in an article on The Players' Tribune titled "Thank You, Utah."


The 27-year-old Hayward stressed in the 2,000-word article that his comfort and familiarity with his former college coach Authentic Matt Ryan Jersey , Brad Stevens, was a deciding factor in his joining the Celtics. Stevens took over for the Celtics before the 2013-14 season and last season led Boston to 53 wins, the top seed in the Eastern Conference and a conference finals matchup with the Cleveland Cavaliers.


In his second and final year at Butler, Hayward led the Bulldogs to the national championship game, which Butler lost as Hayward's buzzer-beating 3-point attempt failed to go in.


"And that unfinished business [Stevens and Hayward] had together, back in 2010 Authentic Devonta Freeman Jersey , when I left Butler for the NBA," Hayward wrote, "... as far as I'm concerned, all of these years later, we still have it.


"And that's to win a championship."


In the article, Hayward also addressed reports from earlier in the day Tuesday that stated that he was headed to Boston.


"What's crazy is -- before I even had a chance to make my decision Authentic Julio Jones Jersey , before I had a chance to sit down and write this, and before I even had a chance to talk about it with the people I love -- I was already reading reports about where I was going," Hayward said. "And I guess that's just the way things work, in 2017. But I'm sorry it had to work out like that."


Free-agent forward Gordon Hayward has waived goodbye to Utah, announcing that he will sign with the Boston Celtics. Jeff SwingerUSA TODAY Sports


Adding Hayward comes with some pain points for Boston. The Celtics must clear the necessary cap space to sign Hayward to a max contract. The Celtics pulled their qualifying offer to floor-stretching big man Kelly Olynyk, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski Cheap Vic Beasley Jr Jersey , making Olynyk an unrestricted free agent.


Boston must still renounce veteran free agents Jonas Jerebko, James Young and Gerald Green, then waive the nonguaranteed contract of Jordan Mickey. Boston has another partially nonguaranteed deal in second-year point guard Demetrius Jackson, who could be waived or traded.


The Celtics would still need to move a rotation player -- whether that's Avery Bradley, Jae Crowder, Terry Rozier or Marcus Smart -- in order to generate the needed cap space.


Boston still has young players to provide depth Cheap Matt Ryan Jersey , including the No. 3 picks in the past two drafts in Jaylen Brown (2016) and Jayson Tatum (2017).


When news of Hayward's signing first spread on Tuesday, Celtics All-Star guard Isaiah Thomas posted his familiar "eyes" emoji. His wife, Kayla, posted a video of Thomas dancing around shirtless in a kitchen (though she later deleted it from her Instagram story). Later, Thomas returned to Twitter.


Let's get to it @gordonhayward ??????


— Isaiah Thomas (@Isaiah_Thomas) July 4, 2017


Thomas also spoke to ESPN's Wojnarowski saying Hayward is "the type of player we needed to get to the Finals. I'm excited and can't wait to get to work."


Utah now must pivot to fill the hole left by Hayward. The Jazz will make Washington Wizards restricted free-agent small forward Otto Porter Jr. their priority Cheap Devonta Freeman Jersey , sources told ESPN's Tim MacMahon. The Wizards have indicated that they intend to exercise their right to match any offer to Porter.


Jazz general manager Dennis Lindsey told ESPN's Wojnarowski that he wishes the Hayward family "the very best" and said the team is looking to the future.


"We have a good, young core, and we are going to compete," Lindsey told Wojnarowski.


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