Before the game, Tom Thibodeau confirmed that Gordon Hayward was indeed a New York Knicks‘ free-agent target.
“We looked at all the free agents. And so, we’ll just leave it at that, but we know how talented he is,” Thibodeau said of Hayward. “We had him rated pretty high on our board. There were a number of [top] guys who we thought would fit us. It didn’t work out this time. And we’ll see how it works out in the future.”
What didn’t work out for the Knicks has been working out pretty well for the Charlotte Hornets.