SALT LAKE CITY — Although Gordon Hayward’s decision to leave Utah caught the Jazz and many fans off guard, it didn’t shock one of his former teammates at all.
Trevor Booker, a fan favorite during his two seasons in Utah from 2014-16 and now with Brooklyn, heard whispers of Hayward wanting to play elsewhere.
“I wouldn’t say I’m surprised that he left,” Booker said in a HoopsHype.com podcast. “When I was there, I heard rumors. I don’t know how true they were, but I heard rumors about him wanting to leave.”
Days after Hayward announced his decision to leave Utah for Boston after seven years, there’s still some confusion and controversy about how the news was delivered — to the public and to the Jazz.