We have a surprise winner in the Gordon Hayward sweepstakes.
Hayward and the Charlotte Hornets have agreed to a four-year contract worth $120 million, Hayward's agent confirmed to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski on Saturday.
The Boston Celtics forward recently declined his $34.2 million player option to become an unrestricted free agent and now will join the club he nearly played for earlier in his career: Hayward signed an offer sheet with the Hornets in 2014 before the Jazz matched it to keep him in Utah.
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The Hornets don't have the cap space to sign Hayward outright, per Yahoo Sports' Keith Smith, so the Celtics likely will get something in return as part of a sign-and-trade.
Hayward's preferred destination reportedly was Indiana, but it appears the Celtics and Pacers couldn't work out terms of a sign-and-trade. The New York Knicks also had reported interest in Hayward but didn't want to sign him to a four-year contract, SNY's Ian Begley reports.
Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available.