GORDON HAYWARD

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Team: Oklahoma City Thunder
HT/WT:
6’7″, 225 pounds
Birthday: 3/23/90
Hometown: Indianapolis, IN
College: Butler
NBA Draft: Round 1, Pick 9 (2010)

  • NBA All-Star (2017)
  • Ranked in the Utah Jazz’s top 10 all-time in scoring, assists, and steals
  • Career-high 21.9 points per game in 2016-17
  • 2x Final Four with Butler (2009, 2010)
  • All-NCAA Tournament Team (2010)
  • Horizon League Player of the Year (2010)

Partnerships

Family & Special Interest

  • Born and raised outside of Indianapolis
  • Married his wife, Robyn, in 2014
  • Gordon and Robyn have four kids: three girls and one boy
  • Has a twin sister who he grew up competing against for everything
  • Competitively ranked for tennis growing up; Gordon tries to attend the U.S. Open every year
  • Started and invested in his own production company in the past year

Gaming

  • Known as the biggest gamer in the NBA, with the most prowess and talent
  • While playing basketball at Butler, Gordon was also on the gaming team
  • Regularly plays League of Legends, Fortnite, Destiny 2, Splitgate, Call of Duty, and Diablo, among others
  • Gordon was the first professional athlete to join the IGN Pro League, a StarCraft league composed of professional gamers
  • As Gordon was rehabbing an injury in 2017, he turned to his passion for video games to mentally cope and stay connected with friends during the strenuous and lonely recovery process. The Players’ Tribune documented the trials and tribulations of his comeback
  • Streams on Twitch and actively plays and engages with fans
  • Featured in a League of Legends commercial centered around his comeback
  • He recently started a partnership with Chess.com and played against other chess-playing athletes such as Larry Fitzgerald

Media