Gordon Hayward's Charlotte Hornets tenure is not off to the best of starts.
The team announced Wednesday that Hayward suffered "an avulsion fracture of his fifth finger on his right hand" during Monday's preseason game against the Toronto Raptors. Hayward is listed as day-to-day.
Hayward suffered a left hand injury last year with the Celtics. That was a fourth metacarpal fracture that required surgery and forced him to miss about six weeks. Hayward's injury woes continued in the playoffs when an ankle injury forced him to miss a month.
Hayward left Boston for Charlotte as a free agent this offseason, signing a four-year, $120 million deal after opting out of the final year of his Celtics contract. The Celtics and Hornets ultimately worked out a sign-and-trade that landed Boston a $28.5 million trade exception, the largest in NBA history.
Hayward had played in each of the Hornets' first two preseason games and was the team's leading scorer with 12.5 points per game.