2016-2017 Gordon Hayward Thread (We Did It Guys! Fireworks!!!)

[RJ87]

Sun Sentinel confirms with party close to situation that Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra headed west to deal with Dion Waiters free agency.

https://twitter.com/IraHeatBeat/status/881554289994477572

I'm tired, sun burnt, buzz is wearing off. Most importantly, I'm trying to figure out if this is good that they flew all the way to Cali for Waiters or of this is some sneaky plan to meet Hayward in Cali.

Please end this torture. Can't analyze emojis, tweets, and Instagram pics anymore!

That tweet is from earlier this afternoon

[celticinorlando]

Sun Sentinel confirms with party close to situation that Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra headed west to deal with Dion Waiters free agency.

https://twitter.com/IraHeatBeat/status/881554289994477572

I'm tired, sun burnt, buzz is wearing off. Most importantly, I'm trying to figure out if this is good that they flew all the way to Cali for Waiters or of this is some sneaky plan to meet Hayward in Cali.

Please end this torture. Can't analyze emojis, tweets, and Instagram pics anymore!

Can they sign both hayward and waiters?

[MBunge]

Sun Sentinel confirms with party close to situation that Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra headed west to deal with Dion Waiters free agency.

https://twitter.com/IraHeatBeat/status/881554289994477572

I'm tired, sun burnt, buzz is wearing off. Most importantly, I'm trying to figure out if this is good that they flew all the way to Cali for Waiters or of this is some sneaky plan to meet Hayward in Cali.

Please end this torture. Can't analyze emojis, tweets, and Instagram pics anymore!

That at least means Hayward didn't tell them he's already decided on Miami.  They can't sign both of them.

Mike

[MBunge]

Sun Sentinel confirms with party close to situation that Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra headed west to deal with Dion Waiters free agency.

https://twitter.com/IraHeatBeat/status/881554289994477572

I'm tired, sun burnt, buzz is wearing off. Most importantly, I'm trying to figure out if this is good that they flew all the way to Cali for Waiters or of this is some sneaky plan to meet Hayward in Cali.

Please end this torture. Can't analyze emojis, tweets, and Instagram pics anymore!

Can they sign both hayward and waiters?

Miami would have to renounce their rights to Waiters to open up salary cap space for Gordon.

Mike

[CelticsElite]

Miami is looking at other players while Celtics spent The day getting rid of Zeller and making room for Hayward..not going to  jump to conclusions but personally Feeling good about it so far

[kraidstar]

Sun Sentinel confirms with party close to situation that Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra headed west to deal with Dion Waiters free agency.

https://twitter.com/IraHeatBeat/status/881554289994477572

I'm tired, sun burnt, buzz is wearing off. Most importantly, I'm trying to figure out if this is good that they flew all the way to Cali for Waiters or of this is some sneaky plan to meet Hayward in Cali.

Please end this torture. Can't analyze emojis, tweets, and Instagram pics anymore!

Waiters is meeting with the Lakers tomorrow, Heat are probably afraid of losing him... but why would LA sign him and potentially clog up their cap space?

I'd imagine he'd cost them at least $15M per season (which IMO he is not worth).

Assuming they pick up the team options on Randle, Nance, and Zubac, the addition of Waiters would put them at $55M in salary.

It would seriously hamper their ability to sign multiple stars next offseason.

Obviously there are ways to shed salary, but it would make the process a lot tougher.

[PAOBoston]

Sun Sentinel confirms with party close to situation that Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra headed west to deal with Dion Waiters free agency.

https://twitter.com/IraHeatBeat/status/881554289994477572

I'm tired, sun burnt, buzz is wearing off. Most importantly, I'm trying to figure out if this is good that they flew all the way to Cali for Waiters or of this is some sneaky plan to meet Hayward in Cali.

Please end this torture. Can't analyze emojis, tweets, and Instagram pics anymore!

That tweet is from earlier this afternoon

I dunno. Riley is a snake. Wouldn't be surprised by anything.

Honest truth, I have a feeling GH is going to Miami.

[kraidstar]

Sun Sentinel confirms with party close to situation that Pat Riley and Erik Spoelstra headed west to deal with Dion Waiters free agency.

https://twitter.com/IraHeatBeat/status/881554289994477572

I'm tired, sun burnt, buzz is wearing off. Most importantly, I'm trying to figure out if this is good that they flew all the way to Cali for Waiters or of this is some sneaky plan to meet Hayward in Cali.

Please end this torture. Can't analyze emojis, tweets, and Instagram pics anymore!

Can they sign both hayward and waiters?

Miami would have to renounce their rights to Waiters to open up salary cap space for Gordon.

Mike

Yeah, they are ~$68M in salary, so they'd need to do some serious maneuvering to sign both Hayward and waiters.

This could be a sign they think Hayward is going elsewhere, and they don't want to lose Waiters for nothing.

[celticinorlando]

I think if Hayward does not pick Boston...they sign Gallo...if he waits for them

[j804]

It's laughable that people seem to think that because Brad Stevens is the coach and it's the Boston franchise that that's enough to convince a guy to come.  If he wasn't interested in any other city than Boston, Miami wouldn't be in the mix.  Miami has just a good a chance at being as good as us next year plus Hayward won't have to worry about getting shots when IT plays hero ball.  I think those factors along with his family interest point to Miami.  She's been posting pics of Her kids loving the beach and she's part of Guatemala charity chapter that she's said she wants to be more involved in.  I think the reports are legit.

Where's your source that his camp likes Miami?

[tarheelsxxiii]

It's laughable that people seem to think that because Brad Stevens is the coach and it's the Boston franchise that that's enough to convince a guy to come.  If he wasn't interested in any other city than Boston, Miami wouldn't be in the mix.  Miami has just a good a chance at being as good as us next year plus Hayward won't have to worry about getting shots when IT plays hero ball.  I think those factors along with his family interest point to Miami.  She's been posting pics of Her kids loving the beach and she's part of Guatemala charity chapter that she's said she wants to be more involved in.  I think the reports are legit.

Where's your source that his camp likes Miami?

The deep, dark pit of his heart.

[cltc5]

It's laughable that people seem to think that because Brad Stevens is the coach and it's the Boston franchise that that's enough to convince a guy to come.  If he wasn't interested in any other city than Boston, Miami wouldn't be in the mix.  Miami has just a good a chance at being as good as us next year plus Hayward won't have to worry about getting shots when IT plays hero ball.  I think those factors along with his family interest point to Miami.  She's been posting pics of Her kids loving the beach and she's part of Guatemala charity chapter that she's said she wants to be more involved in.  I think the reports are legit.

Where's your source that his camp likes Miami?

Wife and family on Instagram and Twitter earlier today. 

As far as Waiters, no source, but this happened last year with a couple of players where they went to a state and said it was for one thing and it was just a smokescreen.  I'm expecting the same thing here.  Riley's not gonna tip his hand so easily.

[Phantom255x]

It's laughable that people seem to think that because Brad Stevens is the coach and it's the Boston franchise that that's enough to convince a guy to come.  If he wasn't interested in any other city than Boston, Miami wouldn't be in the mix.  Miami has just a good a chance at being as good as us next year plus Hayward won't have to worry about getting shots when IT plays hero ball.  I think those factors along with his family interest point to Miami.  She's been posting pics of Her kids loving the beach and she's part of Guatemala charity chapter that she's said she wants to be more involved in.  I think the reports are legit.

Where's your source that his camp likes Miami?

Wife and family on Instagram and Twitter earlier today. 

As far as Waiters, no source, but this happened last year with a couple of players where they went to a state and said it was for one thing and it was just a smokescreen.  I'm expecting the same thing here.  Riley's not gonna tip his hand so easily.

She posted it 3 hours ago, and judging by what Hayward wore when Brad picked him up at the airport, the photo is from AFTER the Boston meeting. So really... THAT'S your source??

Also, I think that's kind of WHY they need Hayward. So Isaiah doesn't have to play hero ball and there could be more balanced scoring and another lethal scoring threat.

Do you really view Horford and Bradley as "everyday 22 PPG scorers"? Nope.

[Phantom255x]

FWIW, Isaiah's wife liked that IG photo. So there's that.

Also, one more potential target gone now, Millsap.

I fear most of our fallback options will be signed in the coming days while we just wait on Hayward -sigh-

[CelticsElite]

Millsap was never an option. Danny saw the hawks do nothing with a millsap-horford frontcourt. Why would he want to replicate that? Hawks had prime smith and prime Joe johnson and prime Millsap and prime horford and still accomplished nothing