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Gordon Hayward Retires
« on: August 01, 2024, 12:33:15 PM »

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He had a pretty good career averaging 15 points a game but he was never quite the same after the gruesome injury in his first game with the Celtics. Feel bad for the guy you have to wonder what could have been had he not suffered that injury. He had so much promise coming out of college. I hope he enjoys what he's planning on doing after basketball.

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« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2024, 01:43:46 PM »

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I'm surprised by this.  I guess he has to much pride to ring chase or play for the minimum.  He still looked like a bench player for just about any team.  He'd be the 7-10 in most rotations. 

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« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2024, 01:51:29 PM »

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Good player that had an unfortunate injury that he couldn't fully recover from. His last 3 years in Utah showed promise of a 25ppg scorer before he moved to Boston.

Overall, he got paid a lot of money, but wasn't able to fulfill his potential. He got paid again in Charlotte, but I wonder how his career would have gone if he took less to win with a better team. He may have been better off signing with Utah originally.
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« Reply #3 on: August 01, 2024, 02:27:03 PM »

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Can't say I'm surprised.  He didn't want to fit in on an OKC team where he wasn't the guy.  Passive-aggressively refused to shoot the basketball.  Kinda wonder if his retirement announcement is a show of leaving on his own terms when the truth might just be that nobody wants him anymore.  Ring-chasers need to fit in and help out where they can.  He demonstrated that he would not. 

I don't have strong feelings about him despite the fact that he is a former Celtic.  So, uh... bye, I guess. 
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« Reply #4 on: August 01, 2024, 03:11:28 PM »

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I'm surprised, thought he could still play some, but he's got a boatload of money and can go enjoy it with his family instead of potentially having to work his way back from another big injury.
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« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2024, 03:29:29 PM »

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Now I ever wonder what I was all excited about when he came to Boston. 

Him and Irving seem like a bad dream??i? d soon forget.

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« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2024, 03:31:20 PM »

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Pretty solid career, made a ton of money, really unfortunate injury, unfortunate for him and the Celtics.  I always thought he was overrated, even before the injury.  He never really got a chance to prove me wrong.

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« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2024, 06:04:05 PM »

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Gordon Hayward, who first rose to national prominence with a 2010 run to the NCAA championship game and has since played for four NBA teams, is now a free agent in the truest sense of the term. And he has exclusively revealed to IndieWire that his next step is playing a more active role in his and partner Simon Hacker?s production company, Whiskey Creek. That now includes the launch of a distribution arm, as announced on Thursday, with the intent to theatrically release independent films.

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?It?s hard to leave something that I?ve been doing for so long and that I?ve obviously loved. I don?t think anyone?s ever truly ready to retire from the game,? Hayward told IndieWire. ?But for me personally, I felt like it was just time. I?ve got a family that?s all starting to grow up really fast before my eyes. I?ve got four kids. Just the ability to be able to hang out more with them, go to all their events, be more around was a huge factor for me.

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With 41 road games per season (plus any pre- and post-season travel), NBA players have a lot of alone time. Hayward spent much of his playing video games, launching sneaker lines, and watching movies. Hayward is ready to take a ?front seat? in that final hobby. His partner riding shotgun, Hacker, says Hayward is more than a hooper: Hayward has an organic ?curiosity? and ?a taste for a wide variety of stories.?

And Hacker has the experience.

?Simon is the mastermind here, as he?s been in the industry for such a long time, so he knows all the ins and outs already,? Hayward said. ?We?re both learning, but I?m going to be learning even more. I?m a naturally inquisitive person and am really looking forward to getting a chance to learn more and more about the industry and figure it out as we go along here.?

Their next film

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Take ?Notice to Quit.? The film, originally titled ?Zoo,? follows Zegen as a struggling NYC realtor on the verge of being evicted from his own apartment when his 10-year-old daughter (Kasey Bella Suarez) tells him she and her mom will be moving to Florida.

Zegen was the male actor from Marvelous Mrs Maisel. The husband / former husband.

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One thing they talked about was the gap in the market for middle-class independent films. Traditional distributors have lost output deals or pay-one partners, and many festival darlings go unseen. Whiskey Creek was born.

https://www.indiewire.com/news/business/gordon-hayward-retirement-nba-launch-film-distribution-company-notice-to-quit-interview-1235030965/

Sounds cool. Good for Gordon Hayward.

Must have found this more interesting that sitting on the end of someone's bench not playing much (if at all).

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« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2024, 06:16:44 PM »

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Sad it never worked out. Add him to the list of the great ?what ifs? in Cs history.

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« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2024, 07:42:33 PM »

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Can't say I'm surprised.  He didn't want to fit in on an OKC team where he wasn't the guy.  Passive-aggressively refused to shoot the basketball.  Kinda wonder if his retirement announcement is a show of leaving on his own terms when the truth might just be that nobody wants him anymore.  Ring-chasers need to fit in and help out where they can.  He demonstrated that he would not. 

I don't have strong feelings about him despite the fact that he is a former Celtic.  So, uh... bye, I guess.

I have a feeling some of this is true. I can think of a bunch of teams where he can play a solid role, but he'd have to take a massive pay cut. Lakers, Sixers, Bucks, Warriors, Miami, Denver. I'd be surprised if none of those teams at least kicked the tires on adding him. He never became the guy he was projected to be before the injury, but he's still got good ball left in the tank imo.

But when he left Boston for Charlotte, it was clear winning wasn't his primary basketball objective - which I'm not hating on at all. That's his prerogative. It makes sense that once the large contracts weren't being offered anymore, he'd move on.
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PG: Kyrie Irving/Patty Mills/Jalen Brunson
SG: OG Anunoby/Norman Powell/Matisse Thybulle
SF: Gordon Hayward/Demar Derozan
PF: Giannis Antetokounmpo/Robert Covington
C: Kristaps Porzingis/Bobby Portis/James Wiseman

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« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2024, 10:46:03 PM »

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I remember being so excited when he joined us in 2017? Had such high hopes for him, the feeling that we had a special team? then that feeling of devastation when he broke his ankle? I don?t like thinking about it even today. It?s a shame, but when I think of Gordon, I think of unfulfilled potential.
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« Reply #11 on: August 01, 2024, 10:47:37 PM »

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We could've had a lineup of one of these entering 2017 season if he was healthy:

PG - Isaiah Thomas
SG - Jaylen Brown
SF - Gordon Hayward
PF - Jayson Tatum
C - Al Horford

PG - Kyrie Irving
SG - Jaylen Brown
SF - Gordon Hayward
PF - Jayson Tatum
C - Al Horford

What could have been if the second set of lineup became a reality when they were fully healthy and their head was in the right place


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« Reply #12 on: August 02, 2024, 12:04:49 AM »

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We could've had a lineup of one of these entering 2017 season if he was healthy:

PG - Isaiah Thomas
SG - Jaylen Brown
SF - Gordon Hayward
PF - Jayson Tatum
C - Al Horford

PG - Kyrie Irving
SG - Jaylen Brown
SF - Gordon Hayward
PF - Jayson Tatum
C - Al Horford

What could have been if the second set of lineup became a reality when they were fully healthy and their head was in the right place

The problem with the 2nd lineup is they were all at different parts of their NBA journey and so their goals were all misaligned (also due to the people you didn?t mention, like Rozier, Morris, Smart, who were all either trying to get paid or make the starting lineup). The kind of lineup thst works great in NBA2k because there?s one person controlling them all with a controller and there?s no need to take personalities into account  :laugh:
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I remember being so excited when he joined us in 2017? Had such high hopes for him, the feeling that we had a special team? then that feeling of devastation when he broke his ankle? I don?t like thinking about it even today. It?s a shame, but when I think of Gordon, I think of unfulfilled potential.

The team looked great going in .  In almost an instant, when Gordon was hurt the whole thing turned upside down . The excitement on the blog went to pot. I think it was the start of Irving giving up on Boston. He never had the same enthusiasm I thought after Gordon?s injury.  Agree , it was time I don?t like to revisit . Like when KG s knee got hurt .  Basketball gods were not happy with Celtics.

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« Reply #14 on: August 02, 2024, 01:11:19 PM »

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I remember being so excited when he joined us in 2017? Had such high hopes for him, the feeling that we had a special team? then that feeling of devastation when he broke his ankle? I don?t like thinking about it even today. It?s a shame, but when I think of Gordon, I think of unfulfilled potential.

The team looked great going in .  In almost an instant, when Gordon was hurt the whole thing turned upside down . The excitement on the blog went to pot. I think it was the start of Irving giving up on Boston. He never had the same enthusiasm I thought after Gordon?s injury.  Agree , it was time I don?t like to revisit . Like when KG s knee got hurt .  Basketball gods were not happy with Celtics.

I remember we went on that magical 16-game winning streak, and also willed our way to the ECF Game 7 without Irving and Hayward.

If only the C's maintained their composure and lead they would've finally beaten LeBron to make him leave Cleveland a second time. And then go on to get eviscerated in the process by the Warriors.


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