Sporting News: C's targeting Griffin, will make major deal soon

[Evantime34]

UNVERIFIED REPORT:

According to this guy Mike, there is an agreement:

Deadmik3™ ‏@StonewallSieve  9s9 seconds ago Watertown, MA
#Griffin to the #Celtics for Johnson, Bradley & the 2018 Brooklyn Nets pick. Details are being fine-tuned. Expect official announcement soon

Take it for what it's worth.

I thought this guy was in Las Vegas for "scout school", and he's now posting from Watertown, MA? LOL

the nonstop skepticism doesn't really add anything. I think everyone gets this is not super likely, but it is harmless fun on a slow news day to think about a hypothetical trade. Why the need to constantly mock the exercise?

It adds fun. For me. I think hacks like this one aren't mocked even nearly enough around here these days.

Well I mean I guess you should know a bit more about Twitter if you want to nonstop mock people for using it. I work for one of the larger health care organization in the country as a social media manager and it is my job to understand how it works.

 In general there is tons of garbage, on Twitter and anyone can say anything. However, someone that only follows 350 accounts and has 11k followers (with the exception that they are purchased bots and this guys engagement suggests they are not) is definitely considered a strong influencer. I have not gone through the guys entire account to see why so many people follow the guy, but he has obviously contributed content of value to people to gain that kind of following (many national organizations, legitimate news personalities etc all have less than this). 

On top of that, it would be pretty unusual for someone that has built up this big a following to just completely fabricate stuff randomly and risk losing the account he has built up. It is not a situation where he is getting paid for clicks on his tweet or paid for traffic to his twitter handle.

As a point of comparison I was once paid by the International Diabetes Federation to be a speaker at their annual conference entirely based off the content I put out on Twitter related to a niche audience of diabetes care. That account had only 2k followers.

This doesn't make anything this guy has said more or less true in the long run, but he is someone that has contributed value in the past to Twitter and isn't some 12 year old plugging stuff into the trade machine.

The guy is a business development rep at Lexus of Watertown. His job is to be connected, that's why he has 11k followers. And I don't think he's losing them over Celtics tweets.

Also, the picture he posted of a naked dwarf with his dong hanging out is downright odd.

https://www.facebook.com/public/Mike-McAndrews

I think he has 11k followers because of the Celtics rumors, I doubt he had even half that before.

Everything else I agree with. Thanks for looking up what he does. If he worked on a deal to get the Celtics organization company cars it stands to reason that he might know someone.

That being said, I'll believe he's correct when Woj, Stein, Aldridge or Sham tweets it and not before.

[kozlodoev]

UNVERIFIED REPORT:

According to this guy Mike, there is an agreement:

Deadmik3™ ‏@StonewallSieve  9s9 seconds ago Watertown, MA
#Griffin to the #Celtics for Johnson, Bradley & the 2018 Brooklyn Nets pick. Details are being fine-tuned. Expect official announcement soon

Take it for what it's worth.

I thought this guy was in Las Vegas for "scout school", and he's now posting from Watertown, MA? LOL

the nonstop skepticism doesn't really add anything. I think everyone gets this is not super likely, but it is harmless fun on a slow news day to think about a hypothetical trade. Why the need to constantly mock the exercise?

It adds fun. For me. I think hacks like this one aren't mocked even nearly enough around here these days.

Well I mean I guess you should know a bit more about Twitter if you want to nonstop mock people for using it. I work for one of the larger health care organization in the country as a social media manager and it is my job to understand how it works.

 In general there is tons of garbage, on Twitter and anyone can say anything. However, someone that only follows 350 accounts and has 11k followers (with the exception that they are purchased bots and this guys engagement suggests they are not) is definitely considered a strong influencer. I have not gone through the guys entire account to see why so many people follow the guy, but he has obviously contributed content of value to people to gain that kind of following (many national organizations, legitimate news personalities etc all have less than this). 

On top of that, it would be pretty unusual for someone that has built up this big a following to just completely fabricate stuff randomly and risk losing the account he has built up. It is not a situation where he is getting paid for clicks on his tweet or paid for traffic to his twitter handle.

As a point of comparison I was once paid by the International Diabetes Federation to be a speaker at their annual conference entirely based off the content I put out on Twitter related to a niche audience of diabetes care. That account had only 2k followers.

This doesn't make anything this guy has said more or less true in the long run, but he is someone that has contributed value in the past to Twitter and isn't some 12 year old plugging stuff into the trade machine.

The guy is a business development rep at Lexus of Watertown. His job is to be connected, that's why he has 11k followers. And I don't think he's losing them over Celtics tweets.

Also, the picture he posted of a naked dwarf with his dong hanging out is downright odd.

https://www.facebook.com/public/Mike-McAndrews

I think he has 11k followers because of the Celtics rumors, I doubt he had even half that before.

Everything else I agree with. Thanks for looking up what he does. If he worked on a deal to get the Celtics organization company cars it stands to reason that he might know someone.

That being said, I'll believe he's correct when Woj, Stein, Aldridge or Sham tweets it and not before.

He said his source has been a close friend for 15 years, judging by his age this means they went to grade school together.

[walker834]

People need to loosen up. I will believe it a second before but only a second.  I believe it anyways.  Blake is coming.  That deal seems like a steal though. If not ah well.

[celticsclay]

UNVERIFIED REPORT:

According to this guy Mike, there is an agreement:

Deadmik3™ ‏@StonewallSieve  9s9 seconds ago Watertown, MA
#Griffin to the #Celtics for Johnson, Bradley & the 2018 Brooklyn Nets pick. Details are being fine-tuned. Expect official announcement soon

Take it for what it's worth.

I thought this guy was in Las Vegas for "scout school", and he's now posting from Watertown, MA? LOL

the nonstop skepticism doesn't really add anything. I think everyone gets this is not super likely, but it is harmless fun on a slow news day to think about a hypothetical trade. Why the need to constantly mock the exercise?

It adds fun. For me. I think hacks like this one aren't mocked even nearly enough around here these days.

Well I mean I guess you should know a bit more about Twitter if you want to nonstop mock people for using it. I work for one of the larger health care organization in the country as a social media manager and it is my job to understand how it works.

 In general there is tons of garbage, on Twitter and anyone can say anything. However, someone that only follows 350 accounts and has 11k followers (with the exception that they are purchased bots and this guys engagement suggests they are not) is definitely considered a strong influencer. I have not gone through the guys entire account to see why so many people follow the guy, but he has obviously contributed content of value to people to gain that kind of following (many national organizations, legitimate news personalities etc all have less than this). 

On top of that, it would be pretty unusual for someone that has built up this big a following to just completely fabricate stuff randomly and risk losing the account he has built up. It is not a situation where he is getting paid for clicks on his tweet or paid for traffic to his twitter handle.

As a point of comparison I was once paid by the International Diabetes Federation to be a speaker at their annual conference entirely based off the content I put out on Twitter related to a niche audience of diabetes care. That account had only 2k followers.

This doesn't make anything this guy has said more or less true in the long run, but he is someone that has contributed value in the past to Twitter and isn't some 12 year old plugging stuff into the trade machine.

The guy is a business development rep at Lexus of Watertown. His job is to be connected, that's why he has 11k followers. And I don't think he's losing them over Celtics tweets.

Also, the picture he posted of a naked dwarf with his dong hanging out is downright odd.

https://www.facebook.com/public/Mike-McAndrews

I am not going to pull that up from the description of it at work, but obviously that is poor taste as described. I am not saying that this guy is brilliant in any stretch of the imagination or only puts out great stuff. However, I am saying that I think if you don't know how Twitter works it is really easy to just laugh at 11k followers and the level of engagement this guy has and act like it is not an accomplishment. If his 11k followers are all related to his job than he is doing a really good job at his job. Try to find me tons of people on the web that only follow 350 accounts and have 11k followers and also have a flood of interactions, likes and retweets.

By comparison, look at the fairly respected account of Marc Murphy

https://twitter.com/Murf56

[Bobshot]

The only issue with Griffin is his medicals. He had a bone marrow transplant for his tendon, which means they were concerned about the binding of the tendon to the bone (I think).

As for opposing views in the Celtics organization on the Nets picks, I think it would be a mistake to think you can get a star level player without giving up one of those picks. That makes the difference to a team trading the best player of the deal.

[saltlover]

UNVERIFIED REPORT:

According to this guy Mike, there is an agreement:

Deadmik3™ ‏@StonewallSieve  9s9 seconds ago Watertown, MA
#Griffin to the #Celtics for Johnson, Bradley & the 2018 Brooklyn Nets pick. Details are being fine-tuned. Expect official announcement soon

Take it for what it's worth.

I thought this guy was in Las Vegas for "scout school", and he's now posting from Watertown, MA? LOL

the nonstop skepticism doesn't really add anything. I think everyone gets this is not super likely, but it is harmless fun on a slow news day to think about a hypothetical trade. Why the need to constantly mock the exercise?

It adds fun. For me. I think hacks like this one aren't mocked even nearly enough around here these days.

Well I mean I guess you should know a bit more about Twitter if you want to nonstop mock people for using it. I work for one of the larger health care organization in the country as a social media manager and it is my job to understand how it works.

 In general there is tons of garbage, on Twitter and anyone can say anything. However, someone that only follows 350 accounts and has 11k followers (with the exception that they are purchased bots and this guys engagement suggests they are not) is definitely considered a strong influencer. I have not gone through the guys entire account to see why so many people follow the guy, but he has obviously contributed content of value to people to gain that kind of following (many national organizations, legitimate news personalities etc all have less than this). 

On top of that, it would be pretty unusual for someone that has built up this big a following to just completely fabricate stuff randomly and risk losing the account he has built up. It is not a situation where he is getting paid for clicks on his tweet or paid for traffic to his twitter handle.

As a point of comparison I was once paid by the International Diabetes Federation to be a speaker at their annual conference entirely based off the content I put out on Twitter related to a niche audience of diabetes care. That account had only 2k followers.

This doesn't make anything this guy has said more or less true in the long run, but he is someone that has contributed value in the past to Twitter and isn't some 12 year old plugging stuff into the trade machine.

The guy is a business development rep at Lexus of Watertown. His job is to be connected, that's why he has 11k followers. And I don't think he's losing them over Celtics tweets.

Also, the picture he posted of a naked dwarf with his dong hanging out is downright odd.

https://www.facebook.com/public/Mike-McAndrews

I think he has 11k followers because of the Celtics rumors, I doubt he had even half that before.

Everything else I agree with. Thanks for looking up what he does. If he worked on a deal to get the Celtics organization company cars it stands to reason that he might know someone.

That being said, I'll believe he's correct when Woj, Stein, Aldridge or Sham tweets it and not before.

He said his source has been a close friend for 15 years, judging by his age this means they went to grade school together.

Oh good, he knows an intern.

[kozlodoev]

I am not going to pull that up from the description of it at work, but obviously that is poor taste as described. I am not saying that this guy is brilliant in any stretch of the imagination or only puts out great stuff. However, I am saying that I think if you don't know how Twitter works it is really easy to just laugh at 11k followers and the level of engagement this guy has and act like it is not an accomplishment. If his 11k followers are all related to his job than he is doing a really good job at his job. Try to find me tons of people on the web that only follow 350 accounts and have 11k followers and also have a flood of interactions, likes and retweets.

By comparison, look at the fairly respected account of Marc Murphy

https://twitter.com/Murf56

I'd laugh the same way at Mark Murphy if he were trying to provide inside information about Lexus. I've seen way too many instances where folks that are impeccable professionals in one field insist on being complete hacks in something unrelated.

[Fafnir]

Oh good, he knows an intern.

Probably a former intern if it was true.

[celticsclay]

I am not going to pull that up from the description of it at work, but obviously that is poor taste as described. I am not saying that this guy is brilliant in any stretch of the imagination or only puts out great stuff. However, I am saying that I think if you don't know how Twitter works it is really easy to just laugh at 11k followers and the level of engagement this guy has and act like it is not an accomplishment. If his 11k followers are all related to his job than he is doing a really good job at his job. Try to find me tons of people on the web that only follow 350 accounts and have 11k followers and also have a flood of interactions, likes and retweets.

By comparison, look at the fairly respected account of Marc Murphy

https://twitter.com/Murf56

I'd laugh the same way at Mark Murphy if he were trying to provide inside information about Lexus. I've seen way too many instances where folks that are impeccable professionals in one field insist on being complete hacks in something unrelated.

I'll grant you that. TP for the discourse.

[kozlodoev]

I am not going to pull that up from the description of it at work, but obviously that is poor taste as described. I am not saying that this guy is brilliant in any stretch of the imagination or only puts out great stuff. However, I am saying that I think if you don't know how Twitter works it is really easy to just laugh at 11k followers and the level of engagement this guy has and act like it is not an accomplishment. If his 11k followers are all related to his job than he is doing a really good job at his job. Try to find me tons of people on the web that only follow 350 accounts and have 11k followers and also have a flood of interactions, likes and retweets.

By comparison, look at the fairly respected account of Marc Murphy

https://twitter.com/Murf56

I'd laugh the same way at Mark Murphy if he were trying to provide inside information about Lexus. I've seen way too many instances where folks that are impeccable professionals in one field insist on being complete hacks in something unrelated.

I'll grant you that. TP for the discourse.

Well, maybe he's right and we'll all look like fools in the end of the day. Things like that happen. Also, judging by the contents of his Twitter feed, he doesn't seem to stand to gain anything from all the attention.

[TA9]

I've stopped believing in these rumors. We'll end up disappointed anyway

[hwangjini_1]

Just clarifying the tweet I posted:

This guy apparently has a friend who works with the Celtics, and is not Keith Smith from RealGM.

He's pretty self-effacing about his "insider" status and is just posting what he's hearing.

I'm pretty sure his friend would have been fired by now. The Celts are notoriously tight-lipped.

I agree. That's why I'm caveating all my posts. I just thought it might be a fun thing to discuss this afternoon.

Sorry.

caveat is a noun, not a verb.

that's right folks!!! hwangjini the grammar nazi has checked into the house!!!! 

Thanks dude, I really had no idea!! I'm going to turn this post in for a grade and wasn't shooting for sentiment superseding orthodoxy, so thanks again.

anytime. we all need help with our writing at times. 

[alldaboston]

UNVERIFIED REPORT:

According to this guy Mike, there is an agreement:

Deadmik3™ ‏@StonewallSieve  9s9 seconds ago Watertown, MA
#Griffin to the #Celtics for Johnson, Bradley & the 2018 Brooklyn Nets pick. Details are being fine-tuned. Expect official announcement soon

Take it for what it's worth.

I thought this guy was in Las Vegas for "scout school", and he's now posting from Watertown, MA? LOL

the nonstop skepticism doesn't really add anything. I think everyone gets this is not super likely, but it is harmless fun on a slow news day to think about a hypothetical trade. Why the need to constantly mock the exercise?

It adds fun. For me. I think hacks like this one aren't mocked even nearly enough around here these days.

Well I mean I guess you should know a bit more about Twitter if you want to nonstop mock people for using it. I work for one of the larger health care organization in the country as a social media manager and it is my job to understand how it works.

 In general there is tons of garbage, on Twitter and anyone can say anything. However, someone that only follows 350 accounts and has 11k followers (with the exception that they are purchased bots and this guys engagement suggests they are not) is definitely considered a strong influencer. I have not gone through the guys entire account to see why so many people follow the guy, but he has obviously contributed content of value to people to gain that kind of following (many national organizations, legitimate news personalities etc all have less than this). 

On top of that, it would be pretty unusual for someone that has built up this big a following to just completely fabricate stuff randomly and risk losing the account he has built up. It is not a situation where he is getting paid for clicks on his tweet or paid for traffic to his twitter handle.

As a point of comparison I was once paid by the International Diabetes Federation to be a speaker at their annual conference entirely based off the content I put out on Twitter related to a niche audience of diabetes care. That account had only 2k followers.

This doesn't make anything this guy has said more or less true in the long run, but he is someone that has contributed value in the past to Twitter and isn't some 12 year old plugging stuff into the trade machine.

The guy is a business development rep at Lexus of Watertown. His job is to be connected, that's why he has 11k followers. And I don't think he's losing them over Celtics tweets.

Also, the picture he posted of a naked dwarf with his dong hanging out is downright odd.

https://www.facebook.com/public/Mike-McAndrews

I think he has 11k followers because of the Celtics rumors, I doubt he had even half that before.

Everything else I agree with. Thanks for looking up what he does. If he worked on a deal to get the Celtics organization company cars it stands to reason that he might know someone.

That being said, I'll believe he's correct when Woj, Stein, Aldridge or Sham tweets it and not before.

That's probably not true.

When he stated the first griffin news at least, he had 10.5k.

[walker834]

C's are going for their own big 4. Isaiah, Westbrook, Blake and horford and if we keep smart and brown is better than anything GS can throw at us. GS might have the top dogs in Durant and Curry but we are bigger and meaner.

We also have a better shot at adding lebron to that.

[rondohondo]

According to Bulpett

The Boston Celtics remain open to major moves and have expressed interest in Blake Griffin and Russell Westbrook in the past, but there have been no discussions regarding either player in quite some time, according to sources.