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

[CelticsElite]

Somehow gotta find a serviceable big. Zizic not quite ready to be a starter.

Pretty sure this is not what Danny and company expected to happen this summer.

Who is the next uh unicorn Danny chases only to not get? Anthony Davis? I think Danny is a great person to get you picks. His draft record has been mixed. He has struggled getting established players to come here.

Fair or not...Boston is going to be labeled the biggest loser of the offseason if it misses on Hayward and only resigns KO. It also means Boston is not contending for three or so more years.

It is imperative the drafted players all pan out.

I don't think anyone expected zizic to be a starter right out the gate

[celticinorlando]

Don't worry... Resigning KO and some guys that are journeyman lifers will take the disappointment away.

And this all makes room for Jordan Mickey's corpse to return and take up a roster spot.

[CelticsElite]

Don't worry... Resigning KO and some guys that are journeyman lifers will take the disappointment away.

And this all makes room for Jordan Mickey's corpse to return and take up a roster spot.

what happened with going to sleep at 11? Lol

[celticinorlando]

Don't worry... Resigning KO and some guys that are journeyman lifers will take the disappointment away.

And this all makes room for Jordan Mickey's corpse to return and take up a roster spot.

what happened with going to sleep at 11? Lol

It's called a 2 year old. Five hours sleep is the norm

[TheSundanceKid]

Can we just get one thing clear. During the season we weren't considering 'fallback' options if Hayward never came.  The only options we considered were adding a star through a trade or renegotiating IT.

If we don't get Hayward we will renegotiate IT and re-sign KO. There's a little room to play with before that so we might see a small trade to balance the roster. that's our plan b, never changed.

Don't get caught up in Gallo or Gay going somewhere, it never mattered

[Androslav]

Finally, a day to relieve me from this wait. For better or for worse.

[Cman]

Somehow gotta find a serviceable big. Zizic not quite ready to be a starter.

Pretty sure this is not what Danny and company expected to happen this summer.

Who is the next uh unicorn Danny chases only to not get? Anthony Davis? I think Danny is a great person to get you picks. His draft record has been mixed. He has struggled getting established players to come here.

Fair or not...Boston is going to be labeled the biggest loser of the offseason if it misses on Hayward and only resigns KO. It also means Boston is not contending for three or so more years.

It is imperative the drafted players all pan out.

You are over reacting.

The plan hasn't changed since the start of the offseason. The goal (as I see it) was to go after Gordon Hayward (chances of success around 33%), pursue other additions via trade, continue to develop the young guys and maintain flexibility.

You might not like the "target Hayward" approach, but that's where we are.  I assume this is what you refer to as unicorn chasing.  So far Danny is 1 for 2 on these unicorns (Durant got away). Depending on Hayward, he'll either be 1 or 2 for 3.

[colincb]

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[Beat LA]

Huge disappointment if the only FA signings are KO and a bunch of low level scrap heap players. Would have to label this portion of the summer a huge failure

If Ainge re-signs Nolynyk this summer is a disaster no matter what, lol . Ugh.

[BitterJim]

Somehow gotta find a serviceable big. Zizic not quite ready to be a starter.

Pretty sure this is not what Danny and company expected to happen this summer.

Who is the next uh unicorn Danny chases only to not get? Anthony Davis? I think Danny is a great person to get you picks. His draft record has been mixed. He has struggled getting established players to come here.

Fair or not...Boston is going to be labeled the biggest loser of the offseason if it misses on Hayward and only resigns KO. It also means Boston is not contending for three or so more years.

It is imperative the drafted players all pan out.

What's the alternative? Going after non-star players like Galinari that will never be real difference makers? Giving up future assets to overpay for a guy like George who won't put you over the hump this year and could bolt next summer? Or tanking in the hopes that having 3 lottery picks instead of 2 will make the real difference next season?

The best option right now is to stay flexible. Don't give long term money to stop gap players. Don't waste picks on rentals and players that don't move the needle. If you have a chance to drastically improve the team without giving up major long term assets, do it. But stay in a position where you have a few different paths to contending - don't lock yourself into one path.

[RLewis35]

Not sure much attention has been given to the individual accolades but Hayward is clearly more likely to be a consistent all star, maybe even be an all star starter at some point, and get more individual press due to lack of EC stars by going to Boston or Miami.  Just seems like Boston checks all the boxes for him except "the team I have played with since I was drafted". 

[dreamgreen]

Not sure if this has been posted yet:

Austin Horton: Not from Hayward (obviously) or the Jazz, but I’m told the decision will be between Utah & Boston, is expected to be announced tomorrow🤞

[TA9]

Not sure if this has been posted yet:

Austin Horton: Not from Hayward (obviously) or the Jazz, but I’m told the decision will be between Utah & Boston, is expected to be announced tomorrow🤞

So we will have to wait until tomorrow? How annoying...

[Celtics4ever]

Huge disappointment if the only FA signings are KO and a bunch of low level scrap heap players. Would have to label this portion of the summer a huge failure

I think Tatum might be a nice consulation prize.  Granted I would still want Hayward, too.

[BitterJim]

Not sure if this has been posted yet:

Austin Horton: Not from Hayward (obviously) or the Jazz, but I’m told the decision will be between Utah & Boston, is expected to be announced tomorrow🤞

So we will have to wait until tomorrow? How annoying...

I think that tweet was at about 10:00 west coast time, so it means today. And unfortunately, since he's on the west coast, his decision won't come until a reasonable time over there