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

[hwangjini_1]

I don't get how spoelstra is a draw. Terrific coach, but can't see Hayward picking him over Snyder and Stevens.

Don't buy it.

Stevens is not that great. He lost us games with his poor rotations and refusal to take timeouts.

Something that no other coach has ever done.  Yes, koz, we were all still aware of your dislike for stevens.

[saltlover]

The only significant advantage Miami has (and it is sigjnificant) is that they have max cap room today, whereas we have to do a little work.

[celticinorlando]

Pat Riley is the biggest snake in the game. He will absolutely dirty recruit against Boston and Ainge. Anyone who is not concerned about this is crazy

Could you be more specific?

He is going to go after Ainge about how he cannot get big names to play in Boston. How he only cares about picks and how he has no plan. They went over this last night on ESPN. Riley hates Ainge and will do anything to make him look bad...see the Ray Allen deal

[Smitty77]

I don't get how spoelstra is a draw. Terrific coach, but can't see Hayward picking him over Snyder and Stevens.

Don't buy it.

Stevens is not that great. He lost us games with his poor rotations and refusal to take timeouts.

Red could come back from the dead and coach the Celtics and Koz, you would say he is NOT that great!!!

Smitty77

[colincb]

BTW, UTA is confident they're keeping him FWIW. I would think they're the favorites as most UFAs stay put.

[CelticsElite]

UH OH...

https://twitter.com/KevinOConnorNBA/status/881174360043794432

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Three league sources sense the current favorite for Gordon Hayward is Miami. Reasons: better lifestyle, Spoelstra, "feature scoring role."

Kevin O'Connor was one of the people who didn't vote avery Bradley into the All-defensive team this year: https://mobile.twitter.com/redsoxstats/status/879746985611468801/photo/1

That should tell you everything you need to know about him

[hwangjini_1]

Pat Riley is the biggest snake in the game. He will absolutely dirty recruit against Boston and Ainge. Anyone who is not concerned about this is crazy

Could you be more specific?

He is going to go after Ainge about how he cannot get big names to play in Boston. How he only cares about picks and how he has no plan. They went over this last night on ESPN. Riley hates Ainge and will do anything to make him look bad...see the Ray Allen deal

Thanks. But if that is rileys best shot, I am sure the Celtics leadership can counter that.

Honestly, the Celtics are the better of the two teams. I am sure the Celticswill demonstrate this loudly and clearly.

I think Hayward chooses between Utah and Boston, hopefully the latter. 

[colincb]

The only significant advantage Miami has (and it is sigjnificant) is that they have max cap room today, whereas we have to do a little work.

Much nicer weather in the winter.

[loqo]

UH OH...

https://twitter.com/KevinOConnorNBA/status/881174360043794432

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Three league sources sense the current favorite for Gordon Hayward is Miami. Reasons: better lifestyle, Spoelstra, "feature scoring role."

Cons: you will never win anything in Miami.

And what he will win here? This team had many chances to improve roster and did nothing, I'm sure Hayward is aware of that so he isn't convinced with all of that stupid story "Boston have bright future with so much draft picks for next few years, etc..."

[Monkhouse]

“He made a wise choice,” Hayward’s father told Thayer Evans of the New York Times in 2010. “Gordon really fit perfect into their style of play, the Butler way.”

Hayward and Stevens made for an easy match. “Gordon’s a really intelligent player who understands the game well,” says Matt Howard, the former bruising four-year Bulldog. “Put that with his willingness to do whatever is asked of him, and it’s exactly what Brad wants.”

Moreover, Stevens and Hayward share the same calm demeanor. Stevens, according to Zach Hahn, who played four seasons at Butler, “wouldn’t raise his voice, but he’d say something negative in a calm voice, and you felt like you let him down. It wasn’t a lack of intensity, it was just who he was, and he demanded the best.”

That worked for Hayward, who, according to the coaching staff, didn’t respond well to yelling.

Says Hahn: “Gordon was so unassuming. He was just a down-home Indiana kid who liked playing basketball.”

Hayward apparently only went to Butler, because he was convinced Stevens saw something in him most schools wouldn't be able to see.

[jpotter33]

BTW, UTA is confident they're keeping him FWIW. I would think they're the favorites as most UFAs stay put.

Not major, max-level FAs who actually take meetings with other teams, though. I read a tweet the other day that the vast majority of max-level free agents who do end up meeting with other teams  ultimately end up leaving.

[Geo123]

Pat Riley is the biggest snake in the game. He will absolutely dirty recruit against Boston and Ainge. Anyone who is not concerned about this is crazy

Could you be more specific?

He is going to go after Ainge about how he cannot get big names to play in Boston. How he only cares about picks and how he has no plan. They went over this last night on ESPN. Riley hates Ainge and will do anything to make him look bad...see the Ray Allen deal

Al Horford says hi.  Several big name teams wanted him last year and including Miami but who got him?  The Heat didn't even make the playoffs last year.  If that's where GH wants to go, have at it. 

[BitterJim]

Breaking: Free Agent is most interested in team he just spent a day being convinced by

Of course he's most interested in Miami right now. After the meeting with us, he'll be most interested in us. Then after meeting with Utah, he'll be most interested in Utah. After that, he'll step away and analyze them all without the emotional high if being with the team that day. He may very well end up going to Miami, but being "favorites" right now shouldn't be a surprise

[celticinorlando]

Pat Riley is the biggest snake in the game. He will absolutely dirty recruit against Boston and Ainge. Anyone who is not concerned about this is crazy

Could you be more specific?

He is going to go after Ainge about how he cannot get big names to play in Boston. How he only cares about picks and how he has no plan. They went over this last night on ESPN. Riley hates Ainge and will do anything to make him look bad...see the Ray Allen deal

Al Horford says hi.  Several big name teams wanted him last year and including Miami but who got him?  The Heat didn't even make the playoffs last year.  If that's where GH wants to go, have at it.

I am not disagreeing with you...but this is how Riley will try to frame the narrative against Boston.

[ashanm10]

Breaking: Free Agent is most interested in team he just spent a day being convinced by

Of course he's most interested in Miami right now. After the meeting with us, he'll be most interested in us. Then after meeting with Utah, he'll be most interested in Utah. After that, he'll step away and analyze them all without the emotional high if being with the team that day. He may very well end up going to Miami, but being "favorites" right now shouldn't be a surprise

how do you think this will develop ^^? maybe tell us some odds ^^?

Really interested to know what kind of pitch we will go at him with haha