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

[MBunge]

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For those reading tea leaves on Gordon Hayward, word is he told Jazz he wanted Rubio & would love to play w/ him

Word from who?  Hayward?  The Jazz?

Mike

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Haywards friend George hill discussing 1 year deal with lakers

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/881926123248070657

Signing him would effectively knock the lakers pick out of the top 5.

I am not sure about that.  Hill is a good complimentary player.  Is he enough to get the Lakers out of the muck?  not so sure.

plus, does this mean that Ball comes off the bench?  I thought he was already penciled in as a starter?  better to let him develop slowly, but I didn't think the lakers were smart enough to do that.

Hill + Lopez is enough when you have teams like Sacramento, Brooklyn, Atlanta, Orlando, Chicago and Phoenix out there.

I dunno, lopez was a full partner in the nets blisteringly good season last year.  Not sure he counts as a positive or not.  Plus the lakers are going to be playing a lot of improved western conf teams a lot of times next year.

[TheBigTicket23]

More worried now about the Ramona Shelburne post, she is on the rise and very legit...

But George Hill was his buddy right...

Is the Riley thing real? That's stalking for me!

[Ilikesports17]

More worried now about the Ramona Shelburne post, she is on the rise and very legit...

But George Hill was his buddy right...

Is the Riley thing real? That's stalking for me!

Riley is meeting with Dion Waiters in San Diego. Doubt it's got anything to do with Hayward.

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For those reading tea leaves on Gordon Hayward, word is he told Jazz he wanted Rubio & would love to play w/ him

Word from who?  Hayward?  The Jazz?

Mike

I don't see how that matters either way.  If playing with Rubio was high on his list of priorities then I really question if he wants to win a title.

[TheBigTicket23]

Rubio, Gobert and Ingles at presentation today in San Diego along with Dennis Lindsay, Quinn Snyder and Steve Starks and Gail Miller.
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I expect this to take a couple of hours the least, then I guess Hayward will regroup. So for the european like me (where we are 9h!! ahead of San Diego) I guess it's time to go to sleep in couple of hours without a decision.
But ofcourse we will wake up every 2h because of the nerves and checking twitter to finally end up f*cke* up at work tomorrow.

[Ilikesports17]

Haywards friend George hill discussing 1 year deal with lakers

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/881926123248070657

Signing him would effectively knock the lakers pick out of the top 5.

I am not sure about that.  Hill is a good complimentary player.  Is he enough to get the Lakers out of the muck?  not so sure.

plus, does this mean that Ball comes off the bench?  I thought he was already penciled in as a starter?  better to let him develop slowly, but I didn't think the lakers were smart enough to do that.

Hill + Lopez is enough when you have teams like Sacramento, Brooklyn, Atlanta, Orlando, Chicago and Phoenix out there.

I dunno, lopez was a full partner in the nets blisteringly good season last year.  Not sure he counts as a positive or not.  Plus the lakers are going to be playing a lot of improved western conf teams a lot of times next year.

As bad as Lopez was, Brooklyn literally didn't win a single game without him in the last 2 seasons. He was by far their best player. Hill, when healthy was huge for Utah. He's a good defender and a steady handed veteran who knows how to win. Lots more teams are tanking this year than last year. Lopez and Hill is enough to push you to 30 wins. Although the stacked west could obviously work to our advantage as you mention.

[JBcat]

I'm already saying to myself he is overhyped if we end up losing him. Lol after all he's only averaged 20 PPG once in his career at age 27.  For comparison at age 27 Ray Allen and Paul Pierce already passed that mark 4 and 5 times respectively.

[CelticsElite]

More worried now about the Ramona Shelburne post, she is on the rise and very legit...

But George Hill was his buddy right...

Is the Riley thing real? That's stalking for me!

Riley is meeting with Dion Waiters in San Diego. Doubt it's got anything to do with Hayward.

I thought waiters was in LA. Why did he go to san Diego? Source that waiters is in SD?

[Neurotic Guy]

Haywards friend George hill discussing 1 year deal with lakers

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/881926123248070657

Signing him would effectively knock the lakers pick out of the top 5.

I am not sure about that.  Hill is a good complimentary player.  Is he enough to get the Lakers out of the muck?  not so sure.

plus, does this mean that Ball comes off the bench?  I thought he was already penciled in as a starter?  better to let him develop slowly, but I didn't think the lakers were smart enough to do that.

Hill + Lopez is enough when you have teams like Sacramento, Brooklyn, Atlanta, Orlando, Chicago and Phoenix out there.

Which is why Ainge is stupid for trading away the number one and at the least not asking for more. This offseason is going about as bad as it could have gone. I hope Markelle Fultz destroys the Celtics today and I'm not joking.

Not sure I understand.  You don't hope that Tatum outplays Fultz tonight and that we end up with top 5 pick in 18 or 19?

[celticinorlando]

Ready to get this over with so Boston can move forward one way or the other. Having to wait is costing the Celtics

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Haywards friend George hill discussing 1 year deal with lakers

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/881926123248070657

Signing him would effectively knock the lakers pick out of the top 5.

I am not sure about that.  Hill is a good complimentary player.  Is he enough to get the Lakers out of the muck?  not so sure.

plus, does this mean that Ball comes off the bench?  I thought he was already penciled in as a starter?  better to let him develop slowly, but I didn't think the lakers were smart enough to do that.

Hill + Lopez is enough when you have teams like Sacramento, Brooklyn, Atlanta, Orlando, Chicago and Phoenix out there.

I dunno, lopez was a full partner in the nets blisteringly good season last year.  Not sure he counts as a positive or not.  Plus the lakers are going to be playing a lot of improved western conf teams a lot of times next year.

As bad as Lopez was, Brooklyn literally didn't win a single game without him in the last 2 seasons. He was by far their best player. Hill, when healthy was huge for Utah. He's a good defender and a steady handed veteran who knows how to win. Lots more teams are tanking this year than last year. Lopez and Hill is enough to push you to 30 wins. Although the stacked west could obviously work to our advantage as you mention.

oh man, I didn't know that, are you serious?  the Nets haven't won a single game that Lopez hasn't played in for 2 years? lol oh man that is terrible.

I guess more in general I mean that the lakers current roster is kind of a mess.  I guess the lakers know they don't have their own pick next year, so no reason to bottom out completely.  Just take on a bunch of 1 year contracts to screw Philly / Boston out of a good pick, and then restock with cap space the following year when they think they will get Bron, PG13 and whatever west coast loving player they think will automatically be attracted to living at the beach.

[Neurotic Guy]

More worried now about the Ramona Shelburne post, she is on the rise and very legit...

But George Hill was his buddy right...

Is the Riley thing real? That's stalking for me!

Riley is meeting with Dion Waiters in San Diego. Doubt it's got anything to do with Hayward.

I thought waiters was in LA. Why did he go to san Diego? Source that waiters is in SD?

San Diego is a short drive from LA.

[PhoSita]

Just post the news that Hayward is resigning in Utah for $$$ and five years of 1st round playoff exits already so I can commence with being angry, bitter, disappointed, resigned, and then excited for deck-shuffling moves and the development of Brown and Tatum.

Would really prefer not to spend tomorrow checking Twitter while my significant other furrows her brow at me every time she sees me looking at my phone.

[celticinorlando]

Rubio is a career loser. Oft injured and so beyond overhyped. If he stays in Utah...that roster is just not very good at all. And that tells me that he was just after the money because Utah has no other legit boxes it can check off