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

[Surferdad]

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?

I hope Tatum does great. I'm just p---ed right now and if Fultz kicks ass hey maybe Danny learns a thing about just giving away number one picks

You'd rather have your opinion validated than see the Celtics do well? Do you seriously not see something wrong with that?

Apparently he can't see it.  I just called him out on the previous page of this thread:

So your ideal scenario is Ainge is proven wrong, Tatum is mediocre, the whole plan falls apart, but you are proven correct.  Thanks a lot, some Celtics fan you are.

[Phantom255x]

https://twitter.com/tribjazz/status/881961403719991297


Hayward meeting with jazz still ongoing

And unfortunately it's "going well" 

[Who]

If Utah moves on from Favors and brings in a PF who can shoot the ball, I think Rubio can be a terrific fit on that team. Gobert manning the middle. Hayward and friends bombing from the wings. Rubio running the show from PG. That would be a dynamic and highly entertaining team.

I do not like Rubio as a fit alongside Favors & Gobert though. One of those 3 needs to go. 

[celticinorlando]

If we don't get Hayward, then I'm glad we didn't trade the farm for George for one year

Yup. Glad they still have both high lottery picks. I do not think the Lakers will be any good so I could see Boston with the #1 pick as well as anywhere from 2-4 also...plus their own

[celticinorlando]

If Utah moves on from Favors and brings in a PF who can shoot the ball, I think Rubio can be a terrific fit on that team. Gobert manning the middle. Hayward and friends bombing from the wings. Rubio running the show from PG. That would be a dynamic and highly entertaining team.

I do not like Rubio as a fit alongside Favors & Gobert though. One of those 3 needs to go.

A terrific fit that has to work to be the 7 or 8 seed and has no shot winning a playoff series. But it would be fun to watch

[RJ87]

If we don't get Hayward, then I'm glad we didn't trade the farm for George for one year

Unless getting George would've secured Hayward's decision.

It's schrodinger's cat basically. We'll never know.

[tarheelsxxiii]

https://twitter.com/tribjazz/status/881961403719991297


Hayward meeting with jazz still ongoing

And unfortunately it's "going well" 

Who is in the meeting texting people updates?  I don't buy into any of this, all just entertainment that even folks like Woj are feeding into. 

If he wants to win, he'll come to Boston.  If he wants to stick with his buddies, make a bit more money, or be a large fish in a murky pond, he won't... but then we wouldn't want him anyway. No sweat off our collective potato bag. 

[celticinorlando]

https://twitter.com/tribjazz/status/881961403719991297


Hayward meeting with jazz still ongoing

And unfortunately it's "going well" 

Who is in the meeting texting people updates?  I don't buy into any of this, all just entertainment that even folks like Woj are feeding into. 

If he wants to win, he'll come to Boston.  If he wants to stick with his buddies, make a bit more money, or be a large fish in a murky pond, he won't... but then we wouldn't want him anyway. No sweat off our collective potato bag. 

Every report at each place was it is going well.

[Neurotic Guy]

Alright so the positive reframing is circulating in my mind.  Good that we didn't trade for the PG rental.  Good that we have exciting youth to build around.  Good that we'll get a quick dose of that youth as early as tonight in Summer League.  Good IF Hill and Waiters aren't going to the Lakers (I don't have the latest on that).  Good that Sac '19 looks promising if LAL '18 doesn't convey. Good that C's have added Zizic and Tatum (and may be Nader and Semi) to their rotation.

And maybe Danny's got a surprise... an unexpected move up his sleeve. 

[tarheelsxxiii]

Alright so the positive reframing is circulating in my mind.  Good that we didn't trade for the PG rental.  Good that we have exciting youth to build around.  Good that we'll get a quick dose of that youth as early as tonight in Summer League.  Good IF Hill and Waiters aren't going to the Lakers (I don't have the latest on that).  Good that Sac '19 looks promising if LAL '18 doesn't convey. Good that C's have added Zizic and Tatum (and may be Nader and Semi) to their rotation.

And maybe Danny's got a surprise... an unexpected move up his sleeve.

And... good re-framing.  I've come to appreciate the authenticity of your neuroticism/worry over the years. I'm right there with ya. 

[Phantom255x]

If we don't get Hayward, then I'm glad we didn't trade the farm for George for one year

Unless getting George would've secured Hayward's decision.

It's schrodinger's cat basically. We'll never know.

I'd rather have not taken the risk.

Considering their asking price too, that would have been real bad if we got George, didn't get Hayward, and then George went to LAL a year later.

[Phantom255x]

I just hope they aren't having a party right now at the "meeting" knowing Hayward is coming back 

[Neurotic Guy]

I just hope they aren't having a party right now at the "meeting" knowing Hayward is coming back 

It's either feeling like a celebration right now or it's heading to desparation and pleading.  My guess is the former.

[j804]

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?

I hope Tatum does great. I'm just p---ed right now and if Fultz kicks ass hey maybe Danny learns a thing about just giving away number one picks

You'd rather have your opinion validated than see the Celtics do well? Do you seriously not see something wrong with that?

Apparently he can't see it.  I just called him out on the previous page of this thread:

So your ideal scenario is Ainge is proven wrong, Tatum is mediocre, the whole plan falls apart, but you are proven correct.  Thanks a lot, some Celtics fan you are.

I hope Tatum is the second coming of Pierce and I'm wrong just feel like we gave away that number one pick for peanuts and if Fultz kills it hey maybe Danny thinks twice next time

[Billz401]

Ramona Shelbourne is a legit reporter yes, and I'm not denying her credibility nor that this report is dead wrong.

But has she EVER said anything positive about the C's in any tweet or TV appearance? Rarely. Of course being a Lakers fan might be a reason..

What's more annoying is she's the one who broke this news. Ugh.

She and Windhorst trashed the C's after the George trade and said it should be a given he goes to Miami now to play with superstar Dragic... 

She's literally the female brian windhorst lol. She was popular when the Lakers were good because she was an LA insider but once the Lakers became trash and Kobe retired she disappeared for a while. Something tells me that had Kobe "taken his talents to south beach" she would've been the next Miami heat insider with windhorst..