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

[ashanm10]

ESPN reporting Hawyard to Celtics...  Welcome to Boston Gordon Hayward!!!

someone confirm.

Trolling confirmed...

to be fair to him, ESPN has never taken down the original story that says Hayward to boston.

well, they got to sell sth, get those clicks xd

[RJ87]

Wojo did say Miami was eliminated last night

Well that's something new.

[jpotter33]

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWI_R4Mhorq/

This is too perfect lol

[Neurotic Guy]

ESPN reporting Hawyard to Celtics...  Welcome to Boston Gordon Hayward!!!

someone confirm.

Trolling confirmed...

Grrr.   We need to teach where passive-aggression comes from.   

[Surferdad]

Fans on a Jazz forum believe a sign and trade is in the works to make the money work.
Might be true but some of those delusional fans think it involves Brown and or the Nets pick lol. If anyone in that forum is reading this please tell your folks to keep dreaming.

Actually this (not Brown or Nets pick) is the only thing that makes sense enough to get everything righ.t .  Cs were chosen. Utah made a last ditch effort to salvage something by offering an S&T... word gets out it's going Boston's way as the S&T gets some life from Boston's side.  This delays the process as the negotiation plays out.   Hope this is what's happened.

This is completely reasonable and may be happening right now.  I mean, why shouldn't Utah try to salvage something?  From the Boston perspective, they have to shed salary anyway (one or more of Rozier, Crowder, AB) so it could work out for both teams.  In this scenario, the hangup is that Utah likely also wants GOOD assets like Brown, Tatum or picks, none of which are on the table for Boston.  This theory is consistent with Hayward having made up his mind to go to Boston (which I still believe) and also explains why 4 hours have passed.

[jpotter33]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/882362888492433408

Even Jazz sources saying he was leaning toward Boston, but he never fully made up his mind.

[hwangjini_1]

would it really take this long to say "I am returning to Utah"?

It may be as simple, and for me disturbing, as he simply cannot decide between Utah and Boston.

If a decision had already been made by Hayward, then taking charge of the story should not be that hard. It would be a matter of contacting people, putting out announcements, etc. any credible agent would have sorted things out by now.

Or, he may be flip flopping on his decision.

Who the hell knows at this juncture.

[jpotter33]

http://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/882363547069501442

Ramona talking like it's a done deal already.

[celticinorlando]

I just cannot see cold feet being the issue. He tried to leave already to Charlotte. Something within the deal is being worked out

[SHAQATTACK]

http://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/882363547069501442

Ramona talking like it's a done deal already.

Utah needs to tank away ...with hot shooting Ricky leading them to a top 3 lottery pick. 

called plan T .....T for Tank

[A Future of Stevens]

I really like the idea of bringing in Favors in a sign and trade.

[Chief]

http://twitter.com/ramonashelburne/status/882363547069501442

Ramona talking like it's a done deal already.

Utah needs to tank away ...with hot shooting Ricky leading them to a top 3 lottery pick. 

Rudy Gay is about to get another big contract,  lol

[kraidstar]

It's been over 3 hours and radio silence... I'm officially scared.

[Surferdad]

would it really take this long to say "I am returning to Utah"?

It may be as simple, and for me disturbing, as he simply cannot decide between Utah and Boston.

If a decision had already been made by Hayward, then taking charge of the story should not be that hard. It would be a matter of contacting people, putting out announcements, etc. any credible agent would have sorted things out by now.

Or, he may be flip flopping on his decision.

Who the hell knows at this juncture.

Sorry, I refuse to believe that.  He has known for months what his options were.  He has obviously talked to his wife and other close family members.  The meetings were meant to be the final pitch by all three teams but there would not really be much new information shared, only a matter of emphasis on certain points.  Furthermore, his agent said he would decide fairly quickly and qualified it by saying Tuesday or Wednesday.  Now, you can make the argument that Hayward is still on that timeline and the leak has simply complicated matters.

The other theory is that Utah and Boston are working on a deal.

[Tr1boy]

You know what... The more I think about it...the more a sign and trade could be in order

Hayward says sorry Jazz I will choose Boston but lets workout a sign and trade. Help you guys out

To Jazz: Crowder, AB, KO (sign and trade)
To Celtics: Hayward (sign and trade), Tony Bradley

Good?

Tony Bradley
Horford
Hayward
Smart
AB

Zizic/Yabu
Tatum
Brown
Rozier

Celts would need to sign a FA to come off the bench