Gallinari over Hayward

[PaulAllen]

A guy who Ainge always loved could be an under the market find...

Personally Id take Gallinari at 17-18 mil a year over Hayward at the max...

Gall has 2" in height and plays the 3 or 4... They shoot almost identical 3p%, FT%, and rebound the same

I think the point will eventually be moot as Utah will probably offer Hayward a huge contract to stay..

[Roy H.]

I like Gallo's skillset, but you can't rely on him.

GP since 2012: 43, 71, 0, 59, 53, 63

Hayward: 66, 72, 77,  76, 80, 73

Also, for whatever it's worth, Hayward spent 29% of his minutes at PF last season.

[PaulAllen]

I like Gallo's skillset, but you can't rely on him.

GP since 2012: 43, 71, 0, 59, 53, 63

Hayward: 66, 72, 77,  76, 80, 73

Yea true... thats why I put him as an under the market value player, maybe the market will be even lower???

[chambers]

A guy who Ainge always loved could be an under the market find...

Personally Id take Gallinari at 17-18 mil a year over Hayward at the max...

Gall has 2" in height and plays the 3 or 4... They shoot almost identical 3p%, FT%, and rebound the same

I think the point will eventually be moot as Utah will probably offer Hayward a huge contract to stay..

Would much rather have Hayward at this stage of their careers even at the max.

Gotta ask your self, what's the point of giving a glass bum like Gallinari 17 million? So we can spend 13 million on another role player?
Gallinari is arguably a bigger injury risk than Brook Lopez.

Gordon Hayward is about to enter his prime and is a far superior player.

One is a potential All NBA player. One is a washed up walking injury riddled role player.

[Androslav]

So, you pay 10 mil less, but you get a crappy, older, often injured and defenseless version of Hayward. No thanks. I'd rather go for Joe Ingles at that point.

[PaulAllen]

A guy who Ainge always loved could be an under the market find...

Personally Id take Gallinari at 17-18 mil a year over Hayward at the max...

Gall has 2" in height and plays the 3 or 4... They shoot almost identical 3p%, FT%, and rebound the same

I think the point will eventually be moot as Utah will probably offer Hayward a huge contract to stay..

Would much rather have Hayward at this stage of their careers even at the max.

Gotta ask your self, what's the point of giving a glass bum like Gallinari 17 million? So we can spend 13 million on another role player?
Gallinari is arguably a bigger injury risk than Brook Lopez.

Gordon Hayward is about to enter his prime and is a far superior player.

One is a potential All NBA player. One is a washed up walking injury riddled role player.

The saved $ goes into signing the 2018 pending free agents ... especially if IT gives the team a bit of a discount

[wdleehi]

Maybe as a fall back option but I don't think so. 

[playdream]

A guy who Ainge always loved could be an under the market find...

Personally Id take Gallinari at 17-18 mil a year over Hayward at the max...

Gall has 2" in height and plays the 3 or 4... They shoot almost identical 3p%, FT%, and rebound the same

I think the point will eventually be moot as Utah will probably offer Hayward a huge contract to stay..

Would much rather have Hayward at this stage of their careers even at the max.

Gotta ask your self, what's the point of giving a glass bum like Gallinari 17 million? So we can spend 13 million on another role player?
Gallinari is arguably a bigger injury risk than Brook Lopez.

Gordon Hayward is about to enter his prime and is a far superior player.

One is a potential All NBA player. One is a washed up walking injury riddled role player.

The saved $ goes into signing the 2018 pending free agents ... especially if IT gives the team a bit of a discount

2018 really don't have good free agents anyway..

[gouki88]

As others have said, as a back up in case talks with Hayward fall through. As an alternative though, he is far too fragile to take a risk on.

[kozlodoev]

As others have said, as a back up in case talks with Hayward fall through. As an alternative though, he is far too fragile to take a risk on.

The better "back up case" is to just keep going with a rotation of Bradley, Crowder, and Brown. Gallinari is not better than either of these.

[gouki88]

As others have said, as a back up in case talks with Hayward fall through. As an alternative though, he is far too fragile to take a risk on.

The better "back up case" is to just keep going with a rotation of Bradley, Crowder, and Brown. Gallinari is not better than either of these.

Yeah good point, who am I kidding. At this point in their careers, Crowder for $10m cheaper or so is far preferable.

[Evantime34]

Maybe as a fall back option but I don't think so.

I think he would be a great fall back option. Signing him and starting him at the 4 would be an upgrade, plus he would probably allow us to bring back Olynyk and sign Zizic/Yabu.

As others have said, as a back up in case talks with Hayward fall through. As an alternative though, he is far too fragile to take a risk on.

The better "back up case" is to just keep going with a rotation of Bradley, Crowder, and Brown. Gallinari is not better than either of these.

When I think of adding Gallo, my intention would be to have him play the 4 almost exclusively.

[danglertx]

I don't think Hayward gets the credit he deserves for being able to create his own shot.  In Brad's offense he might get even better.

[tonydelk]

I have zero interest in Gallo on the celtics at 17+ million per year.  For me it's either sign Gordon or reup Avery or IT this year so the cap hit is smaller for that player in 2019 freeing up cap space for other players.

[LilRip]

If you have a choice between a dependable allstar and a guy who can neither defend nor stay healthy, 99 times out of 100, you take the all star.