I recently posted that I was out on Hayward, because of the inconsistency, which is probably health related, and because he was out to injury a lot. I absolutely love the idea of healthy, fully engaged GH, especially in the style of today's NBA, but figured if his on again/off again act was going to continue, and there was a good chance he was going to opt out and head elsewhere in the summer, that making a move now to balance out the roster a bit better would be wise.
The theory was that the Jays could pick up the wing scoring with more attempts, with a lunchpail wing filling in the rest of the wing minutes, hitting some threes, and playing solid defense. Whatever big that came in return could protect the rim, score, and grab boards. That change would allow the Cs to play bigger when necessary, but still have a solid small lineup with JB, JT, Kemba, Smart, and a big.
I don't think that's too flawed an idea, assuming a decent big was available, although I don't particularly like the idea of going big on the roster while the league trend is going the other way.
If Hayward is going to play an engaged style, where he makes a conscious effort to get into the lane with the ball a dozen times a game, and can stay healthy, I'm all in on him. If he's healthy enough to play, but is going to stand around in the corner, I'm out. That's not him, that's not his game, and it's a waste of his talents.
Hopefully, Stevens will be able to finally figure out how to get all three wings to play at 100% in the same game on a consistent basis. The Celtics will then be able to beat any team in the playoffs.