I like Miami, but it's definitely overrated. It still looks like an episode of Miami Vice, 30 years later. The infrastructure needs some serious work.I'm glad I'm not the only person in this thread that's spent time in Miami.
Hayward to Boston...Really, We Mean It
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What's wrong with Miami? If he goes there, Hayward isn't going to be bar hopping on South Beach. He's going to buy a nice house in Coconut Grove or Coral Gables and pay less taxes. When they're old enough, his kids will go to the Everglades school.
He'll never win a title there, but maybe that's not what interests him.
He'll never win a title there, but maybe that's not what interests him.
Sounds like the heat meeting was fine - but nothing crazy
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article159260759.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article159260759.html
From that article:
What, exactly, is the "Heat culture"? And if Hayward is choosing his team based on championship pedigree he should have already chosen Boston.
This can be in the next Tweet:
"Execs believe Hayward will choose Miami (over Boston and Utah) because of Miami's rich history and tradition, as well as their championship pedigree."
Al Horford, Isaiah Thomas fly to Boston for Gordon Hayward meeting
No TB Sighting yet
http://www.weei.com/blogs/ty-anderson/report-al-horford-isaiah-thomas-fly-boston-gordon-hayward-meeting?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
No TB Sighting yet
http://www.weei.com/blogs/ty-anderson/report-al-horford-isaiah-thomas-fly-boston-gordon-hayward-meeting?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Grabbing your seat 15 minutes into a half, leaving the game if your team is down 10 with 5 minutes to go and screaming "good job, good effort" after a loss vs a team you should have beaten.
What has to be cleared to find max cap space for Hayward? These threads are far to big to go back and find it.
Just spitballing but Hayward choosing Miami crushes both the Jazz and Celtics/Stevens. He might be willing to leave Utah, but if so I think it's for Boston. Not buying Miami.
Not much. If Yabusele stays overseas another season, just waiving Zeller and Mickey and renouncing all their free agents gets them within a few hundred thousand. If Yabusele comes over, they'll have to clear a couple million or so,
Also, who the hell cares what the weather is like in January? It's June when you have the parade. Boston's lovely in June.
I would rather live in Boston than Miami, and I'd say that even if I hadn't grown up there. I'd rather live in Burlington VT or Portland ME than Miami. Miami sucks. It's humid as shit, there are mosquitoes everywhere 12 months a year, the people are by and large insipid, property taxes are sky high, old drivers are everywhere, and a couple times a year, your house gets slammed by a hurricane.
Gordon Hayward isn't a playa looking to hit the clubs and sample the latina models. He's a recluse gamer with a wife and two kids and exactly zero appearances on TMZ. Will Smith might prefer Miami but there's no way that applies to 100% of the population.
edit: reading further I see most of this has been covered. Whatever, there's always room to lump more hate on Miami.
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Larry is still consulting or otherwise associated with the Pacers, right? Otherwise, since Hayward grew up in Indiana, would there be a better ambassador to tell him how great it is to play for the Celtics?
Weren't there stories that Durant was pretty impressed with the basketball portion of the Celtics presentation last year?
I don't think Hayward is a Mormon and the models in Miami are from the entire spectrum
Spoelstra is far above Bud and Clifford and it's not even close. Clifford lol
Hayward is not a Tom Brady fan in the slightest so the Goat won't be able to help us this time.
This is overblown. He "dislikes" him because he's a Colts fan. I really don't think he'd actually think Brady showing up would be a negative.
However, for Durant, wasn't he actually a Brady fan? So it made sense in that case.
I think they should sell the "Indiana to Boston" thing.
Regardless of personal likes and dislikes of the players, as much as I'd be fine with Hayward signing here, he doesn't get the Tom Brady treatment. Brady is not some cheap waif, he is the Sex Panther of recruitment, reserved only for the finest ladies on God's green Earth. Durant, LeBron...that's about it. And maybe Olynyk, if necessary.
The Celtics seem to agree:
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/19784111/chris-forsberg-boston-pitch-gordon-hayward
Good. Fuck all the noise, Boston is about winning titles. If you want one, we're the best shot. If you want warm weather, go lose in Miami.
So why would he leave Utah for either place especially after the team just extended one of his best friends for 4/$52m?
Also, anyone who says they would rather live in Boston over Miami during the months of October to May is.....let's just say they are in the minority.
No but maybe the fanbase should have tempered their expectations over the past year on what has always been a longshot. We are now at the point of trying to justify our chances by convincing ourselves that Boston is a more desirable location in the winters than Florida.
I know I know....But Brad!
Why? To win one of these. We're better positioned to accomplish that than the loaded west or south beach. Certainly no guarantee, but let's be real we have a good chance.
Neither are positioned anywhere remotely close to winning one of those. If Hayward was ring chasing he wouldn't be looking at either of these locations. We'll have at least 3 players under the age of 21 in our rotation next year with our best player probably having hip surgery in another month.
Unless he's going to sign for the vet min in the Land or GSW, we're probably the next best bet. The east is potentially one year away from being wide open if LeBron takes his talents to Malibu.
If only we had a fake banner waiting for him at the plane.
https://www.livescience.com/59651-rat-lungworm-florida.html?utm_source=notification
Brain-Infecting 'Rat Lungworm' Spreads in Florida
Stay the fuck out of Florida Gordon Heywouldyousignalready.
Brain-Infecting 'Rat Lungworm' Spreads in Florida
Stay the fuck out of Florida Gordon Heywouldyousignalready.
With have an entire thread in P&G filled with reasons for not living in Florida
Agreed. I know this is a Sox board but the City of Boston and Massachusetts sucks and it's not a secret. I hope Brad and the rabid fan base is enough to sway him.
You truly are insufferable. Celtics are also the odds on favorites according to the oddsmakers.
This isn't some long shot miracle chance here. Stop acting like it is.
I know I know:..you're smarter than all of us tho!!
Most cities in modern day America are more or less interchangeable. This is true even for Salt Lake City, and is especially true for professional athletes, who tend to live somewhere else in the offseason anyways.
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Massachusetts sucks? Really?
We have the best public school system in the country. We have the best universities in the country. We have the best health system in the country. We have the second best tech industry in the country. We have the second best financial industry in the country. We have the ocean. We have Cape Cod. We have suburbs that are actually interesting.
If you care about "lifestyle" and "Spoelstra," sure. If you care about traffic, sure, Massachusetts sucks (tho no worse than LA which doesn't have even a second rate subway system).
You raise your kids here and they are less likely to become meth-addicted dropouts. It's a goddamn fact.
As insufferable as my opinion can be at times even I feel this is a bit too much. My only point was that tens of thousands of New Englanders flock to Florida for the winter each year with many more traveling their to vacation during this time. Residents do look to escape in the winter.....that much is not a secret. I wouldn't agree that the state sucks though.
Except it is. Even as favorites, we are still more likely not to land him than to land him.