I said 9 more days given the wonky sked but yeah he looked great. I was just reflexively on the side of caution given the original 6 week timetable from the team. Karalis brought up a good point in his pod that if the timetable wasn’t padded and he wasn’t ready there would be a lot more hand-wringing. Fair enough. [unwrings hands]
I was with you a couple of days ago: Minutes restriction, handle with care, take advantage of schedule, etc BUT Brad said no restrictions pre-game and GH looked more than fine.
Give the metal plate in his hand, as well as his efficient playing style, my suggestion would be “He’s More Machine Now Than Man.”
I think some caution is warranted at least for now, but I'll probably implement HBDS's suggestion in a few weeks if things are truly back to business as usual
Maybe all of our endless discussions about the end of the roster this Summer wasn't for naught.
How about "Should the Celtics trade Gordon Hayward before he possibly walks this summer?"
This is a Catch-22 with zero leverage. If we are to the point of waiting him to opt-out it would be due to reasons causing him to never do so.
Or a three way deal with Hayward going to Golden State to help the tank job, Russell to New York for filler and a pick package going to Boston.
Do the Celtics really need any more picks? I was looking for a way to solve the Cs big problem, and not stick the Celtics with any big, long term deals.
If I'm trading Hayward I want an elite big coming back. Towns or Drummond fit the bill, not Aldridge or Adams. Hayward and picks for Drummond and Wood.
How does Danny sell a fully healthy 2021 Hayward to the Warriors? I'm assuming thats what it would take for GSW to even consider this
The bolded has been mitigated by the fact that most GM's around the league now realize that the Cavs sent the Celtics a malware virus in return.
I don’t think this is true but, more importantly, think it’s very premature to reach conclusions about the efficacy of a lineup that’s only been used for 5 minutes so far this season.
Everyone knew that Lil’ Zeke’s hip was a degenerative mess. Cleveland’s only real regret is that they didn’t draft Shae Gilgeous-Alexander with the pick.
I'm theorizing about this for the case in which he comes back in a game or two and looks good over the next month. I'm still starting to think that it's worth looking at trading him. There are also teams that are really, really desperate for exactly what Hayward provides, so if the foot looks fine in the near future, they won't have a hard time talking themselves into paying up for him.
