Hayward to Boston...Really, We Mean It

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Woj on ESPN now: Miami was eliminated last night. Utah and Boston have yet to be informed of his final decision.
Woj: Utah young core and Hayward's emotional ties to community is tough to leave.
this is all fine to me, fuck Miami. if he elects to stay, fine

the fact our plan B was fucked right away by Griffin, and then probably plan C was George was fucked by their GM...
 

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ARod and Deflategate are at another level, because they lasted weeks/months and involved multiple ups and downs. ARod 'done deal' but MLBPA vetoes?

Uggh.
 

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Maybe he knows the answer is Boston but he has to bring himself to tell Utah. Maybe I should keep drinking. Maybe both. Who knows.
That's my take. He woke up today, made the call that it was Boston, to play in the NBA for the coach who was the first to see him as an NBA player--even before he saw it in himself--but before he informed the teams somehow it got out. And now he wasn't able to say goodbye to Utah in the way he wanted. And now he's not backtracking, but simply regrouping.

Late tonight or tomorrow we get the official word.
 

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Woj: Boston's Plan B was Griffin and Galinari. With them out and if Hayward passes, tons of cap space is available and assets remain.
Is there any indication Danny made a serious attempt to engage either? Why wasn't Galinari brought here and shown the city? Not sure where it's written that you can't court multiple free agents at the same time. The fact Danny didn't do this suggests he wasn't really interested in anyone but GH...
 

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I feel worse for guys like Olynyk and Jerebko whose futures depend on what Hayward decides to do, and whose options dwindle with each day that Hayward can't make up his mind.
See I wouldn't say that he can't make up his mind. He met with Boston on Saturday and Utah yesterday. In any profession if you were considering switching companies and moving across the country, you wouldn't be expected to make that decision in the scope of 24 hours. It's only because of terrible reporting courtesy of the rat race to be first that has caused the public to turn against Hayward to a degree.
 

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Woj is either making shit up or being fed lines to make Utahans (Utonians? Utahnians? Utes?) feel better.
 

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Woj confirming the twitter rumor from earlier that Miami was out last night.

I'm holding the line on he DID decide today but the leak fucked up some perfect plan on announcing it.
 

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See I wouldn't say that he can't make up his mind. He met with Boston on Saturday and Utah yesterday. In any profession if you were considering switching companies and moving across the country, you wouldn't be expected to make that decision in the scope of 24 hours. It's only because of terrible reporting courtesy of the rat race to be first that has caused the public to turn against Hayward to a degree.
We've probably all had decisions we went back and forth on, but it's not 24 hours. He's known the teams and the numbers and the players involved for a very long time.
 

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Chris Haynes still hasn't tweeted since starting this shit. On some levels, that's awesome.
 

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See I wouldn't say that he can't make up his mind. He met with Boston on Saturday and Utah yesterday. In any profession if you were considering switching companies and moving across the country, you wouldn't be expected to make that decision in the scope of 24 hours. It's only because of terrible reporting courtesy of the rat race to be first that has caused the public to turn against Hayward to a degree.
It's not like he only started thinking about this yesterday.
 

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He doesn't need to decide today, but in realty the parameters for this decision have been know for plenty of time, this isn't a 24-hour here's the info now decide situation.
In my view the weekend was nothing more than a we can now officially talk dog and pony show.

Or what BMHH said.
 

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Woj confirming the twitter rumor from earlier that Miami was out last night.

I'm holding the line on he DID decide today but the leak fucked up some perfect plan on announcing it.
So, how long does the group hug with Utah's players and owners last?
 

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Given the amount of smoke pointing to the Celtics, my take is it's as simple as he feels bad that it leaked before he could call the Jazz and this delay (which I expect to last until tomorrow) is damage control so it appears he really hadn't made any decision.
 

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Not sure why Haywould would be sold on Utah's young core. Yes, Gobert is a stud but Exum is anything but proven, Favors is already broken down and Hood has a ways to go. I wouldn't put those pieces ahead of Boston.
 

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Not sure why Haywould would be sold on Utah's young core. Yes, Gobert is a stud but Exum is anything but proven, Favors is already broken down and Hood has a ways to go. I wouldn't put those pieces ahead of Boston.
Yeah, the core isn't all that young and outside of Gobert, all that good. Maybe he feels like a mentor to them or something.
 

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It's not like he only started thinking about this yesterday.
Sure he has, but the situation has been fluid. A week ago we didn't know where Blake was going, if Boston was going to trade for Paul George, what teams were going to do in the draft, who Utah's starting PG was going to be, hell even something like Millsap going to Denver and thus clogging the West playoff picture could influence were Hayward wants to go. And while I'm sure he has talked to Brad frequently until he went to Boston and talked with coaches/ownership/players he didn't have the clearest possible sense of what going to Boston means.
 

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Chris Haynes still hasn't tweeted since starting this shit. On some levels, that's awesome.
I'd imagine Haynes, as a relative noob, has a lot lose here. If he just jumped the gun, that's one thing, but if he got this wrong, wow ... I kinda wonder how long he'll last in a cut-throat ESPN world that's already cutting reporters left and right.
 

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Seems the most logical conclusion. Also seems like that leak may not have been his final final decision.
Maybe, but I'm thinking it was, and they were starting the ball rolling (we heard decision was imminent, website went down, etc.) but then someone spoke out of turn.