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It's a big decision. It makes sense to take time to process everything. I don't think his waiting until tomorrow reveals much, tbh. He's just not in a rush.
 
Also, I don't think Lebron is going to leave the Eastern Conference. He might lose in the second round in the west.
 
Let's not jump to conclusions. I'm really trying to see this from Hayward's perspective (minus the money). This is a decision that will change his life professionally and personally. It will affect his family forever. His image. His ability to win a championship hangs in the balance. Could he do it here? Yes. Could he do it in Boston? Yes. But does he have a crystal ball? No. He's been here a long time. Started a family. Blossomed into a great player. That all means something. But this has got to be an agonizing decision no matter what he does. He'll second guess it either way. Of course he is torn. He wouldn't be a human being if he weren't.
 
SCS said:
I think people might be reading "genuinely torn" the wrong way all because Sam Amick prefaced it by saying "At the risk of tugging on Jazz fans heart string", which leads people to assume that he's torn about leaving. And that might not be the case. It might just simply be, "okay all these teams made good pitches. There are pros and cons to each. So right now I'm torn. Gonna think about it and sleep on it."
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I don't think people are reading into it because of the 'at the risk of tugging...'. They're reading into it because of the portion of the tweet where the Jazz made a very strong impression on Hayward [and because of that] he's torn - implying, I guess, he became torn AFTER the meeting, which meant he may have been leaning one way before it and it wasn't re-signing with the Jazz.

Problem is, it's one tweet by one dude and there isn't much context to it. I'd feel a lot better if someone locally tweeted out something to even marginally contradict it, but, love it or hate it, it's the first true indication of Hayward's mindset since the meeting (beyond the same rehashed tweets we've seen the last three days - that the meetings went well).

IF Hayward was torn only after his meeting with the Jazz, which might not even be the case, I'd say he's probably having last second break up guilt. We've all had it with a relationship we cared a lot about but, sadly, you quickly get over it after a night's sleep IF you truly believe the breakup is the best thing for you.

But that's assuming the wording of the tweet means that - and then assuming his tweet is accurate and not a misread on the situation.
 
I think we all got spoiled with players like Stockton who didn't even have an agent and negotiated all of his contracts himself. It was never about the money, or he would have left. We were lucky.
 
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