I wonder what Mr. Hayward is thinking right now. I know it’s silly to even thing about it, and the fallout of the Fourth of July has ended up better than we could’ve ever dreamed. I’m thrilled.
But Mitchell was already on the Jazz when Hayward left, remember him tweeting Hayward with both of them on 2k? I remember vividly a post I made saying that id be terrified to leave because what if Mitchell is awesome and he left. Welp....
He would be absolutely perfect in this series and this team. Mitchell has the killer instinct alpha dog that Hayward never did. But everyone who always said Hayward would be great on a championship team as long as he wasn’t the number one option, well it ****ing happened! We gave him exactly what he needed he just didn’t know it yet. What if he had been on a five year deal instead of four? I doubt there would be much talk of him leaving this offseason.
No use whining about it, but a moment of reflection while still being so ****ing happy that we have Mitchell is fine.
We got our ‘dude’ who can lead us to the promise land, but it does suck that his perfect running mate bailed before he knew what he had, and now we are a running mate away from being a real contender.
It's interesting to think about, that's for sure. Donovan + Gordon + Rudy would be a hell of a nucleus.
Though, to be fair, the Celtics are going to be freaking loaded. Kyrie + Hayward + Tatum + Brown is an extremely impressive collection of talent.