Boston to make huge push for Hayward

[utahjazz107]

According to Bill Simmons either by trade or in the off season, makes sense because they have Brad Stevens as their coach.

I'd trade Hayward for their 1st round pick but I doubt the Celtics would do that.

 

[Hedda Gambler]

According to Bill Simmons either by trade or in the off season, makes sense because they have Brad Stevens as their coach.

I'd trade Hayward for their 1st round pick but I doubt the Celtics would do that.

Why wouldn`t they? Rondo - Hayward - Green - Bass - Sullinger with Bradley and Wallace leading their bench would be a pretty decent team in the east. The pick wouldn`t be very good.

 

[Jazz4ever]

According to Bill Simmons either by trade or in the off season, makes sense because they have Brad Stevens as their coach.

I'd trade Hayward for their 1st round pick but I doubt the Celtics would do that.

I wouldn't. Boston would easily make the playoffs with Hayward. Rondo would get magically healthy real quick, and the pick would be 18ish.

 

[akirac73]

I wouldn't. Boston would easily make the playoffs with Hayward. Rondo would get magically healthy real quick, and the pick would be 18ish.

Just looked at the current Celtics Roster...what a god awful collection of players other than Rondo. There's nobody on that team I would want on the Jazz tbh. If Celtics are fine with trading their 2014 1st Rounder (UNPROTECTED) I'd send Hayward packing.

 

[default]

The Celtics could just wait until this summer and offer him a near max deal and keep their draft picks. Even if they traded for him now, he'd still demand that kind of money to return for more seasons.

 

[bovice]

I'd do that trade. If they miss the playoffs, we get a top 10 pick from Boston. We'll get worse by trading Hayward, so finishing bottom 3 in the league isn't hard to believe. We can throw some money at Lance Stephenson in the off-season.

Trey/Lance/Alec/Favors/Kanter + 2 first rounders in this years draft is a great situation to be in.

 

[oldtimer]

Bill simmons report amounts to Zzzzz's. The celtics will not offer anything of value for hayward because he will be a free agent. The celtics will not pay 13 million plus for a free agent that has proven this year he is not a number 1 for a contender. Since I believe that is what it would take to pry hayward from the jazz the entire report should be " I speculate that boston likes hayward because stevens used to coach him, but it probably won't happen.

 

[NUMBERICA]

It seems weird to me that just about every person at large in the media doesn't believe Hayward is actually worth a ton of money but everyone believes that he will get it.

If everyone is on to something and Hayward helps you win games that are bad for your organization, why the hell would you NOT trade him?

 

[fishonjazz]

I'd do that trade. If they miss the playoffs, we get a top 10 pick from Boston. We'll get worse by trading Hayward, so finishing bottom 3 in the league isn't hard to believe. We can throw some money at Lance Stephenson in the off-season.

Trey/Lance/Alec/Favors/Kanter + 2 first rounders in this years draft is a great situation to be in.

3 first rounders!
GS, boston, our own

 

[NUMBERICA]

By the way... LINK?

 

[Beantown]

By the way... LINK?

He cannot live without the LINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[fallenchicken]

This was off his BS report podcast with Zach Lowe. But to clarify the stupid OP: Bill Simmons does not have inside information that Boston is going to "make a huge push" for Hayward. Simmons only suggested that they should.