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[Jones]BREAKING: Jazz willing to engage Celtics in S&T talks: But Gordon Hayward must agree

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If it got done it could take some time. Ainge isn't in a rush. Yet. If he's not finding takers over the next 24 hours then there's more pressure. People have known he's had to clear these guys for a few days now and nothing has materialized. At least Ainge hasn't bitten on anything.
 
After the whole blow up from Jazz fans my guess would be Gordan would take the pay cut before they just hand us Crowder.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Did anyone expect anything else?
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For Ainge to play hardball? Of course we all expected that. I guess we will see what kind of trade Value those players have. I think DL will call his bluff though. They need to trade Crowder. Bradley is too good to let go and Crowder wants out.

If not, oh well.
 
Let's calm down just a bit. Ainge and Stevens flew back to Boston today. That's an all day flight. Pretty tough to get alot done today because of travel.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Did anyone expect anything else?
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We had a couple of things going for us. Not sure I ever took DA's son's election seriously as a factor, but the other thing is GM's sometimes extend a personal courtesy in a situation like this. Because we are losing Hayward for nothing and Boston will have to move Crowder at some point, sometimes a GM will extend a professional courtesy for a reasonable offer, even though he could probably do a little better elsewhere. Basically, a situation of I'll do you a little favor now, and I'll expect the same treatment at some point in the future.

However, I was always skeptical of Danny Ainge cutting us a break. He has DL over a barrel and apparently DL refused the Trump treatment. I'm guessing Danny wanted an unprotected or lightly protected pick and DL stuck his ground for lottery protected, which is understandable.

Anyway, Danny Ainge has just become my most hated GM and I will be wishing pure evil upon him, as well as his team. He will try and squeeze every little drop of value from Crowder, rather than cut us a break when we just lost a major asset. I'm guessing it's because he's so unbending that Chicago and Indiana refused to deal with him. This **** will come back to haunt him, as GM's talk to each other and will give him the same treatment when the day comes the shoe is on the other foot.
 
Ron Mexico said:
For Ainge to play hardball? Of course we all expected that. I guess we will see what kind of trade Value those players have. I think DL will call his bluff though. They need to trade Crowder. Bradley is too good to let go and Crowder wants out.

If not, oh well.
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They would prefer to move Bradley because he is due a big pay day next year. If they can move smart or Bradley, they can take their time to move Crowder for the best deal possible. They may even be thinking they can work things out with keeping Crowder.
 
Just get the sign and trade done for the trade exception. Please. We desperately need that asset. I don't care what player(s) come back as part of it.
 
Cappy_Smurf said:
They would prefer to move Bradley because he is due a big pay day next year. If they can move smart or Bradley, they can take their time to move Crowder for the best deal possible. They may even be thinking they can work things out with keeping Crowder.
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They're not keeping Crowder. Hayward just took his job, and Brown, Tatum, and Ojeleye are also waiting in the wings.
 
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