Woj: Celtics working to land both Gordon Hayward and Paul George

[♪alt13]

DL should be pursuing Paul George right now. He should have been weeks ago. Call up Indy right now and offer Favors, Hood, Exum and picks. Give Indy a deadline before July 1 to make the decision. Guaranteed it's a better offer than anything Ainge is willing to give. I bet he's offering a pick or two and none from Brooklyn. So you get PG and pitch a plan to Hayward where you offer him a 1+1 contract so that both he and PG can opt out next year and be re-signed long-term. Added bonus for Hayward in that is that if he makes All NBA on a loaded team he would get the supermax.

Agreed. Get George and try to get Rubio too. Sign Teodosic. I want to watch some competitive basketball this year, not another half assed rebuild.

When we traded up I was sooooo hoping that we were picking for Indiana.

 

[MTS]

DL should be pursuing Paul George right now. He should have been weeks ago. Call up Indy right now and offer Favors, Hood, Exum and picks. Give Indy a deadline before July 1 to make the decision. Guaranteed it's a better offer than anything Ainge is willing to give. I bet he's offering a pick or two and none from Brooklyn. So you get PG and pitch a plan to Hayward where you offer him a 1+1 contract so that both he and PG can opt out next year and be re-signed long-term. Added bonus for Hayward in that is that if he makes All NBA on a loaded team he would get the supermax.

And then lose both one year from now, having blown all our assets to lose to golden state again.

No thanks. I'd rather be the same team minus Hayward a year from now vs the same team minus Hayward and a ton of assets.

 

[gomretat]

DL should be pursuing Paul George right now. He should have been weeks ago. Call up Indy right now and offer Favors, Hood, Exum and picks. Give Indy a deadline before July 1 to make the decision. Guaranteed it's a better offer than anything Ainge is willing to give. I bet he's offering a pick or two and none from Brooklyn. So you get PG and pitch a plan to Hayward where you offer him a 1+1 contract so that both he and PG can opt out next year and be re-signed long-term. Added bonus for Hayward in that is that if he makes All NBA on a loaded team he would get the supermax.

I would bet you my house that DL has been doing exactly that. And I bet my house he was involved in the Jimmy Butler sweepstakes. Single biggest problem we have is that our potential best trade assets - Favors, Hood, and Burks - were all hurt this year which makes it tough to move them.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

DL should be pursuing Paul George right now. He should have been weeks ago. Call up Indy right now and offer Favors, Hood, Exum and picks. Give Indy a deadline before July 1 to make the decision. Guaranteed it's a better offer than anything Ainge is willing to give. I bet he's offering a pick or two and none from Brooklyn. So you get PG and pitch a plan to Hayward where you offer him a 1+1 contract so that both he and PG can opt out next year and be re-signed long-term. Added bonus for Hayward in that is that if he makes All NBA on a loaded team he would get the supermax.

Wow. Sounds like a great way to lose both players and a bunch of assets. This is giving Hayward way too much power. Breaking the bank for George so Hayward stays and then giving him a 1+1? cmon now.

 

[Cappy_Smurf]

I keep asking - WHAT IS THE POINT? And nobody is answering me? What is the point of downgrading from Hill to Beverley? What is the point of downgrading from Hayward to Iggy who is breaking down and can't play more than 20-25 minutes a game? Where does this leave us? How the hell are we going to get to 50 wins with this roster? This is delusional. This is .500 team, unless Exum turns into a star out of the blue. We will waste the best years of Gobert on the treadmill. I absolutely abhor this plan.

The alternative is to tank for several years and probably have to trade Rudy to avoid having him walk for nothing.

It may be delusional, but I'm not sure it's any more delusional than expecting to completely rebuild in one year. It's kind of a situation where there aren't any good answers, but I don't understand how you think a tank would only last one season. Even if we landed the top pick, it takes most rookies a year or three before making a significant impact on the game.

We could try to gather a bunch of picks in hopes of finding a trade for a player like Butler, but there's no guarantee that opportunity becomes available in one or 2 years.

 

[gomretat]

I can't believe Hayward would want to be the #3 or #4 guy on the team. Behind IT, Paul George and possibly Horford. I know he has said he just wants to win, but if that's really the case, he should just sign the veteran minimum with the warriors.

I don't blame if he expects that Jazz to make moves. But the situation in Boston doesn't seem all that great to be honest.

His decision making in this case will say a whole bunch about Gordon. Does he man up and let us build around he and Rudy or does he go someplace else as the 3rd or 4th wheel. Unfortunately, LeBron and KD have set the tone for joining others instead of being the man to build around.

 

[gomretat]

Well here's something to throw up your guts over:
http://basketball.realgm.com/wireta...6ers-Magic-Nets-Jazz-To-Pursue-Andre-Iguodala





Cuz nothing says we are relevant like overpaying a 33 year old Andre Iguodala. But hey, at least we won't be tanking, right? I'm gonna ****ing break something if this happens. This is a fireable offense if DL is indeed thinking about even trying this BS.

Tanking with Rudy here makes zero sense. But so does going after Iggy.

 

[MTS]

The alternative is to tank for several years and probably have to trade Rudy to avoid having him walk for nothing.

It may be delusional, but I'm not sure it's any more delusional than expecting to completely rebuild in one year. It's kind of a situation where there aren't any good answers, but I don't understand how you think a tank would only last one season. Even if we landed the top pick, it takes most rookies a year or three before making a significant impact on the game.

Yep. People keep forgetting that we got entirely through our last rebuild with only two picks in the draft that were better than 9th overall (Kanter 3rd, Exum 5th), and neither of them were necessary to the rebuild.

 

[slc]

Don't think Paul George would ever come here
He has made it clear he wants to go to Lakers period

 

[♪alt13]

And then lose both one year from now, having blown all our assets to lose to golden state again.

No thanks. I'd rather be the same team minus Hayward a year from now vs the same team minus Hayward and a ton of assets.

Hayward won't sign a 1+1. If he signs it will be for 5 or 4+1.

 

[MTS]

Hayward won't sign a 1+1. If he signs it will be for 5 or 4+1.

If Hayward is deciding to leave, getting Paul George on a one year rental isn't going to suddenly persuade Hayward to stay for a 4+1 here.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I think the OP is a leaked story on behalf of Indiana to try to get teams to hurry up and make good offers for Paul George. There's no guarantee that George to Boston will happen or that he'll forego significant money to extend with the Celtics. Hayward has leverage here and doesn't need to take that risk.

So far, ESPN has only reported that George wants to go to LA or is willing to stay with Cleveland as long as Lebron is there.