I don’t think they should have signed that deal: NBA Analyst on Gordon Hayward joining Hornets


I don’t think they should have signed that deal: NBA Analyst on Gordon Hayward joining Hornets
Gordon Hayward

There has been no major movement from the Boston Celtics in this offseason. As fanatics are clear about the core of Jason Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Kemba Walker. They have certainly lost their 4th scoring option of Gordon Hayward to Charlotte Hornets. The latter has signed a 4-year deal worth $120 Millions with the Michael Jordan franchise. Although New York Knicks and Indiana Pacers showed interest in him. But he has his mind set to his new location. 

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To this, SiriusXM NBA Radio’s NBA analyst, Brian Scalabrine, said that if Celtics would have given such a big offer to Hayward, it would have been a big mistake. 

He said, “I don’t know what you could do if you are Danny Ainge in this situation. He’s done a pretty good job of recruiting free agents. He has drafted well and developed guys. Sure he is gonna pay Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown and he pivoted really well when you sign Kemba Walker after Kyrie left.” 

Gordon Hayward joins Charlotte Hornets 

Scalabrine added, “Now with this Gordon Hayward thing, like Danny can’t continue to give his team any better win guys or overplaying for their contracts and end up signing deals like this. So I guess it’s a tough situation, even if the Celtics had a blank check, I don’t think they should have signed that deal. I don’t think that would be a good deal for them.”  

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He added, “He’s a good player, he did a lot of good things for the team but this is an insane amount of money.” 

Having said that, the Celtics have also signed 32-year-old Jeff Teague. Teague has played in many teams and is a very capable backup point guard for the team. 

Given the players left in the free agency, finding a replacement for a player like Hayward will be very difficult for the Celtics. They can look to trade with other teams to acquire a replacement. 

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