Enjoy your Retirement, Gordo!

What a tough turn of events athletically for him.

If he never got hurt, Celtics would have had gangbusters team. Wish Brad could age. Convinced him to come here for minimum. He obviously has a lot left in the tank as a role player.

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ConstableGeneva · Post #7 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Thu Aug 1, 2024 4:30 pm

He was on the brink of making All-NBA when Brad DANNY signed him. Just an unfortunate turn of events. But that injury also sped up the development of JT and JB. Still a big what-if in post-KG/PP era.

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ConstableGeneva · Post #8 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Thu Aug 1, 2024 5:13 pm

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“It’s hard to leave something that I’ve been doing for so long and that I’ve obviously loved. I don’t think anyone’s ever truly ready to retire from the game,” Hayward told IndieWire. “But for me personally, I felt like it was just time. I’ve got a family that’s all starting to grow up really fast before my eyes. I’ve got four kids. Just the ability to be able to hang out more with them, go to all their events, be more around was a huge factor for me.”

“I’m open, and we are open to all kinds of different avenues: stories that my kids will enjoy, stories my wife and I will go enjoy, stories that me and the boys will go enjoy,” Hayward said. “We’ve got a lot of stuff planned out to hit all three of those, so we’re open to do a lot of different things.”

Parasite · Post #9 » by **Parasite** » Thu Aug 1, 2024 9:14 pm

Have a good life Gordon. Oh what could’ve been.

FlatearthZorro · Post #10 » by **FlatearthZorro** » Thu Aug 1, 2024 9:47 pm

Bro was a great talent. When he came to the C's, I believe he was a top 20 player in the league. His previous season in Utah was extremely efficient. Sad he didn't pan out to be who he could've been.

Post #11 » by **shackles10** » Thu Aug 1, 2024 10:44 pm

People underestimate the tole injuries took on his athleticism and forget just how much that enhanced his game. Dude got hurt on a game beginning alley oop not some set shot.

Best of luck Gordon! Unfairly gets lumped in with the failed Kyrie experiment….

Bohemian · Post #12 » by **Bohemian** » Thu Aug 1, 2024 10:47 pm

Awesome player, glad he wore Celtic green. Good Luck, Gordon!

ConstableGeneva · Post #13 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Fri Aug 2, 2024 1:17 am

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BK_2020 · Post #14 » by **BK_2020** » Fri Aug 2, 2024 1:35 am

ConstableGeneva wrote:

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Making it sound like Tatum got a chance to play because of Hayward's injury when he was already penciled in as a starter.

GoCeltics123 · Post #15 » by **GoCeltics123** » Fri Aug 2, 2024 1:39 am

Don't have much to add from what's here, but will say a lot of people forget how good Hayward was in 2019-20 before he broke his hand. Dude was our best player before that, then Tatum took the leap and Kemba passed him too (and Jaylen eventually)

ConstableGeneva · Post #16 » by **ConstableGeneva** » Fri Aug 2, 2024 1:47 am

GoCeltics123 wrote:Don't have much to add from what's here, but will say a lot of people forget how good Hayward was in 2019-20 before he broke his hand. Dude was our best player before that, then Tatum took the leap and Kemba passed him too (and Jaylen eventually)

Bubble Hayward (prior to the ankle injury) was enough to get Charlotte to pay him that money. Worked out for everyone involved. Derrick White transaction can be traced back to that Hayward TPE lol.

cl2117 · Post #17 » by **cl2117** » Fri Aug 2, 2024 11:14 am

Fair play to him for walking away.

I feel like I'd be going the Udonis Haslem route of just hanging out in the league for as long as I could even if I didn't play, but with all the travel and having to keep your body in that kind of shape (even as a towel waiver) I can get wanting to spend more time with your family rather than being a babysitter on a lottery team or an after-thought on a playoff team.

Seriously tough luck with the leg injury. If it wasn't for the money he was still getting paid, I think he could have pivoted into a really useful roleplaying role for the last few years of his career, but that was just impossible at his cost. Unfortunate end to his career, but at least he got his bag and I'm assuming he's choosing to walk away rather than not being offered the minimum by some team out there (surprised the Lakers didn't try and convince him to go there).

Good luck Gordo.

Post #18 » by **165bows** » Fri Aug 2, 2024 12:58 pm

shackles10 wrote:People underestimate the tole injuries took on his athleticism and forget just how much that enhanced his game. Dude got hurt on a game beginning alley oop not some set shot.

Best of luck Gordon! Unfairly gets lumped in with the failed Kyrie experiment….

Watching those highlights, brings it back. I was a big big proponent of bringing him here, thought he could improve on what he was even.

playa-hater · Post #19 » by **playa-hater** » Fri Aug 2, 2024 3:00 pm

Sad that "Nice guys" don't finish first necessarily. But looking at the Big Picture, GH had a solid career and definitely had a ton of Financial Prosperity.

I do wonder how a Healthy and never Injured in that first game GH, would have turned out. So much talent and yet those chemistry questions still surface in my mind.

Jammer · Post #20 » by **Jammer** » Sun Aug 4, 2024 12:14 am

Did any team guarantee Gordon a rotational spot (not a starter, but first up off the bench at SF or PF)???

If not, he was looking at a minimum contract as a 3rd stringer.

Just wondering.