Post#343 » by Spin Move » Sun Nov 22, 2020 7:52 am
Boston Fan here. Hayward is a good player and he will make your team better and be a good example for your young players, I think he nets you an extra 5 wins. Short term this improves the team and long term I think it will be good for the development of some of your young players to play with someone like him, I understand the thoguht process in bringing him in, both in terms of bringing legitimacy to the organization by getting a big name to sign and for basketball reasons.
With that said,
A.
1. Miami 2 Milwaukee3 Brooklyn 4Boston 5Philly 6,Toronto, 7 Indy are all much better then your team going into the season, injuries happen and you are now on par with Orlando to chase the #8 seed.
B. Given next years draft and free agent class signing him was a horrible idea, you guys were obly a handful of wins better then the cavs and could have let your young guys played and perhaps gotten a top 5 pick in a loaded draft and had the cap room to sign 2 free agents.
C. By stretching Batum you lose cap space the next 2 years when you could have had a chance at some better free agents then GH, maybe they come maybe they don't but know his cap number is haunting you for 2 additional years.
D. The contract was an overpay in both years and dollars and GH is not a superstar. Giving a 30 year old a 4 year deal at at money really risky, forget the ankle becuase that is a freak accident not likley to occur but the minor injuries had started to add up and his recovery times were longer then expected. I don;t think getting swept in the 1st round is worth the opportunity cost.
Overally I think this was a very shortsighted move. I think it absolutely makes you better. but not at the right time. There is just not enough high end talent on the roster to make a move like this. I will be rooting for my KU kid Devone Grahm and Gordo to do well but I really think long term the team would have been better waiting a year to make a move like this given the opportunity to add better players next year.