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Originally Posted by BishopMVP
Boston's been targeting one free agent since KD turned us down last summer & he decides in the next 24 hours. (Blake Griffin may have been plan B, but I think once LAC traded Paul & committed to the 5 year max it's not even worth talking.) Jimmy Butler & Paul George didn't pick their destinations. But the idea that we chose another 19 year old SF & held on to our other 19 year old SF to increase our chances of signing SF Hayward is laughable.
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And that one free agent saw Boston stagger through the first two rounds, only winning due to homecourt advantage and injury luck, before getting the shit kicked out of them by the Cavs and realized that he alone wouldn't be giving them a fighting chance. The trade was to create more cap space for a 2nd star and break the number one pick down into multiple worse picks (because Fultz straight up for Jimmy Butler would have been too much to give and also because assets). The idea that Brown or Tatum are in any way a threat to Gordon Hayward's (or Jae Crowder's, for that matter) playing time would be more laughable, especially in a league where 4 of the 5 best players on what is by far the best team are wings.