Hornets: Gordon Hayward Agrees to "Major" Offer Sheet with Hornets

[TDMVPDPOY]

1 of the worse decisions jordan has ever made, wheres that pic of the fat girl?

[8FOR!3]

Got to be a great day for Gordon Hayward lol, above average but not great player getting fought over for the max contract.

[StrengthAndHonor]

Do you still bring your wife roses or are you too poor?

you know I never found the wife shtick to be in good taste but you're a literal piece of brown ing doo doo. Ain't no amount of roses going to cover that smell up.

Nothing against ezau, but this is just too freaking cold.

[ezau]

Nothing against ezau, but this is just too freaking cold.

Cold as my dead wife's corpse, tbh.

[Chinook]

Max, trade kicker (I imagine for the full 15 percent) and a player option. The Hornets bent over for Hayward. Good fit or not, it's actually kind of disturbing.

If Gordon signs this deal and gets traded in his first season (like Nene was by Denver a few years ago), his contract would jump to $72M/4. For Gordon Freakin' Hayward. Spurs better have Kawhi locked up before he gets to speak with anyone else.

[spurraider21]

Max, trade kicker (I imagine for the full 15 percent) and a player option. The Hornets bent over for Hayward. Good fit or not, it's actually kind of disturbing.

If Gordon signs this deal and gets traded in his first season (like Nene was by Denver a few years ago), his contract would jump to $72M/4. For Gordon Freakin' Hayward. Spurs better have Kawhi locked up before he gets to speak with anyone else.

if you're charlotte's GM, whats the most you would have offered for hayward (ignoring that utah would match anyway)

[whitemamba]

i really like this guys game tbh, but i wouldnt give him that kind of cash.

[spurraider21]

i really like this guys game tbh, but i wouldnt give him that kind of cash.

agreed. that kind of money says they think he can be their #1 or #2 player... i hope they're not planning on competing

[whitemamba]

agreed. that kind of money says they think he can be their #1 or #2 player... i hope they're not planning on competing

well i can see him being a number 2 on a first round playoff team, but nothing more. Even still is a 2nd banana worth that cash?

[spurraider21]

well i can see him being a number 2 on a first round playoff team, but nothing more. Even still is a 2nd banana worth that cash?

a 2nd banana getting 15-16 mil isn't preposterous, but he better be a damn good 2nd banana. you figure your top 2 guys combine for about 35 or so, and use the remaining roughly 30 mil to fill out the rest

[Chinook]

if you're charlotte's GM, whats the most you would have offered for hayward (ignoring that utah would match anyway)

$50M/4. Maybe add another $5 Million in incentives.

[whitemamba]

a 2nd banana getting 15-16 mil isn't preposterous, but he better be a damn good 2nd banana. you figure your top 2 guys combine for about 35 or so, and use the remaining roughly 30 mil to fill out the rest

if he goes there, i actually like that roster tbh, big al, kemba, MKG, and Nealwithit, they could make some noise in the east.

[KL2]

I don't think I've ever seen this guy play well against the Spurs EVER, in fact I've never seen him play well at all. Seems like he's only getting the attention because he's white, pretty sure it was just Phoenix and Utah that wanted him, no? Perfect cities to market him.

[Chinook]

Max, trade kicker (I imagine for the full 15 percent) and a player option. The Hornets bent over for Hayward. Good fit or not, it's actually kind of disturbing.

If Gordon signs this deal and gets traded in his first season (like Nene was by Denver a few years ago), his contract would jump to $72M/4. For Gordon Freakin' Hayward. Spurs better have Kawhi locked up before he gets to speak with anyone else.

Well, I guess the kicker wouldn't be that bad, since his salary can't go above his max bracket. That means he'd see no increase his first season, at best a minute one in his second and small to moderate increases in his final two years (at best). Unless the cap jumps up wildly, in which case, yeah, Gordon's getting stacks on stacks.

[spurraider21]

Well, I guess the kicker wouldn't be that bad, since his salary can't go above his max bracket. That means he'd see no increase his first season, at best a minute one in his second and small to moderate increases in his final two years (at best). Unless the cap jumps up wildly, in which case, yeah, Gordon's getting stacks on stacks.

if Hayward performs well, Charlotte wouldn't look to trade him anyway, and if he disappoints, he'd be difficult to unload given the contract. i wouldn't sweat it too much

[Chinook]

if Hayward performs well, Charlotte wouldn't look to trade him anyway, and if he disappoints, he'd be difficult to unload given the contract. i wouldn't sweat it too much

It's more if the Jazz try to trade after matching. Hayward would have a de-facto no-trade clause for next season, but with his consent, they could move him after January 15. But you're right, it's nothing to worry about.

[Raven]

very good power move from charlotte.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

The Spurs have Diaw, Green and Mills for the same price as Hayward. That's 3 NBA championship level role players vs a player whose career playoff stats read as: FG% .182, 3P% .083.

[Mel_13]

very good power move from charlotte.

How so? What have they accomplished except for making 15M of cap space unusable for 72 hours?

[Mal]

Charlotte is desperate, Hayward is being overpaid, but it`s good move from Charlotte. 4 yrs isnt that long time, and Charlotte needs something more than sweep in 1st round.

It was him, overpaid Lance Stephenson or trade for some washed up, overpaid SG/SF like Evans or Gordon.

[Chinook]

I'd take Evans for $32M/3 rather than Hayward on the max. I wouldn't even think about it.

[Raven]

How so? What have they accomplished except for making 15M of cap space unusable for 72 hours?

making teams overpay for their players is always a sound tactic tbh.

[Mel_13]

making teams overpay for their players is always a sound tactic tbh.

Maybe if you're talking Dallas and San Antonio, not when you're talking Charlotte and Utah. At best, this is a tactic to make the fan base believe that you're trying.

[BG_Spurs_Fan]

making teams overpay for their players is always a sound tactic tbh.

Why would Charlotte care about Utah? Ping balls compe ion perhaps?

The most stupid part of all this is that Utah will match and will regret it halfway through the first season. This is so Eric Gordon style stupid.

[Chinook]

Why would Charlotte care about Utah? Ping balls compe ion perhaps?

Jordan punking the Jazz once more.