Sources tell Lowe that George would “love” to play with Gordon Hayward, who will likely become an unrestricted free agent this summer. However, as Lowe notes, the odds of Hayward signing with the Pacers probably aren’t great.
The odds of the Celtics getting Hayward is a lot more, in relative comparison, when you also add onto the fact George also likes watching IT play.
cue the next logical question to this commentary, if the C's were able to sign Hayward and trade for George, which one of them plays SG (or better yet, could one of them play SG)?
I don't see either as being able to slide to PF. I would have think that if we traded for PG somehow, we'd have to part with probably 2 of AB/Crowder/Brown/Smart and the Nets 2017 and hope that was it.
Question would be who we'd be able to add at C/PF to go with Horford as a vet. Do we resign KO, Amir and/or Zeller? I wouldn't want to have to count on Zizic in his first year for big minutes and wouldn't want to waste a year of an IT/Hayward/PG/Horford combination without a supporting cast that gets them into contention.
Hayward should play the 2. He's an adept passer, ball handler, and he's improved his shooting ability to force defenders to respect him. George is an excellent two player, and he's taller as everyone else mentioned.
George and Hayward have both played at the SG position, but George feels more like a natural 3 to me.
Plus as a better defender, and lankier, he's able to switch better on defense.
As for C, I know this isn't a sexy option or name. But is anyone interested in Gorgui Dieng?