Gordon Hayward was set to decide on his free agent future this Fourth of July before someone seemingly spilled the beans too early. The NBA world put their grilling and drinking on hold for a bit to see where Hayward might land after a long courting process with the Miami Heat, Boston Celtics and Utah Jazz.
Many thought that courtship process had officially ended when reports indicated that Hayward was choosing the Celtics. But something went wrong — either the media got word of the decision before Hayward could tell the Jazz or before he actually made his choice.
So Hayward delayed his decision, while the internet was left waiting after it prematurely reacted to Hayward picking the Celtics. Many people think someone in Hayward’s camp screwed up here, especially since the media that reported his move to Boston have stood by that report.
https://twitter.com/SamSheehan/status/882312845131747328
Hayward delaying his decision definitely ruined a few holiday plans around the NBA.
https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/882342514241540096
Maybe it was all the food that was waiting to be consumed on the holiday, but a lot of people thought Hayward was having a bit of trouble figuring out what to pick off the menu.
https://twitter.com/krishansonRCF/status/882339514936467456
All the hubbub about the decision that wasn’t a decision made some people bring up one of the benefits of LeBron James’ original Decision.
https://twitter.com/PabloTorre/status/882309994913435648
Say what you will about LeBron, but he never made a mockery of the free agency process like this diva Gordon Hayward.
— Ben Axelrod (@BenAxelrod) July 4, 2017
He wasn’t the only person to point out how easy The Decision made things for people back in the day.
#HoopIdea: If players want to avoid these conflicting reports, they should just have TV specials and then donate the proceeds to charity.
— Fred Katz (@FredKatz) July 4, 2017
A few different people brought up Hayward’s love of Esports, including the time he parodied The Decision for himself.
Back in 2011, Gordon Hayward parodied LeBron's "Decision" when he joined a professional eSports league. Seems like a good time re-post… pic.twitter.com/gFH688K9bB
— Alex Kennedy (@AlexKennedyNBA) July 4, 2017
League of Legends is apparently Hayward’s game, which is what makes this tweet.
https://twitter.com/netw3rk/status/882321382855499777
Even the important global peace news got tied into the Hayward fiasco.
THEY'RE SIGNING GORDON HAYWARD???? https://t.co/pss2YSkqM0
— Nekias (Nuh-KY-us) Duncan (@NekiasNBA) July 4, 2017
Many people think Hayward will end up picking Boston anyway, which means we all just wasted our Fourth of July together waiting for Twitter to refresh like a bunch of loonies. But at least we had some fun with it.
