Gordon Hayward remains the biggest domino yet to fall in NBA free agency this summer, and as he meets with his three possible landing spots — Miami, Boston, and Utah — the star players from each of those franchises has taken it upon themselves to make Twitter pitches for why he should join (or stay with) them.
Hayward was in Miami on Saturday, where the Heat brought out the big guns in the form of banners outside the arena and almost everyone in their organization to meet with the star swingman. He’s expected to meet with Boston on Sunday and Utah on Monday, but Rudy Gobert, Isaiah Thomas, and Hassan Whiteside are already fighting on Twitter over who should get to play with Hayward.
Gobert began this summer’s great NBA emoji war by firing off a simple tweet with six emojis explaining why Utah is better than Miami or Boston.
https://twitter.com/rudygobert27/status/881336694753984512
Isaiah Thomas took it upon himself to respond to Gobert by returning the emoji fire with a post telling Gobert and everyone else to count the rings.
https://twitter.com/isaiah_thomas/status/881357549584252929
Hassan Whiteside then joined the fray to make sure everyone understood that the Celtics won most all their championships before any of these guys were in high school, if you’re counting recent history, Miami is the franchise with the best pedigree.
https://twitter.com/youngwhiteside/status/881360855186776065
The NBA offseason is wonderful and, while this isn’t quite the emoji drama we got during the DeAndre Jordan situation with the Mavs and Clippers, it’s still very fun. We’ll have to wait to see whose emojis convince Hayward to sign.
