The NBA world was sent into a tizzy Tuesday with reports (most notably from ESPN’s Chris Haynes, but also the Boston Globe‘s Adam Himmelsbach) that Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward planned to sign with the Boston Celtics in free agency, then subsequent reports (most notably from CSN NE’s Sherrod Blakely) that Hayward hadn’t decided yet, others (most notably Tony Jones of The Salt Lake Tribune saying Hayward kept changing his mind), and hours of further waiting. Amidst all this, Alex Kennedy dug up a 2011 video with Hayward parodying LeBron James’ “The Decision,” announcing that he was “going to take my talents to StarCraft 2 and join the IGN Pro League“:
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
That led to plenty of mockery, and understandably so:
https://twitter.com/helpamstressed/status/882348612755365890
https://twitter.com/KyleCopier/status/882311258501816320
It also led to plenty of people digging up old, indecisive tweets from Hayward:
I can't tell which fabreeze I should go with #help
— Gordon Hayward (@gordonhayward) September 2, 2011
I don't know my pick position but I can't decide if I wanna get rb first or try for Brees or Rodgers
— Gordon Hayward (@gordonhayward) September 1, 2012
How does everyone like the new grand theft auto?? Cant decide if I should go scoop it up or not
— Gordon Hayward (@gordonhayward) September 18, 2013
Can always count on mom to help me find something when I'm lost at target #phoneafriend
— Gordon Hayward (@gordonhayward) May 4, 2013
Tough decision on who to root for right now…my brother @Mavunga playing against my guys @utahjazz in this summer league action
— Gordon Hayward (@gordonhayward) July 12, 2012
And also, times he’d complained about a wait:
Yup. Hate waiting. pic.twitter.com/tKQUQd8mcC
— Freezing Cold Takes (@OldTakesExposed) July 4, 2017
Perhaps this is all just confirmation of Malinowski’s First Law:
https://twitter.com/erikmal/status/499761684009873409?lang=en
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Andrew Bucholtz has been covering sports media for Awful Announcing since 2012. He is also a staff writer for The Comeback. His previous work includes time at Yahoo! Sports Canada and Black Press.