Boston Celtics: Offseason Gordon Hayward trades to Denver and Utah

Tonight, in addition to the second game of the Boston Celtics-Toronto Raptors, there is a Game 7 between the Utah Jazz and Denver Nuggets. Both teams could use a Gordon Hayward trade in the offseason.

The Boston Celtics have a chance to further the notion that “Team Shamrock”, known formerly as Kemba Walker, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, and Marcus Smart, don’t need Gordon Hayward to be a championship contender.

Tonight, they face the Toronto Raptors in a must-win second game for the defending champions. If this season’s results are any indication, whether it was the TD Garden, the Scotiabank, or the Lake Buena Vista bubble in Walt Disney World’s Wide World of Sports complex, the C’s have their number.

Boston has been dominant since Hayward hit the injured list after the first game of the eventual sweep of the Philadelphia 76ers. Around these parts, that has the mind wondering what an alternative way to spend his $34 million cap figure is.

Tonight, two Western Conference foes will also battle in the NBA playoffs, but the Game 7 between the Denver Nuggets and Utah Jazz has more juice in it. The Nuggets have battled back from a 3-1 deficit, while the Jazz have had fortunate and unfortunate circumstances lead to missed games from the likes of Mike Conley (childbirth) and Bojan Bogdanovic (injury).

One of these teams will have been bounced in the first round of the playoffs. The other could be easy prey for the Los Angeles Clippers in the second round. Both have the pieces to pull off a trade for Hayward…here are those potential offers: