As the NBA trade deadline draws ever-nearer, things like "reported interest" become newsier items than they might otherwise be.
The latest example: According to A. Sherrod Blakely of CSNNE.com, the Boston Celtics are rumored to be pursuing Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward:
The Celtics have expressed some interest in acquiring Utah's Gordon Hayward, a league source tells CSNNE.com.
Hayward, who starred for Celtics head coach Brad Stevens while at Butler, will become a restricted free agent this summer after he and the Jazz could not come to terms on an extension this past fall.
Blakely goes on to note that sources within the organization report the Celtics are "very reluctant" to part with first-round picks in any potential exchange for Hayward. In other words, Boston wants to engineer a reunion between Hayward and his college coach Brad Stevens, but doesn't want to give up precisely the types of assets it'd take to swing a deal.
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