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By Patrick Zeng @ Roundtripper891 📸: CelticsHub For the third consecutive year, a major domino has fallen in NBA free agency on the Fourth of July. Following in the footsteps of LaMarcus Aldridge and Kevin Durant before him, Gordon Hayward made his highly anticipated free agent decision to reject the Utah Jazz and Miami Heat to go join the Boston Celtics via the playerstribune . However this signing has much more behind it than an incredibly gifted player choosing to strengthen the team that claimed the #1 seed in the eastern conference this past season. Hayward's leap from Utah to Boston also acts as a homecoming of sorts as he will be reunited with his college coach Brad Stevens. Stevens has been with the Celtics since 2013, establishing a reputation as one of the better coaches in the NBA. Haywards time with Stevens ranged from 2008-2010 before becoming a first round pick of the Jazz. Stevens' and Hayward's time together culminated with the 2010 national champi...

By Patrick Zeng @Roundtripper891 📸: ABC News Early this morning it was reported by Ramona Shelbourne that the Phil Jackson executive era is over in New York. Jackson and the Knicks mutually parted ways in year three of his five year contract. Jackson was the head of the Knicks for 1,200 days, earning a staggering $50,000 per day as the Knicks president per  @DarrenRovell. Jackson's legacy as an executive will be looked at as nothing more than a laughing stock for his player personnel decisions, stubbornness and lack of work ethic. Phil's first choice a New York head coach was the disastrous Derek Fisher who coached the Knicks to a 40-96 in just over one and a half seasons. The Zen master's one bright spot during his time in New York was the draft pick of Kristaps Porzingis. The Lithuanian star gives the Knicks a legitimate force in their front court with his size and versatility. But even with that, Jackson found a way to alienate his best player to the point w...