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As the Celtics continue to use their three first-round picks as fodder for something bigger — quite possibly in a draft night trade — another part of their picture will become significantly clearer by 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Gordon Hayward has until then to decide on exercising his $34.1 million player option, restructuring with his team of the last three, mostly snake-bitten seasons, or, perhaps, continuing his NBA career somewhere else.