Gordon Hayward

[MeloTheJazzKiller]

Folks, Hayward isn't there, yet. I don't think he ever will be.

He's a very nice player on a team. A fantastic piece to have. But let's be real, other teams are not game planning against him. He is not at that level. He is not the threat that must be stopped.

I hope he and the Jazz play well and give us two or three competitive games. That's a realistic look hope for this coming series.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

And Mbah a Moute isn't?

No, but they have KD who is a super-sized human and probably a top 5 perimeter defender if he is truly locked in. The problem with the Warriors is they have size and length on the perimeter out the ***. Harder to get mismatches.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Folks, Hayward isn't there, yet. I don't think he ever will be.

He's a very nice player on a team. A fantastic piece to have. But let's be real, other teams are not game planning against him. He is not at that level. He is not the threat that must be stopped.

I hope he and the Jazz play well and give us two or three competitive games. That's a realistic look hope for this coming series.

Teams arent game planning for Hayward? Wut? I'm sure Clippers were drawing up their gameplan and Doc got to Hayward and was just like "Ehh, just put your hand up if he shoots".

 

[NAOS]

Teams arent game planning for Hayward? Wut? I'm sure Clippers were drawing up their gameplan and Doc got to Hayward and was just like "Ehh, just put your hand up if he shoots".

....I'm pretty sure that's a troll you're responding to.

 

[Gameface]

My next purchase will be this Joe Johnson jersey. I know basketball and I see great things from that guy. You Jazz fans don't know about him yet.

You are truly a talent scout. Putting it out on the line for the young guy, Joe Johnson, expecting great things from his budding NBA career. I guess only time will tell if this guy has what it takes to make it in the NBA.

 

[fishonjazz]

I remember when people said Burks was the person we should build around as a #1 option.

Dumbasses. (Me)

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Dumbasses. (Me)

Your love blinded you.

 

[fishonjazz]

No, but they have KD who is a super-sized human and probably a top 5 perimeter defender if he is truly locked in. The problem with the Warriors is they have size and length on the perimeter out the ***. Harder to get mismatches.

They are just simply so ****ing good.
I mean klay, iggy, durant, draymond and even Livingston will probably all get some time on hayward.
All of those guys can defend

 

[fishonjazz]

Your love blinded you.

True. And I just always doubted hayward ever being this good all the way up until this year.
He has become better than I ever expected and deserving of a max deal.

 

[infection]

I remember we were waiting for so many years for that New York pick (thanks, MTJK) and each year the closer it got the more it looked like it'd be gold. It looked like it would be top three for the first hagfish of the season and I was really eyeballing Evan Turner. Then it kept dropping to 9 and we didn't hit anything in the lottery and we were all bummed about how long we waited for that pick, thinking it we had a treasure map to some hidden gold. Then I started liking Paul George, thinking he could be a poor man's Evan Turner. A friend of mine said we should draft that one white center from Kansas whose name I forget and I thought he was a moron. Then we ended up on the board and took Hayward. I was so pissed. All those years of waiting for the pick and I felt we squandered it. Then I wanted to tell my friend that we may as well have taken that one Kansas dude. However, when I saw him in his first preseason game I felt comfortable that he could play and develop. Really liked when he threw that elbow into Kobe.

In hindsight that NY pick really was a superstar. Let's hope we can keep him.

Here's to Hayward!

Edit: oh, and I remember his rookie year being reassured by his play and thinking he was more of a Ginobili than a Hornacek.

#BetterThanGinobili

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I remember we were waiting for so many years for that New York pick (thanks, MTJK) and each year the closer it got the more it looked like it'd be gold. It looked like it would be top three for the first hagfish of the season and I was really eyeballing Evan Turner. Then it kept dropping to 9 and we didn't hit anything in the lottery and we were all bummed about how long we waited for that pick, thinking it we had a treasure map to some hidden gold. Then I started liking Paul George, thinking he could be a poor man's Evan Turner. A friend of mine said we should draft that one white center from Kansas whose name I forget and I thought he was a moron. Then we ended up on the board and took Hayward. I was so pissed. All those years of waiting for the pick and I felt we squandered it. Then I wanted to tell my friend that we may as well have taken that one Kansas dude. However, when I saw him in his first preseason game I felt comfortable that he could play and develop. Really liked when he threw that elbow into Kobe.

In hindsight that NY pick really was a superstar. Let's hope we can keep him.

Here's to Hayward!

I just remember my dad trolled me (he is a Houston sports fan) with "Of course Utah took a goofy looking white guy" when the pick happened.

 

[infection]

I just remember my dad trolled me (he is a Houston sports fan) with "Of course Utah took a goofy looking white guy" when the pick happened.

How'd you end up a Jazz fan?