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Hayward the TOP ROOKIE in summer league

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From the Deseret News:

PROPS FOR HAYWARD: Jazz newcomer Gordon Hayward was rated as the No. 1 rookie in summer-league play in the online Courtside Analyst's last data-based rankings (as of July 15).
Two players with NBA experience — third-year Memphis center Joey Dorsey and Denver sophomore Ty Lawson — ranked ahead of Hayward overall.
But the Jazz's No. 9 pick in last month's draft was rated ahead of the likes of top pick John Wall (10th), Evan Turner (9th), DeMarcus Cousins (5th), Wesley Johnson (13th) and Derrick Favors (15th) in the rankings that factor in a variety of statistics and results.
"The best rookie so far has been Utah's Gordon Hayward," wrote the author, tywill33. "He was exceptional in the Orlando Summer League."

Here's a link to the original article.

https://courtsideanalyst.wordpress.com/

And notice my man, Tiny Gallon, is at #4. I mentioned him as a potential 2nd-round pick for the Jazz.

OK. OK, rookie league ""Win Scores" are about as meaningless a stat as the actual games. Still, it provides some validation for Honz. Personally, I hope he gets to say "told you so" at least 60 times this season.
 
Hooray?

All right, I won't say anything outside of that, since you qualified it yourself.

Hayward certainly is in one of the best situations for him to succeed.
 
I don't think anyone who's a fan of the team legitimately wants Hayward to fail, we just don't feel good about our perception of the odds. Obviously honz has done a different actuarial calculation if you will.
 
I'm on the Hayward bandwagon too, and last year, very early, I also predicted that Matthews was going to be a player. The thing about Hayward is that he seems to have a good feel for the game, which is something you can't teach and which often trumps athleticism. This is what made Larry Bird and Jeff Hornacek great players, two guys with less athleticism than Hayward.
 
I'll wait till the pre-season games. They are probably the most accurate indicators of NBA regular season performance much more than any other summer league stuff. Plus the guys are a bit more physically ready too, after an offseason of conditioning regimen.
 
David Stern said:
Give Hayward some roids and he'll be unstoppable.
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I have to admit the biggest surprise for me in watching the OSL games was that Hayward didn't seem that skinny. Unlike some pics we've seen from him in college, he actually looked like had some some muscle definition in his arms. Steroids, no (I know you were just joking). But I think Gordon's been doing some serious lifting since he was drafted.

I can't wait until the preseason games start. A few weeks ago, I was considering NOT renewing my league pass for the season. Now the Jazz are definite "must see" TV. And I gotta admit I'll probably tune into a few Heat games, just like David Stern wants me to do. I'm hoping somehow, some way that team implodes. Maybe Bosh and Lebron start bickering over stats or DWade treats them as visitors in "his" house and LBJ takes offense.

Hey, if Nicole and Paris can go from being BFF's to not speaking, maybe the same can happen in Miami: they become The Three Enemigos.
 
KrazeeEyezKilla said:
I'm curious how this hack's past analyses have translated into the regular season.
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most everyone here seems to think that summer league success doesn't translate to the regular season. i guess this is because of some anecdotal evidence or whatever (ostertag > duncan). sure, there are exceptions. but, i think it does translate, for the most part.

last year i computed some efficiency numbers for summer league, and the list of top guys was a who's-who for surprise and breakout players during the regular season: Anthony Randolph, Hibbert, Ryan Anderson, Budinger, Westbrook, Blair, Hansbrough, Blatche, McGee, Robin Lopez, etc.
 
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**Video contains adult language, don't click if you don't like it. Video also contains Hayward hightlights!**
 
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I think Hayseed looks skinnier than he is because he's so damn white. Black people just naturally look more jacked.

It's science.
 
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I was very impressed with Hayward during Summer League, but these rankings have Turner who was horrible ahead of Wall. So take these rankings with a grain of salt.
 
moaned at the pick but after an hr of processing it after the draft, i felt he'd fit well.
my long-term potential for Hayward is a better verison of Mike Miller.
 
Seems like all new Jazz players have impressive work ethics. I'd rather have an average player who works and works until he is above average (like Matthews), than a lazy bum with loads of potential that will never be realized (Fesenko).
 
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