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Gordon Hayward: One of the worst Catch and Shoot "shooters" in the league

Thee jazz fan said:
Thanks Einstein for telling us what we already know. My question is can he be a spot up shooter while at the same time being the primary playmaker for the team, And if not, he needs to change the way he plays and shoot less, and just take shots he's comfortable with. I think it's a matter of him figuring this out. Hell, I wouldn't mind seeing him average 10 points a game with 7 rebounds 8 assists or more, completely ignore shooting other then slashing and getting to the line a bunch. Though I don't think this is realistic for a player to completely just stop shooting, especially for a player like Hayward who has the Ball A ton.
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Like last night!
 
akirac73 said:
Why would you want to see Hayward average 8 assists a game? That would mean he's the primary playmaker for the team. No thanks.
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He's clearly the best playmaker on the team, but then again I'm wasting my time answering this as I know your a hater when it comes to Hayward.


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MDAV28 said:
I mean he still is only 1 of 5 players this season to be averaging 15/5/5 (LeBron, Durant, Westbrook, Hayward, and Carter-Williams) it's just his shooting has been awful.
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Well, yeah, because the kid is incredibly talented. Unfortunately, his stroke is complete garbage.
 
MDAV28 said:
Sorry if this has been posted before.

Going through Player Tracking Data, I found an interesting, but not all that surprising stat on G-Time.

He is shooting 32.2% in Catch-and-shoot situations (defined as: Any jump shot outside of 10 feet where a player possessed the ball for 2 seconds or less and took no dribbles.)

For any players shooting more than 4 Catch and Shoot attempts a game, that groups Hayward with the likes of Josh Smith, who actually shoots a little better at 32.5%.

He shoots 29.9% on Catch and Shoot 3 point attempts. The worst for anybody taking 3 or more (he takes 3 a game). Also for comparison, Josh Smith takes 2.9 3 pointers a game and shoots 25.3%.

This gives him a Catch and Shoot eFG% of 41.6%. The worst of any wing who takes that many shots.
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How did he do last year? I'd assume it was much better.
 
Prior to this season his career shooting averages were: 45%/40%.
So what has changed THIS SEASON and what might be the solution?

1. Make the PG the primary playmaker.
2. Utilize Hayward in the role he had last year, up his shots per game by no more than 2-4 (vs last year).
3. More rest. Gordon's minutes have gone up from 30 to 36. No reason some of that playing time shouldn't be given to Alec.
 
If I remember correctly, Hayward went thru this same thing last season. Then he went in and got some extra help from the shooting coach and turned it around. They need to replace Horny with another shooting coach so Hayward can right the ship. Everything will be fine.
 
Core4 said:
Prior to this season his career shooting averages were: 45%/40%.
So what has changed THIS SEASON and what might be the solution?

1. Make the PG the primary playmaker.
2. Utilize Hayward in the role he had last year, up his shots per game by no more than 2-4 (vs last year).
3. More rest. Gordon's minutes have gone up from 30 to 36. No reason some of that playing time shouldn't be given to Alec.
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If we make Hayward this type of player (I'm picturing a 6th man based on these options), is he worth the money we will have to spend to keep him?
 
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