Poll: Should the Jazz Match Hayward's $15.75 a year/4 year Contract?

[gregbroncs]

Anyone who thinks the Jazz will be hurt financially by this and wont have any space in the coming years are ignorant and don't know what they're talking about.

Anybody who thinks that overpaying a guy that much won't hurt is naïve. This roster is not good enough. Even with internal improvement and other factors it's not good enough. Paying a role player that much money can restrict the ability of a team to improve. At some point during this contract the Jazz will be up against the cap. And if he's nothing but what he was last year then his contract could be what prevents them from making a move that improves them significantly. Even though they look good now does not mean it will stay that way.

 

[Ellipse]

Don't match. What is this max buying us?
Are we going to the finals? No.
Are we getting into the 2nd round? No.
Are we making the playoffs? No.
Will he get us high lottery picks? Hell no.
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Ok, but we are developing into a better team with Hayward. In 4 years, our young talent is going to develop into a solid veteran team that can begin to challenge for a title ... and Hayward will be right there to lead them ... NOT. The Jazz will not be able to give Hayward another max contract after this, so he will walk then.
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So I ask again, what is this max buying us?
Are we going to the finals? No.
Are we getting into the 2nd round? No.
Are we making the playoffs? No.
Will he get us high lottery picks? Hell no.

 

[GVC]

Don't match. What is this max buying us?
Are we going to the finals? No.
Are we getting into the 2nd round? No.
Are we making the playoffs? No.
Will he get us high lottery picks? Hell no.
.
Ok, but we are developing into a better team with Hayward. In 4 years, our young talent is going to develop into a solid veteran team that can begin to challenge for a title ... and Hayward will be right there to lead them ... NOT. The Jazz will not be able to give Hayward another max contract after this, so he will walk then.
.
So I ask again, what is this max buying us?
Are we going to the finals? No.
Are we getting into the 2nd round? No.
Are we making the playoffs? No.
Will he get us high lottery picks? Hell no.

The argument is that Hayward will fetch more in a trade than the cap space saved plus the improved draft pick (from losing Hayward).

 

[Tarkanian]

But to say that the Jazz wouldn't have been a sh*t team if they had a player like Love, Hardin, etc. is disingenuous. .

reading comprehension fail.
I did not say that.
Just that Jazz "would not have sucked that hard".
But they would still have been in the ****ty class.

 

[Bawse Dawg]

Don't match. What is this max buying us?
Are we going to the finals? No.
Are we getting into the 2nd round? No.
Are we making the playoffs? No.
Will he get us high lottery picks? Hell no.
.
Ok, but we are developing into a better team with Hayward. In 4 years, our young talent is going to develop into a solid veteran team that can begin to challenge for a title ... and Hayward will be right there to lead them ... NOT. The Jazz will not be able to give Hayward another max contract after this, so he will walk then.
.
So I ask again, what is this max buying us?
Are we going to the finals? No.
Are we getting into the 2nd round? No.
Are we making the playoffs? No.
Will he get us high lottery picks? Hell no.

I actually agree with this. If we have the ability to give Hayward another huge deal in four years, then something has gone terribly wrong. And it doesn't matter. This is buying four years of worse draft picks.

 

[Ellipse]

They should have extended him last year. I see him having a major improvement from last season. If that improvement benefits Charlotte, a lot of you are going to eat your words. It was the exact same with Matthews. Everyone was saying he wasn't worth the offer extended. Hindsight is a bitch.

So I will eat crow. I'd rather be wrong for a missed opportunity than suffer 4 years of buyer's remorse.

 

[Fabtrey]

hayward with an elite defense is max contract worthy. too bad his d sux

 

[jumpin bean]

have to match.its a necessity with the current situation. the time to get a better contract with Hayward was last year, but with the whole team hating Corbin,he would have waited till Corbin was long gone first. Hayward will be way better now.

 

[jazzrule]

Lol someone watched the DX breakdown

Yeah brain and they had video to back each point. How about the player rankings on shooting, or do you dismiss math to idiot.

 

[DForceAUS]

we will match according to a comment on another website but will take full three days (Adrian Wojnarowski: Jazz will match Gordon Hayward's $63M sheet, but wouldn't be a surprise to see them take full 3 days to notify Hornets, sources tell Yahoo. Twitter @WojYahooNBA
Rumors tagsCharlotte Hornets, Utah Jazz, Gordon Hayward

 

[jjscap]

The Jazz can pay him easily but money is not the problem here.

This guy simply does not deserve $16m/year. If you match the Hornets' offer now, you're doomed to suffer from short, mid and long-term complications.

What's the point of matching?
You can't expect him to play like a $16m guy, you can't trade him, you can't do nothing. All you do is committing your future to mediocrity while the Jazz already have enough young talent with huge balls, winning mentality.

 

[BTP]

The Jazz can pay him easily but money is not the problem here.

This guy simply does not deserve $16m/year. If you match the Hornets' offer now, you're doomed to suffer from short, mid and long-term complications.

What's the point of matching?
You can't expect him to play like a $16m guy, you can't trade him, you can't do nothing. All you do is committing your future to mediocrity while the Jazz already have enough young talent with huge balls, winning mentality.

You obviously have no clue about how the salary cap works and market price...