Start Hayward

[jimmyjazz]

Yeah why not, start Hayward, kid's doing quite well and will hopefully only get better. Him or CJ actually. Hayward is more effective as an SF -- he's an NBA 3, not a 2. Same with CJ. Those two can split the 48 minutes at SF between them, whoever's doing well gets more.

And the Jazz FO must absolutely use the AK trade chip to make us better for the playoffs, either for a solid, not-just-a-Raja-Bell SG or a big to help with rebounding!/defense. Forget delusions of re-signing AK for many more years even at a discount.

 

[Mic]

Thought I would never say this, but I agree. The kid seems more comfortable, he passes well, and actually rebounds well too. His shot is getting better and hustles. No reason not to start him, something has to change.

 

[Marty McFly]

Not quick enough to play the 2.

Bull****.

 

[memo is money]

Via Locke's twitter:

Last 8 games Gordon Hayward is shooting 49% is 5 of 13 from three, 16 of 19 from the line, has 21 rebs and 18 ast - Jazz are +23 with him in

He seems pretty comfortable with starters and seems to have learned and progressed within system quicker than I expected.

 

[billyshelby]

I could live with switching out Hayward for Bell. But I'm more interested in reducing Bell's role however we do it. The guy averages 30 minutes a night and he's our least productive wing player. At the very least his minutes need to be cut in half. If I was going to replace one guy in the starting unit it would be him. Either CJ or Hayward are better choices because both drive, both can pass the basketball, and both will facilitate the offense instead of just running around in it.

 

[Jean-Luc]

OMG Hayward is still such a huge liability on Defense. And after such limited flashes of decent offense you guys want him to start.

L O L

Just wow. But he looks like your friends from church, so let's support him eh?!

 

[Deleted member 365]

OMG Hayward is still such a huge liability on Defense. And after such limited flashes of decent offense you guys want him to start.

L O L

Just wow. But he looks like your friends from church, so let's support him eh?!

Hayward isn't any worse on defense than AK.

How many more times do we need to see AK driven on, backed down under the basket, or faked out? The kid has never seen a scouting report in his life. If he can't just steal the pass he's basically useless on defense. Poor fundamentals, no discipline, and rarely does he have an impact out there anymore.

I'd much rather have Hayward recognizing his weaknesses and just "try" and stay in front of his man and rotate well on defense than watch AK just completely destroyed. Just because he was once a good shotblocker 7 years ago doesn't mean he's a good defender TODAY.

 

[Borat]

The truth is: neither Bell nor Hayward played particularly well this year. When given a chance to play minutes, Hayward produced about as much as Raja did on a typical night. The difference is that Hayward is 20 years old and 14 years younger than Raja. Maybe giving him Raja's 30 mpg will not improve the team, certainly not initially, but it is certainly worth a shot. When a 34 year old guy is not doing much better than a 20 year old rookie (when given minutes), why not play a younger guy and hope he gets better? Raja's time as a starter is over. He can still be a serviceable player off the bench, play fewer minutes, and maybe last till the end of his contract, when he will be 37.

 

[//r00t 4 Jazz]

It would be nice to have a SG that looks to score in the paint or at least pretends to be a threat and look to catch the ball when setting a pick/screen in the paint and one that will post up a PG (last night Conley is wat 6' 180?) when the SG is guarding DWill.

 

[//r00t 4 Jazz]

Hayward isn't any worse on defense than AK.

How many more times do we need to see AK driven on, backed down under the basket, or faked out? The kid has never seen a scouting report in his life. If he can't just steal the pass he's basically useless on defense. Poor fundamentals, no discipline, and rarely does he have an impact out there anymore.

I'd much rather have Hayward recognizing his weaknesses and just "try" and stay in front of his man and rotate well on defense than watch AK just completely destroyed. Just because he was once a good shotblocker 7 years ago doesn't mean he's a good defender TODAY.

I know nothing I say will matter to you and wont recognize how well AK played D on Gay last night but using your own example you could say the same thing about Millsap, how many times has he played against Randolph, how many times has he read the scouting report make him go right, well guess how many times Zach went left last night.

For the record I loves me some Sap it's just Randolph is a beast offensively.

 

[Borat]

Via Locke's twitter:

"Last 8 games Gordon Hayward is shooting 49% is 5 of 13 from three, 16 of 19 from the line, has 21 rebs and 18 ast - Jazz are +23 with him in"

He seems pretty comfortable with starters and seems to have learned and progressed within system quicker than I expected.

Locke does have a point here. Hayward seems to have adjusted from initial shock. Does that mean he is going to be be great from here on out? Of course not, he is just a 20 year old rookie. But Matthews certainly had a pretty decent season when Jerry was forced to start him after KOC dumped Brewer, and Wes has done well most of the time. Why not give Hayward a chance. It's not like our current SG starter who is nearly double Hayward's age is doing very well. At least Hayward has a chance to improve. Wes did to the point he kicking major butt in just his second year. Maybe Hayward will too. Of course in order to do that KOC needs to trade Bell, right?