3 things Hayward needs to incorporate into his game

[jimmy eat jazz]

4. Shoot the ball. That man is too unselfish

Agreed. One example, when he gets the ball at the wing, and someone comes to screen, and he drives into the middle, he needs occasionally to pull up and shoot the J, which I've never seen him do. It's an open shot that he's not taking.

I don't get Corbin's strategy on how to use Hayward. Against Philadelphia, for example, Corbin frequently had them feed Hayward on the wing and then send someone to screen his man. He also had him run run off screens to get a curl shot in the key a few times (something Harping did well and Hayward did well last year). But last night Corbin only did the former a couple of times and never did the latter. He apparently expects Hayward to generate his own shots somehow and rarely runs a play to get him a shot. Hayward looks scared to shoot, contrasted to Howard who shoots every opportunity he gets. I hope Hayward pulls his head out soon, and I hope Corbin utilizes him more and more effectively than he's done so far this year.

 

[Jazz Spazz]

I think a mohawk would do him wonders.
...would settle for a fauxhawk I suppose.

 

[LogGrad98]

I think a mohawk would do him wonders.
...would settle for a fauxhawk I suppose.

 

[Jazz Spazz]

Ok, I take the fauxhawk part back.

 

[billyshelby]

I've posted this before, but Hayward has to start going up on his drives. He's not great at breaking his man down off the dribble, he has no stop and pop at this point, but he can get inside and he does make good passes on the drive.

His first developmental move is easy: start shooting even if he thinks he's going to get blocked. There will be some ugliness involved with this process. The second thing he has to do is start taking a few stop and pops. I don't know if he can even do it, but he has to start creating his own shot at some point.