Mission Accomplished
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With hindsight we were all wrong about Hayward's extension (this coming from the guy who was blasted days before his contract as a troll for pushing for Hayward at way more than just about anyone wanted). The Jazz had the benefit of foresight on the TV contract that we did not. Hayward's agent had the benefit of shopping for a max deal from multiple teams for 9 full months. The industry knew Hayward was a max deal, Haywards agent knew he would be maxed, Hayward knew he could go easy in a tank year and still get max coin.
The only people who didn't know was us. DL didn't gamble with that contract. $90 mil cap next year puts Hayward at about $11mm under the old scenario, which was pretty much the consensus that we all wanted him sign for. There was no gamble whatsoever.
If we didnt have hayward today with all the cap space couldnt you see us chasing a better player? Or drafting Kelly Oubre to back up Hood.