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(Deseret News) Utah Jazz might surprise and pick Butler star Gordon Hayward

I sniped these athletic measurements from realgm-


Gordon Hayward
No Step Vert 30.5
Max Vert 34.5
Bench press (185 lbs) 10
Lane agility 11.73
3/4 court sprint 3.22

Those are good numbers for everything but the Lane Agility.
Those are average measurements for SF's according to DX.

In their database, the average measurements for SF's are:
No Step Vert: 29.7''
Max Vert: 34.5''
Bench Press: 10.8
Lane Agility: 11.38
3/4 court sprint: 3.26
 
You can't miss on Hayward. You are getting a solid player for years to come. He won't be a superstar, but he will be the kind of player that everyone wants to have on their team.
 
I'd rather have them darft Xavier Henry, but I do like Gordon. Just not at #9. Then again, I liked Adam Morrison, too.
 
I'd rather have them darft Xavier Henry, but I do like Gordon. Just not at #9. Then again, I liked Adam Morrison, too.

I'm glad that was brought up, because I'm trying to figure out why I shouldn't be comparing Gordon to Morrison and how their (IMO) similar games translate to the NBA. Someone help?
 
I'm glad that was brought up, because I'm trying to figure out why I shouldn't be comparing Gordon to Morrison and how their (IMO) similar games translate to the NBA. Someone help?

Maybe because Morrison had an alright rookie year other than shooting percentage, he sat out the next year with a knee injury, in which he's never recovered, then was traded to the best team in the NBA that is way deep at his position.
 
Maybe because Morrison had an alright rookie year other than shooting percentage, he sat out the next year with a knee injury, in which he's never recovered, then was traded to the best team in the NBA that is way deep at his position.

Haha, you kinda made my point for me. "alright rookie year other than shooting percentage"= 2.9 RPG, 2.1 APG, 0.4 SPG in 29.8 MPG........ all on the aforementioned 37% shooting from the field. This is how I think Haywards game would translate into the NBA.
 
Haha, you kinda made my point for me. "alright rookie year other than shooting percentage"= 2.9 RPG, 2.1 APG, 0.4 SPG in 29.8 MPG........ all on the aforementioned 37% shooting from the field. This is how I think Haywards game would translate into the NBA.

But what's your comparison between the two beside the fact that they are both goofy looking white dudes?
 
How does being slow and white help a player run a structured system that depends on picks, screens and off the ball movement?

....if you can't "create" your own shot because your too slow or can't jump....then you need picks and screens to get an open shot. Sound reasonable?
 
But what's your comparison between the two beside the fact that they are both goofy looking white dudes?

This has to be a rhetorical question.......right? Umm k: Both came out of college at 6'8" 200lbs (Morrison 205lbs...got me), both put up pretty gaudy numbers in small conferences, both are streaky shooters and questionable from the 3 point line, similar measurements at the pre-draft camp as far as reach and wingspan indicating very similar body types combined with almost identical height and weight..... then there is their actual game. Morrison's, Hayward's . If you can't see similarities there......well, not sure what to say.

But I'm sure it's just me convincing myself of that because they are both white.......
 
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