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Hayward best year: 21.9 PPG on 47% from the field, 40% from three (5 attempts per game), 84% from the line. Efg 53.6%

Lauri best year: 25.6 PPG on 50% from the field, 39% from three (7.7 attempts per game), 87.5 from the line. Efg 58.6

Hayward 5.4 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.

Lauri 8.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.

I take Lauri but it's pretty close. I also wonder how Lauri would look with better teammates and a team goal of trying to win basketball games.



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Who would you guys rather have be on the Rudy/Donovan teams, Lauri or Hayward (simply from a basketball standpoint)?

As to who’s better, we’ll have to see what Lauri’s post-retirement looks like because Gordon is already hitting up the podcasts.


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The Jazz Wonderbra said:
For everyone who want to trade Lauri for a salary dump and think that Lauri doesnt have it and think that intentionally tanking all season didnt somehow affect Lauris numbers...

SUCK IT!!!

He is going to be just fine.
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Tastes like a lollipop
fishonjazz said:
Hayward best year: 21.9 PPG on 47% from the field, 40% from three (5 attempts per game), 84% from the line. Efg 53.6%

Lauri best year: 25.6 PPG on 50% from the field, 39% from three (7.7 attempts per game), 87.5 from the line. Efg 58.6

Hayward 5.4 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.

Lauri 8.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game.

I take Lauri but it's pretty close. I also wonder how Lauri would look with better teammates and a team goal of trying to win basketball games.



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Two things you are overlooking. 1 Hayward was a strong defender on the perimeter and he played on a much better team. Best player on a rebuilding team will have more inflated stats. Hayward was a floor setter that didn’t dominate the ball to extreme levels he was a ball mover who could score shoot and set up teammates at a decent level.
 
Thee Jazz Fan said:
Tastes like a lollipop

Two things you are overlooking. 1 Hayward was a strong defender on the perimeter and he played on a much better team. Best player on a rebuilding team will have more inflated stats. Hayward was a floor setter that didn’t dominate the ball to extreme levels he was a ball mover who could score shoot and set up teammates at a decent level.
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I didn't overlook any of that.
I take Lauri
 
Lauri is taller, a better shooter earlier in his career, a bigger mismatch for the playoffs, and he has succeeded without the same level of talent around him.

Gordon was great but his wife was hot garbage and he was a terrible writer... unless you were Jeremy Evans...

For those and many other reasons, Lauri!!!
 
Last EuroBasket Lauri played in he tore it up. It was a springboard for his career to spike and it cost us a lot of draft spots.

Hopefully he has a fantastic EuroBasket and shows his quality again. Hopefully we get luckier this time with the draft.
 
fishonjazz said:
I didn't overlook any of that.
I take Lauri
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One thing you didn’t mention is that Lauri has had two seasons better than G-time’s best. Best peak goes to Lauri. And while it remains to be seen how his career will go, Hayward essentially had 4 good seasons in his career. That shouldn’t be difficult for Lauri to top.

Take Lauri and it isn’t all that close.
 
SD Jazz said:
Poland-Finland 88-97, 3rd prep game
Lauri 24min, 42p, 10/17, 2p 7/10, 3p 3/7, FT 19/20, 12 rebounds, 1st, 3 blocks, +20

He started like 0/5 shooting and little better after that.
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That is crazy
 
SD Jazz said:
Poland-Finland 88-97, 3rd prep game
Lauri 24min, 42p, 10/17, 2p 7/10, 3p 3/7, FT 19/20, 12 rebounds, 1st, 3 blocks, +20

He started like 0/5 shooting and little better after that.
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Looks like Lauri is heating up over in Europe. Those stats again in just 24 minutes. And 19/20 on free throws. Impressive. Learning to get to the free-throw line was a big part of Shai’s (and many others’) rise to the top. It’s about time Lauri learns those tricks.
 
A professional player scores way above his averages playing against the competition two tiers down. Stop the presses!

I bet he can also break Wilt's scoring record playing against a high school team from Iowa.
 
jazznik said:
A professional player scores way above his averages playing against the competition two tiers down. Stop the presses!

I bet he can also break Wilt's scoring record playing against a high school team from Iowa.
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I welcome this reality check as a Lauri fan no 1 on this forum. We will see a more clear picture of the state of 2025-26 Lauri, when the actual EuroBasket tournament starts. He'll face better competition. The biggest test will of course be Germany in the group stage. Lithuania is also pretty dangerous and tough team lately, even though they don't have as many NBA players these days they used to have on their roster.
 
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