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In terms of natural ability, Mario Hezonja is more gifted than Gordon Hayward. It points to just how important BBIQ and work ethic are to whether a player is going to develop and have an impact.
When Hayward came into the league, he was an OK shooter, an OK athlete, an OK passer, expected to be an average defender (if that), and nothing really stood out about him except that he had a knack for knowing how to make the right play in a given situation. But he wanted to become an All Star and he improved every single year.
When Hayward came into the league, he was an OK shooter, an OK athlete, an OK passer, expected to be an average defender (if that), and nothing really stood out about him except that he had a knack for knowing how to make the right play in a given situation. But he wanted to become an All Star and he improved every single year.
Jazz4ever
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Disagree Mario can't dribble, the eye hand coordination isn't there. Kind of important as a wing.
He's running NBA routes, shooting from NBA range and making NBA-caliber moves off the dribble. His scoring will translate.
Does Calipari purposely run NBA sets in order to showcase and prepare his recruits for the NBA?
That's something Mario could work on. Hayward didn't have a tight dribble coming into the league either. Better than Mario though.
Game6Conley
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Of course, for many colleges thats part of a recruiting pitch but for UK it's pretty much a given if you're good enough to demand the ball...
Ultimately college is about preparing kids to be pro's and Coach Cal is the best.
Park Bites
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Isn't that why everyone goes to college? To prepare for the professionals?
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Game6Conley
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Sure, but for many that is not the top priority... Common reasons include; staying close to home, playing with a friend, playing for a coach/relative, going somewhere glamorous (OJ Mayo), $$$ under the table perhaps?, going to their favorite school, some of course go to party and meet women.. you get the idea.. oh lets not forget the ever popular; going somewhere under advisement of a shoe company LOL..
Do you know how hard Hezonja works? Some people just peak early at stuff. If all it took was BBIQ and work ethic to become an All-Star, then there would be a lot more people challenging to be all-stars.
No, if that was the focus then going professional would be the choice. That way you could practice as much as you wanted and not be constricted by NCAA rules.
College is just a proving ground, for any profession, that exploits people in most cases. In the case of athletes, the NCAA gets to make a **** ton of money off them and in the case of regular students, they make them pay way too much money to get a job that the college really doesn't prepare you for.
Of course he's farther along than Hayward at the same stage. Almost every 4-star and 5-star recruits are. Hayward was a tennis player first and basketball player second. Not sure how that proves literally anything. Hayward is an all-star you do know that right? Or are you still in denial?
Brooks would have to become an all-star first to even be in the same sentence as Hayward.
Lol check this gem of a thread out:
https://jazzfanz.com/showthread.php...get-concerned-about-Hayward&highlight=Hayward
Also, you wanted to trade Hayward for Schroder straight up and made multiple dumb trade ideas during the 2013 draft thread involving Hayward.
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Game6Conley
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you forgot to mention the part where Hayward leads them past KD, Kawhi and LeBron to the championship and actually proves me wrong..
til then you're basking in upper-class mediocrity like a lizard beneath a heatlamp.
Every year players get older and the FO's accelerated this process; primes and cheap contracts go to waste.. players like Sap walk for nothing.. while the obvious favorites keep winning.
If he doesn't deliver a chip much of what I've had to say about him will turn from untrue to true.. Even in your very biased eyes, my plan of planning to fight another day(and go young)will look better than having brought a water pistol to a gunfight.
Schroder for Hayward straight up would've saved ****loads of $$ and an additional lottery pick.. and you have a player thats younger than the cores of the Warriors... and with that freed up $$ you have opportunity to pay another player younger than the core.. they could've had someone locked into a longterm deal for years going into this salary cap explosion, instead Hayward is going to finesse a morbid amount of the cap.