Given the team's current cap situation, the future cap numbers, and the current status of the team, there is very little downside the Jazz expose themselves to if they match.
Hayward has agreed to an offer with Hornets
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Given the team's current cap situation, the future cap numbers, and the current status of the team, there is very little downside the Jazz expose themselves to if they match.
SojoDave
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If Hayward is resigned, on opening night, he is going to get booed worse than on draft day. When he misses his wide open corner threes, boos are going to echo through the ESA. When he drives to the middle and dribbles off his knee like he always does, he is going to get booed unmercifully. Gordon Hayward has done very little to endure himself to the Utah fans, but he is going to get killed by getting the max and not even being close to a max player. He is going to do what Gordon Hayward does, he is going to slump his shoulders, act like his dog just got ran over, put his incredibly white mug down and make that slow walk during times out to the bench. I know that DL said he is going to match no matter what, but I think Gordon's agent is not doing him any favors. Who wants to get booed every time they show up to work. If we don't match, Charlotte fans are going to boo him also. There is something to being liked in the NBA.
Pretty sure there were going to be other offers once the James, Bosh, Carmelo dust settled. It's too early to assume there was no other interest, especially from Cleveland..
ijazz
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Wow...jealous aren't we.
I actually think the contract will be a relief for him and will have a great year.
Well, I stand corrected. The Jazz do have lots of room for error in our current market. You should start logging in from my screen name. You seem to know it all.
Stifle Tower
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Ummm, there's also a player named Lebron James - you may have heard of him - who is seriously considering returning to the Cavs. If I were Cleveland, yeah, I'd hold that cap space open until the prodigal son decides on my team or Miami.
If you're LBJ, do you want to play on a team of declining vets, or do you go to a franchise that has Irving, Wiggins and a bunch of other solid, young players that can contend for the length of your contract? AND, BTW, your wife is also wanting to return to Cleveland and LBJ has said he'd like to have his children attend the same schools he did growing up. I'd say it's about 80/20 that LBJ goes to Cleveland, especially with them clearing cap space today (Jack to NJ...I mean Brooklyn).
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The unofficial cheerleader for Gordon Hayward is doing his best to drum up support for his boy!
Nice job CY.
Nice job CY.
Game6Conley
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remember those words.
Coach Ellis
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And the Suns are apparently chasing LeBron until he signs elsewhere.
Stifle Tower
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Buh-bye Gordon.
The fact that he signed this deal with a trade kicker indicates to me he has already checked out of Utah. Let him go. I don't care that Utah has cap space. I'd rather see Marvin return at $7M than Hayward at the max. Hayward has the career trajectory of AK. What did he do last summer; did he work on his shooting? Maybe he isn't in to Russian novels, but he likely plays more video games than actually working on his game.
Yes, the Jazz have cap space NOW and will have for 4 years. But what happens after that? GH will be an UFA and will want a max contract of $20M. This guy has delusions of grandeur; he thinks he's Kobe Bryant. But he doesn't have the toughness nor competitive drive.
The fact that he signed this deal with a trade kicker indicates to me he has already checked out of Utah. Let him go. I don't care that Utah has cap space. I'd rather see Marvin return at $7M than Hayward at the max. Hayward has the career trajectory of AK. What did he do last summer; did he work on his shooting? Maybe he isn't in to Russian novels, but he likely plays more video games than actually working on his game.
Yes, the Jazz have cap space NOW and will have for 4 years. But what happens after that? GH will be an UFA and will want a max contract of $20M. This guy has delusions of grandeur; he thinks he's Kobe Bryant. But he doesn't have the toughness nor competitive drive.