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Hayward starting in place of AK tonite!

Hmm, we'll see how Kirilenko responds. I'm still not sold on Hayward, but he did play well against Boston. I think they could have gone one better by starting Price instead of Raja. Price is not good at running the show, but he does bring energy and he's just as good defensively, imo.
 
AI having a field day with Hayward on him early. But the Jazz are close in the first. something that they haven't been lately so maybe this is a good move
 
bordelais7 said:
If we're using the standard "Jazzfanz CJ Performance Scale" (aka "He's young -- give him 5 or 10 years before passing any judgment"), then he was plenty impressive.
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This is full of win.
 
I did't think Hayword sucked. First of all he played decently even though he made some mistakes. Iggy was how fire no matter who guarded him. Yes there were a couple of times he got "owned" but pretty much anyone on the Jazz team gets owned on a nightly basis.

The thing that stuck out was he didn't back down and forced Iggy to make some tough shots. He played with energy and ran the offense. The thing he still needs to do is relax and be more assertive on the offense. He also got a few rookie calls against him but didn't sulk. I would like him to shot more when he has an open look in the offense. Just be more assertive offensively. That will come with experience and with some more confidence. I rather develop Hayward than give Raja too many minutes which he hasn't earned.
 
I'll say this about Hayward ... he did try, he did give the effort. In fact, probably too hard, and the harder he tried, the more he pressed, the more mistakes he made. That's why Jerry should've taken him out, because he started stumbling over his own feet, it got so bad. And he had several opportunities to take outside shots but he hesitated because of his lack of confidence. This, to me, was one of his worst outings and Philly was just abusing him, whoever he was guarding.
 
Shad called it - 4 points. Kirilenko had a decent game, but really needs to stop taking threes.
 
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