I'm excited about Exum ,Burks,Hood and Hayward's defense on the perimeter

[fishonjazz]

0% down with every idea that has Hayward moving down to the 2. The dude held his own against every 3 in the league last year, had his best statistical year of his career, and now we want to move him back down to the 2 when we already have Hood and Burks?

Moronic. Either help Millsap develop a three-point shot, or sign a solid-defending backup 3 for Hayward (a la Harmless). Or grab one in the draft. No big money or trades for another 3 pls.

agreed ,Hayward is top shelf at the (SF) position

I have been saying Hayward is a three for years now. (Mainly cause I wanted Burks in that starting sg position though)

 

[♪alt13]

I have been saying Hayward is a three for years now. (Mainly cause I wanted Burks in that starting sg position though)

I thought of Hayward as more of a 2 than a 3 until last season. Hayward proved me wrong in a big way. I never would have thought that he would handle himself that well against 3's on both sides of the court. He was super impressive.

 

[NAOS]

I thought of Hayward as more of a 2 than a 3 until last season. Hayward proved me wrong in a big way. I never would have thought that he would handle himself that well against 3's on both sides of the court. He was super impressive.

By all the NBA kinds of evidence, Hayward became a man this past year. And he also married and had a baby with a teenager.

All true.

 

[LogGrad98]

I give Favors more credit than I give any of those players you listed. Favors allows Rudy to Gamble on D. Rudy can contest everything without fear of it leading to an easy basket in the paint. Those guys are playing good D as well, but Favors/Gobert is the heart of our D-fense.

Seriously. The cure to small ball is slow down the pace, then Gobert in the middle, Favors patrolling the FT line, and everyone else swarming the 3. Take away fast breaks, the 3, and layups and they have to beat you on mid-range jumpers with Favors in their face. Done and done.

 

[LogGrad98]

0% down with every idea that has Hayward moving down to the 2. The dude held his own against every 3 in the league last year, had his best statistical year of his career, and now we want to move him back down to the 2 when we already have Hood and Burks?

Moronic. Either help Millsap develop a three-point shot, or sign a solid-defending backup 3 for Hayward (a la Harmless). Or grab one in the draft. No big money or trades for another 3 pls.

This, through and through. Hood/Hayward is a killer combo. Get a 3 and D guy to come off the bench with Burks and that hole is closed for good. Sign another big-man for the rotation and hold onto the energy guys (jingles/booker/cotton) and you got a solid squad. We don't need big moves, just the right tweaks and we are there.