Jack Strop
Well-Known Member
How quickly some forget. Someone bump the Gordon FA thread from that summer and let's see what the consensus was on giving him a max contract. Coming off a horribly inefficient year, Utah was willing to give him an identical contract to Favors.As much as I hate what Gordon Hayward did, a team comprised of Rubio, Mitchell, (non injured) Hayward, Favors and Gobert would’ve been amazing. Jingles and Hood with bench roles. Would’ve still needed to make another move beyond Rubio, but that team would’ve been legit. DL ****ed up by not giving Hayward the full 5 year rookie max instead of letting him go negotiate his own deal in 2014.
The big issue would’ve been dealing with the 2017 scenario right now. Because it’s still likely that he would be leaving right now given how free agency has played out in the past 24 hours.
Hindsight is great, isn't it? Kudos to Gordo for busting his *** to make himself into a star. He wasnt back then. He could have just as easily turned into Wiggins. It wasnt like he came into the league like Donovan. Theres zero doubt about giving him maximum he's eligible for. There was with Hayward at the time.