Thats what I hate. When you wait years for a lottery pick and then take a guy like Hayward and say wait a couple years is absurd. When you get a lottery pick, you want production immediately. You don't take a guy who is going to warm the bench like Hayward.
And I will eat crow if he ever amounts to anything
Not hiding, but there simply isn't anything to say when he isn't playing. I still have faith, although I honestly thought he would play 10-15 MPG this year for us.
Me too. But like you said he hasn't been playing at all except for spot minutes. I don't think he's really looking for his shot very much but when he does play he is hustling and trying to make an impact in the game. Right now that's good enough because we don't need him to be a star for us at this point.
When is it time to call a spade a spade already? Sure, he might turn into something, but he was terrible tonight and had a negative impact on the game. His only positive stat was 2 rebounds in 18 minutes. The rest? 0-1, 0 pts, 0 asts, 1 TO, 4 PFs, +/- of -1. He was the only player in the starting lineup that wasn't double-digits in +/- and he didn't bring anything statistically or defensively. Granted, he had NO BUSINESS being matched up against Vince Carter, but come on.
I'll be the first in line to get my helping of crow when it's time. But he's been terrible.
Gordon, if you're reading this; just kidding. You'll be great, keep your head up.
Kinda hard to get shots when your teammates ignore you.