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Rumor: Jazz prepared to match 'any offer' for Hayward.

Only in sports can a player have what is perceived to be a down year and receive a 500% raise at work. Imagine your $40k desk job looking at spreadsheets suddenly offered you $200k even though you can't figure out how to make a decent looking pie graph in Excel without being wrong 60% of the time.
 
There are a limited number of good available SFs in the league. Having watched Hayward throughout his career, I see a lot of talent. Hell, I would have lost focus playing under Corbin's team last year. Who wouldn't? I see his play last year as a product of a failed system. I could see his frustration. Hell, I think we were all frustrated watching the product on the floor. This is the first year in over a dozen where I didn't watch every game. I just couldn't stand watching the crap Corbin put on the floor. Imagine trying to play in that system. If you are going to judge him, I hope you give him a pass for last year. I give the whole team a pass.


He is a good system player. He is a team player. He may not be a #1 option in the league, but he can still be a team anchor. If re-signing him would make it impossible to sign the rest of the core, then there is an argument to get rid of him. If we know there are other free agents we can get with more talent for equal or less money, then there is an argument to let him walk. I'm just not seeing it.

If we can S&T and get fair value in return that will have a greater net benefit to this team, then go for it. But letting one of our best players go when keeping him would not cause use to lose the rest of our core...why in Zod's name would a team do such a thing?

Just like Wes Matthews. Yeah, he got overpaid, and most of us regret losing him. He would be a great asset to this team. Losing hayward would (imo) have a larger impact.
 
As I always say in these scenarios: A bad deal is a bad deal. I recall everyone saying that ATL essentially had to give Joe Johnson the contract they gave him, because they had no other real options, and it wasn't like anyone else was going to sign with ATL. Smash cut to a year or two later and his contract was looked at as a joke. I'll say it again, a bad deal is a bad deal. You should never overpay a player. This should be simple as the elite players are always underpaid.
 
This Hayward rumor might just be a smoke screen to try to get LeBron to the negotiating table in Cleveland.

I wouldn't put it past Gilbert.
 
margodydek said:
As I always say in these scenarios: A bad deal is a bad deal. I recall everyone saying that ATL essentially had to give Joe Johnson the contract they gave him, because they had no other real options, and it wasn't like anyone else was going to sign with ATL. Smash cut to a year or two later and his contract was looked at as a joke. I'll say it again, a bad deal is a bad deal. You should never overpay a player. This should be simple as the elite players are always underpaid.
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And they were still able to move that deal for multiple first round picks while making playoff runs during his tenure. How bad of a deal was it...
 
So we either sign Hayward to Max Money or fall off the edge of the Earth? I'd rather see what the edge of the Earth looks like. I'll bet it looks a lot like Cleveland.
 
How can you not be excited of the prospect of the jazz without Hayward?

Unleash Burks. Give Hood and Exum tons of burn. Let Burke play pg, not Hayward.

This is gonna be awesome! Hayward homers, GTFO. Go to craptown to cheer on your boy!

GO JAZZ!
 
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