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Trib Article: Hayward and Burks make quick connection

NUMBERICA said:
...[Hayward] is not that athletic, and he will get destroyed by some 2s with their speed. Just as he will get abused by some 3s with their strength...
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This isn't meant especially against you, but rather against this type of argument in general: it's a half full-half empty type of thing. You could just have easily have said that he will destroy the 2s with his strength, and will abuse the 3s with his speed.
 
colton said:
This isn't meant especially against you, but rather against this type of argument in general: it's a half full-half empty type of thing. You could just have easily have said that he will destroy the 2s with his strength, and will abuse the 3s with his speed.
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Ehh. I don't think that's the case though. His advantage as a 2 would primarily be shooting over others as he doesn't strike me as a particularly strong player. And since I don't see him as a particularly agile player either, I don't think he holds an advantage on 3s either.

I like him and see him as a significant piece for the Jazz moving forward, but he's not in the league for having great physical attributes. They are all quite pedestrian for the NBA.

My point is that you can play him at either spot, but he doesn't have a sure-fire position. It would be best to play him at a particular position as needed and saying he IS this or that, or that he SHOULD be this or that is kind of silly.
 
I think it's very unlikely Hayward can play the 2 regularly. The dream is something like Joe Johnson, though Johnson is hardly a world class defender. But Johnson holds his own OK and gives Atlanta flexibility. Hayward played like 200 minutes at the 2 last year so we have no idea what he can do. At the same time, I didn't see anything out of him that makes me think he can guard the Ellis's, Gordon's, or Ginobili's.
 
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