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What if Hayward doesn't re-sign?

The title sums up this thread. What if Hayward doesn't re-sign? Well, we would get nothing for our all-star and be set back a ton. Hill definitely leaves or maybe we offer him a ton as damage control.

This is all hypothetical. The Jazz should listen to any offers and if there is one that would put us in an opportunity to get better they should consider it. Otherwise we need to max Hayward and keep him. I love Hayward and I hope he stays. It's been a long time since we've been in the playoffs or had an all-star and it is because of him and Gobert.

I think he stays. I was merely going along with the hypothetical that we had some kind of inkling that he wasn't going to. Like I said Hayward w/ an extension is way better than the Crowder/Brooklyn pick side.
 
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Utah is all-in to keep Gordon Hayward, but they also need to shed some salary before their army of young players ink pricey new deals. They've tested the market for Derrick Favors over the last few weeks, according to several league sources; Favors hasn't been quite the same since coming back from injury, and Utah plays Favors and Rudy Gobert together for only 10 or 12 minutes per game.

Utah's seriousness on Favors is unclear; they are mum as usual, and they don't want to weaken their team ahead of the playoffs with Hayward heading to free agency. Favors is still an important player. They could be testing the market ahead of a trade around the draft.

Meanwhile, Utah has about $13 million in cap room to use at the deadline. They could absorb someone else's unwanted salary and extract something -- a pick, or a useful player -- as the price. If they still have that room after the deadline, here's betting Utah offers George Hill a big raise this season as part of a contract extension.

If Hill takes the deal, it could be a tell that Hayward is coming back -- or that Hill is worried about his lingering toe pain.

Hayward is neck-and-neck with George in the All-NBA race, but in a weird twist, the Jazz might not be able to offer him the designated player mega-deal if he earns a spot. Hayward is about to wrap his seventh season; players can ink that deal as an extension after seven seasons only if they are under contract for the following season. Hayward won't be if he declines his $16 million player option for 2017-18.

He could pick up that option and immediately sign the designated player extension to kick in for 2018-19. That may actually be his most lucrative path, even though he could earn much more than $16 million next season if he opts out and signs a brand new contract. If he opts out, Utah's home-court advantage shrinks.

This is probably all moot, since Hayward -- like George -- hangs just outside the All-NBA picture. Hayward could also sign a shorter three-year contract that would fling him back into free agency after his 10th season, the moment he becomes eligible for the largest possible max deal.

From most recent Zach Lowe piece

So we can put the rest the notion of the Jazz trading Hayward in fear he doesnt want to be here.
 
So if he opts in, we feel great because he is taking the most lucrative compensation route which is with us. If he opts out, he's opting out of the most money with us which means he might not stay with us.

Right?

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We'd be in better shape long term. I love Gordon as a player. I do. But I stand by what I said in the off season. The Jazz can't win a championship with Gordo on max money. We are missing one or two star players before we're true championship contenders. How do we get those guys with very little cap flexibility after signing Gordo to a max deal?
 
We'd be in better shape long term. I love Gordon as a player. I do. But I stand by what I said in the off season. The Jazz can't win a championship with Gordo on max money. We are missing one or two star players before we're true championship contenders. How do we get those guys with very little cap flexibility after signing Gordo to a max deal?

It's a very delicate balance no doubt, almost a catch 22. You need to be a playoff team to attract good free agents, and I don't think we would be a playoff team without Hayward.
 
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