11-18-2022, 03:07 PM
(11-18-2022, 02:51 PM)F Gump Wrote: If he's almost always healthy and playing, your take is a good one. But he's not.
On paper, Hayward is a desirable player - playmaker with some size, and plays both ends of the floor. But --- Gotta recognize (and admit) that Hayward is VERY unreliable as to whether he will suit up for games. Including whether he can make it through a season and give you a single minute in the playoffs.
Combine that with the fact that he's getting paid a ton of your payroll - which then sits idle in street clothes, during which time you are getting NO playmaking at all from him - and it saps his value.
I agree it's definitely high risk high reward but I feel that worst case scenario is us having a 30 mil expiring on our roster to pair with all our draft picks next offseason which was always going to be when this front office was going to take a big swing.
I see this as one of the few ways we can raise this team's ceiling without sacrificing draft picks, I just don't see a lot of paths to add play making to this roster with our current assets without being wildly irresponsible.
Also if you are able to get PJ Washington you basically found a Maxi clone so you can now keep a switchable big on the floor at all times.