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Originally Posted by spreedom
I will say that one FA option that I've seen brought up here that I don't really care for is Gordon Hayward. I like him as a player, and I'd welcome him here to be the 5th option (either as a platoon starter or a big-time bench option) but in that role, we can't afford him. He's honestly probably going to be getting at least $10M per year, and to me he isn't a "take this to the next level" kind of guy. He scores relatively well (though with decreasing efficiency as his role increases) and is a good rebounder for his position (at least according to the eye test... percentages probably disprove this but w/e) but he is not any good defensively and isn't the kind of guy that can carry your offense once every handful of games. On a bad team he can do that, but if we're bringing him here, it needs to be at like $6-7M per year with a defined role to play.
I get the feeling there will be at least one team offering him big-time money for a big-time role. Maybe Utah matches, or maybe he ends up where I'm expecting... Philly.
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I like how you posed a question and answered it in the same post... What Hayward can offer us vs. what we need vs. what he'll likely cost pretty much eliminates him from the conversation.