Hayward has trended well, I think the stats bear out.
I prefer the non Hayward starting five with Smart and Australia. Neither Smart or Baynes are scoring threats allowing Irving/Morris/Tatum to make it happen, which they have.
Brown/Rozier/Hayward can work on playing together, which they have been doing. I suggest it offers Hayward and Brown, whom have needed to improve, the opportunity to be on the court for whatever minutes a game as a unit without Irving and Tatum.
Don't know if it will work for the bench...that is up to them...it is clearly working for the starters.
Morris is going to have a career season? Perfect, start him and give him the ball. Irving can play off the ball? No problem. Smart can facilitate on offense and win a dozen possessions on defense? Have at it. Tatum needs to score? Easy. Baynes takes a couple shots a game and runs the scrum underneath? We have a starting role for you.
Morris, Rozier, Irving, Smart and Tatum were ba*&'s to the wall in the second half last night. Wizards had too few answers.