I don't understand how Hayward has just 3 shot attempts in 27 minutes. Give me some of your inflated salary if that's how you're going to play, coming back from injury or not.
Did you watch the game? Do you want him to run over and take the ball away from his teammates? There was probably one time he should have shot in this game. Other times he didn't have anything run for him or get the ball.
No, I've only been in the game thread the entire game. I didn't watch it
I want him to be more aggressive. I'm sure I'm not the only one. I'll live with cold shooting nights. But as long as he plays as passively as he has been we're not going to win anything. He's by far our most skilled player off the bench. It's time for him to start playing like it, or at least putting it on himself to get back in a rhythm.
It’s hard to describe to people who didn’t see the game how Hayward played, because it’s the same for most of his low FGA games. It’s just how the game unfolds that he just doesn’t get the ball, he is put in the corner as a decoy or he comes out to pass the ball but there are no sets run for him.
Even in Utah he wasn’t the type of player who would jack up shots for the sake of it, like Mook and Smart did tonight. He will always pass the ball if he thinks someone else has a better shot. Maybe he should be more selfish but I just don’t think it’s in his nature to jack up shots just to get his. What they should do is try and run more sets for him, more pick and roll.
Also he didn’t play passive...he was involved in a number of effort and hustle plays which is why he’s a +13 when everyone else other than Jaylen was a minus. Onfortunately in the 4th they made Gordon and Jaylen stand in the corners again while they played a 3 man game with smart/al/Kyrie.