Hayward isn’t coming cheap and it seems crazy (to me at least) that any player takes a huge hometown discount, esp. in this day and age. I mean, a bunch of us assumed that with Horford last year right?
But back to Hayward. Any team that signs him will likely improve and plus, many teams are looking for highly capable wings. Meanwhile, we have so much wing depth that losing him for nothing won’t cripple us (but it’d certainly make us worse). What “worries” me, in a way, is that we’ll likely end up paying Hayward for a price based on his value on another team. Not his value on our team.
I don’t think he’ll command max money, but I’m fairly sure it’ll be near it. Will the C’s be willing to pay him another ~33m/yr (assuming max players make about 40m/yr)?