He's scored 18 points but these will be exceptions to the rule as long as everyone is fit and getting minutes. Not everyone on this team can score big all the time. Look at tonight - Kyrie and Al out, that's a combined 49 points over the last 5 games between the 2 of them. Take 50 points off the table against a weak team, and you have Rozier and Brown scoring 26 in 30 mins, and Hayward 18. Tatum "only" scored 15, and Morris "only" scored 11. Put Kyrie and Al's 50 points back on the table and what happens to everyone else's scoring opportunities? They drop.
The way to look at this team is not the traditional metric of "need to score 20+ points", it's more like how San Antonio was when they won the championship in 2014:
Parker 16
Duncan 15
Kawhi 13
Ginobili 12
Belinelli 11
Mills 10
Diaw 9
Green 9
When playoff time comes our rotation will shorten and some people's numbers will go up while the end of rotation guys will drop. But during the regular season what I'm looking for from players isn't so much absolute numbers but efficiency - in this case Hayward was 6-10, he had 5 rebounds but zero assists. So still plenty for him to work on. Rozier was 9-13, 4-5 from 3, 8 rebounds, 6 assists...even if those numbers were halved because he played 20 mins instead of 30 I would still consider it a good performance. The most important number for me is the 125 points the entire team scored.
Paying 30 mill for what gordon is giving is trash imo.
Team wins, yup, sure. But look at guys impacting the wins far more than he is....based on gordons salary Mook deserves 40 mill a season.
If gordon isnt putting up 20ppg 4 and 4 by and including playoffs he needs to go.
Hes getting paid like a star, he needs to produce like one.
You're completely right, that bum needs to go. I think Horford should up his game too. His stats are pathetic. Look at Capela for example, he's averaging 17 and 12 for half of what Al is making. They gotta go
Im not sold on Al moving forward, but his contract is up soon, so not a big deal.
But I cannot see how anyone can excuse the passivity of Hayward. 31 mill per season.
worst shooting percentages of his career
weak RBPM numbers
defense is the worst in his career
back away from opportunities
these are things that even with an ankle at 60% should not be this bad. And there is ZERO indications that his ankle is giving him any issue, and ZERO indication that his ankle isnt strong.
its mental. And that is a hurdle that is looking more and more like he will never cross.
we do not need a 31 million dollar a year 7th man.
Hayward has been bad. He’s averaging just 11.0 points per game, on .422/.323/.840 shooting splits. Boston has been 5.5 points per 100 possessions worse in his minutes on the court, per Cleaning the Glass