I love our young guys, but neither is ready to beat out a veteran who was an all star in the loaded western conference. He carried a team to the playoffs, proved he can go out and get 20-25 almost every night. Neither of our young forwards has proven themselves ready to do that.
Umm, isn't that exactly what they have proven?
Not really
Um yes they have, by leading their teams in scoring consistently while winning more playoff games in a single run than Hayward has ever done in his whole career.
Yeah, and they're still provably worse than Hayward. Next
Not so sure about that after an offseason of work+improvement.
Don't know what the penchant is to try to rank players on the roster. It's not like you can assign Rozier an 82 and Hayward an 86 like NBA2k does. Basketball just doesn't work like that.
That this is even a conversation makes it clear that the Cs are in a good position. They are one game from the finals with 3-4 key injuries and they can potentially bring back everyone next year.