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How many points Hayward will average this season?

How many points Hayward will average in this season?

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Ok, lets see what you guys think. I know there is bunch of homers who think Hayward is more athletic Hornacek, lol. So lets go.
 
Yeah, I voted 12 to 15. He may be capable of more on a team where he was the best player, but on this team he has to compete with Burks, Raja, CJ, maybe Kirilinko all of which can play his position and have advantages on him (burks-athleticism, Raja-veteran experience, CJ-experience and athleticism, Kirilinko-just being AK)

Now if AK doesn't return, than he may get more, but also remember, under the Sloan system which Corbin will be basing his now offence, the 2 and 3 are like third option, the ball goes point guard then center/PF and the team is a bit black holish there, so he may just not see the ball that much. Having said that though hopefully Corbin sees what he has in a very thletic wing and decides to work them in more. He has been under a lot of other coaches too.
 
In the last 13 games of the 2010-11 season, Hayward averaged 13.4 ppg while playing 31 mpg (chose that stretch because Hayward played 20+ min in every game). On one hand you like to assume he will be an improved player and receive more opportunities - while on the other hand you know he won't shoot with the same efficiency he did during that stretch either - so balancing the two out I say he'll stay right around 12-13ppg as a starter.

Regardless of his scoring average, as we saw in the 4th-qtr of the win in LA - he brings alot more to the table besides scoring.
 
I don't know how laughable the premise is that Hayward would be compared to Hornacek since JH was the last really good SG in Utah. It was Kobe that came up with that IIRC. GH's April #s were absurdly good.

Hayward will be an efficient scorer. He's the best shooter on the team so he's going to get a lot more looks than last year. Probably the 3rd option, maybe even the 2nd if he looks anything like the end of last season. Hayward is also great finishing the break and is a very good passer. IMO Hornacek #s are probably realistic, maybe even a little better. @15 PPG.
 
cctrackstar said:
Yeah, I voted 12 to 15. He may be capable of more on a team where he was the best player, but on this team he has to compete with Burks, Raja, CJ, maybe Kirilinko all of which can play his position and have advantages on him (burks-athleticism, Raja-veteran experience, CJ-experience and athleticism, Kirilinko-just being AK)

Now if AK doesn't return, than he may get more, but also remember, under the Sloan system which Corbin will be basing his now offence, the 2 and 3 are like third option, the ball goes point guard then center/PF and the team is a bit black holish there, so he may just not see the ball that much. Having said that though hopefully Corbin sees what he has in a very thletic wing and decides to work them in more. He has been under a lot of other coaches too.
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Completely lost all credibility with that (bolded). Thanks for playing.
 
vslice02 said:
In the last 13 games of the 2010-11 season, Hayward averaged 13.4 ppg while playing 31 mpg (chose that stretch because Hayward played 20+ min in every game). On one hand you like to assume he will be an improved player and receive more opportunities - while on the other hand you know he won't shoot with the same efficiency he did during that stretch either - so balancing the two out I say he'll stay right around 12-13ppg as a starter.

Regardless of his scoring average, as we saw in the 4th-qtr of the win in LA - he brings alot more to the table besides scoring.
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Any evidence for this? It was his first year, he could be the same, or better, as likely as he could be worse. I think he will end up being far more efficient that people give him credit for.
 
I think 12-15ppg sounds about right. And from a 2nd year player who only played sparingly for much of last year, I would be happy with this!
 
Brown Notes said:
I don't know how laughable the premise is that Hayward would be compared to Hornacek since JH was the last really good SG in Utah. It was Kobe that came up with that IIRC. GH's April #s were absurdly good.

Hayward will be an efficient scorer. He's the best shooter on the team so he's going to get a lot more looks than last year. Probably the 3rd option, maybe even the 2nd if he looks anything like the end of last season. Hayward is also great finishing the break and is a very good passer. IMO Hornacek #s are probably realistic, maybe even a little better. @15 PPG.
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I think I was the first one to say that he could be a more athletic, taller, Hornacek. IMO that is his ceiling, not who he is now. He has that potential, and he showed that vividly at the end of last year.

I get a kick out of everyone writing him off and downplaying his end of year performance, when so many were so eager to crown CJ the GOAT based more or less on one game in his, what 2nd or 3rd year? And that being the last game of the season that year. Hayward's performance in the last half of last year is enough to say that he is better than CJ now, arguably as good as AK has been the past few years since his attitude went to ****, and don't even bring up Bell, who is past his end-of-career slide and has fallen off the cliff at the end.

I think Hayward is going to surprise some people. The others of us won't be surprised, but will still be happy.
 
Archie Moses said:
I think he'll be a 12 ppg guy. I would like to see him average around 15 though.
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Good call. I'm thinking 11-11.5 per game. I'd like to see more too but with the black hole that is Al Jefferson, Millsap, Burks (who could be a chucker or at least semi-chucker), Harris, Miles and Favors, we have a lot of guys who can score. Add in the bench and I just don't see a ton of points from the kid.
 
I voted 15-18ppg. I am a bit more optimistic and think he will hit 16ppg this season, with efficient shooting. We will need a scoring punch from the wing position, and Hayward has earned the minutes and needs to play.
 
I think the 12-15 range this year. With Jefferson in the post getting the majority of the touches, and having Harris and Milsap both taking quite a few shots a game I don't think GH is going to get the shots needed to score more than that.
 
How can people even think he is going to average 15+ PPG? He will be what the 4th option most the time? Even with AK not coming back and him sliding into that role AK was the 4th or 5th option. We don't have a dominant scorer (I hope maybe Jefferson proves me wrong here) and there is too many scoring options. That is a good thing and a bad thing.

If Hayward averages 15 points per game then we better be averaging 110 points on a nightly basis.

I would be happy with 10-12 PPG

I can see us having 6 (5 last year) players averaging in double figures though.
 
Cope said:
How can people even think he is going to average 15+ PPG? He will be what the 4th option most the time? Even with AK not coming back and him sliding into that role AK was the 4th or 5th option. We don't have a dominant scorer (I hope maybe Jefferson proves me wrong here) and there is too many scoring options. That is a good thing and a bad thing.

If Hayward averages 15 points per game then we better be averaging 110 points on a nightly basis.

I would be happy with 10-12 PPG

I can see us having 6 (5 last year) players averaging in double figures though.
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Because selective memory only allows them to remember the last two weeks of the season.
 
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