LoPo
Well-Known Member
I find it extremely sad that anybody mentioned Gordon Hayward. The guy played at a high level for one season. Sure, he was a good starter before 2016-17, but "All Time Jazz" quality was never there. I would take a number of people over Hayward:
Stockton - legend
Malone - legend
Pistol - legend
Dantley - led the league in scoring twice, scored 30+ppg per game for 4 straight seasons
AK - longer Jazz career, more dynamic, etc.
Deron - led the team somewhere
Eaton - iconic defensive bigman
Hornacek - with the Jazz as long as Hayward
Darrell Griffith - 11 years with our Jazz averaged over 16ppg over those 11 years
Millsap - he had more quality, impactful years than the 2 Hayward had (his last 2)
Boozer - same logic as Millsap but Boozer was actually better than Millsap
Okur - key for us when we mattered last
Close calls:
Mitchell (IMO, Mitchell has done more for us on and off the court in his 1 season than Hayward did in 7).
Ingles - if he gives us another year next year like he did this last season, I'd put him over Hayward.
At the end of the day, Hayward gave us 3 developmental years, 2 decent years, 1 good year and 1 great year with an All Star appearance.
Stockton - legend
Malone - legend
Pistol - legend
Dantley - led the league in scoring twice, scored 30+ppg per game for 4 straight seasons
AK - longer Jazz career, more dynamic, etc.
Deron - led the team somewhere
Eaton - iconic defensive bigman
Hornacek - with the Jazz as long as Hayward
Darrell Griffith - 11 years with our Jazz averaged over 16ppg over those 11 years
Millsap - he had more quality, impactful years than the 2 Hayward had (his last 2)
Boozer - same logic as Millsap but Boozer was actually better than Millsap
Okur - key for us when we mattered last
Close calls:
Mitchell (IMO, Mitchell has done more for us on and off the court in his 1 season than Hayward did in 7).
Ingles - if he gives us another year next year like he did this last season, I'd put him over Hayward.
At the end of the day, Hayward gave us 3 developmental years, 2 decent years, 1 good year and 1 great year with an All Star appearance.