Should Corbin move Hayward back to SG?

[billyshelby]

Hey billy, how about because him playing the 3 isn't working very good.
So lets try putting him at the 2. Maybe it works, and maybe it doesn't but at least it better than trying something isn't working (hayward at the 3) over and over.
Plus i always see you posting about corbin playing bell less so moving hayward to the 2 would help play bell less..... Seems like you would be all over this proposal.

Don't misunderstand, I have no problem putting Hayward at the 2 and I think we should try everything to get him going. Who knows, maybe length really does mess up his confidence and just playing against a smaller dude will trigger his aggression. I'm just doubtful that it will work. As for Bell, only the loss of a limb could change Ty's mind.

 

[fishonjazz]

I really hope bell is out tonight.... maybe if he misses the game and the jazz play great and win then maybe ty will stop playing him so much.

 

[fishonjazz]

By the way Billy, i hope it didn't seem like i was talking trash to you in my earlier post.... I really like your insight (especially in the gameday threads) and enjoy your opinion.

 

[vslice02]

While I think Hayward should ultimately end up as a SG (because I think that's the position he matches up better at defensively), he's getting many of the same opportunities at the 3 that he did at a 2 last year. Position doesn't matter in his case. The difference is he's not playing with confidence and he's missing open shots.

While Hayward's drastic decline has been a huge disappointment, I mentioned in the fall it would be unrealistic to expect him to shoot as well as he did in the last month of the 2010-11 season. Didn't expect the dropoff to be this extreme but you knew that performance just couldn't keep up.

Big thing now is confidence. Similar to the way he played at the start of the 2010-11 season - the kid has no confidence in his ability and you can't shoot relaxed or make basketball plays when you're overthinking everything. I heard Horny and the staff have recently been pressing him to shoot, so now it's almost like he's shooting out of desperation. One of these nights (hopefully sooner rather than later) it will start to click for Hayward and then he'll be the solid 12-14 point playmaking wing we hoped he would be. Player progession isn't always linear, just something he needs to work himself out of offensively - but he really needs to focus on the defensive end and not let missed shots affect his play at that end.

 

[NCJazz]

Good SF's have a good post game or back the basket game. Guys like Wallace, Lebron, Granger, Marion, Pierce, Battier, Carmelo, Deng....etc......heck even AK

Hayward doesn't posses that back to the basket type of game that is essential for a SF to succeed. Hayward is a slasher and a shooter. That's his game. His skills point to being a SG.

I think he is playing out of position to accommodate Raja and that sucks.

Why draft Burks then? Should have gone with Singleton or Leonard if we thought he could not play the 3.