sahlensguy
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His goatee looks like a strip of electrical tape seen to cover nipples. At least on camera.
Why? The Jazz and KOC drafted him #9. Not sure anyone had him that high. They invested heavily in him. When he said he wanted to be the leader, they - in part - let a beloved player go (Millsap) so Hayward could be "the man." He had a dedicated player development coach to work with him each off-season. And they were willing to pay him more than any other team could offer. The only 'offense' was letting him shop the market as a RFA. Even that was understandable as he was coming off a bad season and the two sides couldn't agree to terms. I'm sure the numbers were FAR apart. If they had been close, both sides compromise and you get a deal signed.
Huge re-writing of history and not factual. Utah could have paid Hayward more than any other team. Utah and Hayward's camp both knew he would get a max offer. The Jazz openly and ofton said they would match any offer he gets. Utah chose to save money by matching instead of giving him the higher compounding raises. That was a slap in Hayward's face, and also par for the course of how the Miller's have operated ever since taking ownership of the Jazz.
Was going to reply, then I saw it was Franklin, and realized it wasn't worth my time. . .
Actually you are rewriting history. Wasn't very hard to find this article which states Utah wanted to offer him $12M/per (similar to Favors' deal) and Hayward was asking for $13M/per. In hindsight, it was truly stupid to quibble over $4M, but that's the beauty of hindsight. In reality, I'm guessing the Jazz wanted to treat Favs and Hayward similarly.Huge re-writing of history and not factual. Utah could have paid Hayward more than any other team. Utah and Hayward's camp both knew he would get a max offer. The Jazz openly and often said they would match any offer he gets. Utah chose to save money by matching instead of giving him the higher compounding raises. That was a slap in Hayward's face, and also par for the course of how the Miller's have operated ever since taking ownership of the Jazz.