Jack Strop
Well-Known Member
Good take. I think Gordon and family was hurt by the last free agency ordeal. And the losing years had to weigh on him. But bottom line is DL stepped up to the plate last year. And the Jazz FO is opening up the wallets this summer. If anything, maybe's it's a good thing that Hayward has put the pressure on; it's forced Utah to be very active. Not since the days of grabbing Boozer and Okur and trading up for Deron has Utah been so aggressive.Dude, we aren't some desperate team trying to sell Hayward on how good the situation is. He's been here long enough to know what he's getting here. I think the billboards took care of the begging. If he's unhappy with the way things have gone, then he probably is already gone. I don't think that's the case.
I do believe he was considering leaving, depending on what other teams do/did in free agency. Lucky for us, Danny Ainge is busy shooting an episode of hoarders, where they find him locked up in a trailer, buried under a stack of newspapers and draft picks.
All we need is DL, and even then, I doubt any amount of word artistry is going to convince him our situation is better than he can already see for himself.
If Gordon leaves, it's clearly due to other factors, such as the wife and in-laws wanting him to live somewhere else.
Jazz have done all they can.