Hayward is better than George, soon you shall see. Hayward is a very special player that has been under utilized, but his time is coming, and hopefully these ungrateful posts will cease. Don't get me wrong, George is great, will be a very good player, but I still think Hayward will be better. Hayward has been the kind of player that has sacrificed himself for the good of his team, the kind of **** that doesn't show up on stat sheets. Post injury, Hayward went on a rampage, and that was as the 4th, sometimes 5th option in the offense. A lot of his contributions don't show up on a stat sheet. He is the guy that helps to get our offense into position (when we didn't run Alfense), but didn't necessarily get the assist, he was the guy who made the pass before that allowed for the easy assist --the kind of IQ you can't teach.
I really think that if Hayward gets bumped up in the offense pecking order, and gets his minutes next year (which the F/O has indicated), a lot of people will be singing a different tune about him.
As for Burks, I love him, but I don't think, as of now (and this is Corbin and the F/O's fault for screwing up his development), is as good as Leonard. I think Burks has a different game though, and we've seen glimpses of greatness when he was getting consistent minutes when Mo was injured, but then we saw some desperate plays from him when he wasn't getting regular minutes. I don't want to judge his potential yet, because I don't think he, or Kevin Murphy, or Jeremy Evans, or Kanter, have been given anywhere near the kind of minutes necessary to develop their games.
