Yeah, I think Hayes showed he belongs and raised his likely floor, which is not something you typically do as a rookie one game into summer league, but he did it for me. And he did silence my worst concerns.

That said he has a long way to go. Rebounding, court IQ, offensive skillsets, jump shot, all need work. To the point, I wonder if that 74% FT% is going to be misleading like Lonzo's was coming into the league.

I think the better argument in defense of the move back from 4 is NAW. He just looks really good from a skillset perspective. Way better than I gave him credit for, one summer league game or not.

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Posted by LosLobos111

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Posted on 7/9/19 at 7:51 am to Bronc

He hit 6 of his last 7(or 8) FTs he took last night

It a bit of work but it's certainly serviceable enough

Agreed on NAW

This post was edited on 7/9/19 at 7:52 am

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Posted by GOP_Tiger

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Posted on 7/9/19 at 8:07 am to Bronc

quote:
Hayes showed he belongs and raised his likely floor

That's a really good way to put it.

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Posted by landrywasbeast30

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Posted on 7/9/19 at 12:02 pm to Bronc

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Yeah, I think Hayes showed he belongs and raised his likely floor, which is not something you typically do as a rookie one game into summer league, but he did it for me. And he did silence my worst concerns.

I thought he looked great. The only reason I even brought up the negative stuff was because the person who started this thread tried acting like this was a slap in the face to people like me.

He dunked the ball and blocked shots. No one questioned his ability in those areas. And as I pointed out, the guys around him were draining 3’s. If anything, this game proved me right as for as my argument about how players fit together.

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