re: Jaxson Hayes

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His improvement makes the Adams extension feel so much worse.

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would you rather have not done anything with Adams and he just be a one year rental? We kind of had to give him some kind of extension b/c of what we gave up to get him.

We can trade him to a team that will want what he brings, either in the offseason or at the trade deadline. I would bet there will be some large TPE's after this offseason that his $17M will fit into. I would think that the Nets and the Clippers would love to have him as they would love to have a guy that will do all the dirty work and never take any shot away from their stars. The best thing that could happen this year is the 76ers beat the Nets b/c of Embiid, and the Clippers lose to Denver b/c of Jokic, or even to the Lakers b/c of AD/Drummond, thus lamenting the fact that they have to get a big that can defend those guys effectively, and Adams has proven he can do that.

I think the biggest thing Jaxson needs to work on in the offseason isn't shooting, but defending high quality bigs lke Jokic and Embiid without fouling. No one is going to expect him to shut those guys down. Play smart defense, try to make things difficult on them, and don't foul. Use your hustle and energy running the floor and going after rebounds to combat what they will do to you offensively in the half court. We've seen him be a much better rim defender lately without fouling. For the stupid defense we run, we absolutely have to have an elite rim defender for it to work.