The rise of Sir Utah, by chance and necessity, was 34 wins and 20 losses, fourth in the West, and many years ago, only afraid that Hayward himself could not think of it. Once upon a time, the Jazz team, in the minds of many people, was a low-end version of the Spurs, they were tough and low-key, not in the limelight, not idle, and put all their energy into winning, since the departure of the old Jazz people of Delong, Boozer, and Kirilenko, they entered a years-long trough, the effort was still the same, but the talent was limited, and they have not been able to break out of the quagmire.
Utah Jazz originally had an excellent pedigree, when they were extremely lacking in talent and stars, they were not the kind of team that focused on taking the draft picks, and everyone should remember Hayward's feat of single-handedly defeating the Big Three Heat and finally killing the opponent, which was originally a team full of tough guy temperament, the situation was even worse, people were once also famous Western powers, temperament and heritage there, as long as there is an opportunity, you can make a comeback at any time. When other teams squandered U.S. dollar bills to buy and sell star players, betting on the future today, the Jazz were like an old farmer in the West, silent, meticulous, and muffled to make a fortune.
When everyone's attention is focused on the Warriors, Cavaliers, Clippers, Rockets and other popular teams, the Jazz also quietly completed the team's rebuilding work, and now, they have a strong starting lineup such as Hill, Joe Johnson, Hayward, Favors, Gobert, and the bench also has players such as Exam, Burks, Hood, Lyles, and Dior, and the depth of the lineup and the reasonable personnel structure are counted in the league.
This season, just as Hayward continued to improve, bringing in strong point guard George Hill and Gobert became the best interior defender in the league, the Utah Jazz was reborn and went by the way. The master is trained, the good team is also polished year by year, not in a hurry, not to kill chickens and eggs, one day there will be a return, if such a disciplined, simple personnel, playing hard team like jazz can not rise, then it is called no heavenly reason. There aren't that many Clevelands in the world, and most teams have to work their own if they want to get a good record.
Gordon Hayward was originally the least existential leader on the team, but this was his most existential season, this season Hayward was selected as an All-Star for the first time, scoring 30+ points in eight times in the season to set a new career record. The big boy in the league who is the most adept at esports (and probably the most beautiful), and who doesn't even pay attention to watching the children play games, has really become the king of the new Jazz in Salt Lake City.
He's always been the cutest star in Salt Lake City, once joking: "I'm the king of heads-ups in the league, what Kobe, Durant, Harden are not my opponents, LeBron James?" I let him have a hand! "Actually, this kid is talking about dota. He is an esports game obsessive, and it is said that the rank is quite high, and the whole Jazz team, and even the whole league, may not have anyone to be his opponent. Everyone actually underestimated his competitive spirit in the NBA arena, and after he released the theology of "single-handedly picking the world first", it was indeed in the NBA arena that killed James's Heat, which can be called a word.
The Celtics' current head coach, Stevens, was once his college basketball coach, "and he's improving every year." When we recruited him, he was just a tennis player, very thin, and couldn't do anything on the court. And today he played very versatile and became a great player. "He used to be really a very talented player, skinny, with too short an arm span and almost nothing but toughness. But he idolized Ginobili during college, aspired to be a brilliant white player, and his style of playing was as fierce as that of young Manu, and he could hold the ball and smash it on the defender's head without a word.
Hayward has scored eight 30+s this season, Hayward has had seven 30+s in 2014-15 and three 30+s in 2013-14 and 2015-16. He averaged 22.2 points, 5.7 rebounds, 3.5 assists per game and shot 46.5 percent from the field, 39.7 percent from three-point range and 87.1 percent from the free throw line. Only five people in the league can play with such statistics with a true shooting rate of more than 60 percent: LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Cowy Leonard, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Gordon Hayward. His stats for the past three games are 30 points, 6.3 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, shooting 65% + 47% + 81%, which is already the level of the league's top star, and the All-Star is well deserved.
In the time to come, as long as he stays healthy and improves, he will stand side by side with Kawaii, Durant, James, Antetokounmpo and others, becoming one of the league's iconic icons.