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NBA: 5 Biggest Contracts of 2017 Free Agency
In the 2017 free agency, the NBA’s rising salary cap continued to help players land incredible contracts. Five of them, with Stephen Curry and Blake Griffin on the shortlist, signed $100 million deals, and even one, supermax $200 million contract. 5. Otto Porter, Washington Wizards: $106.5 million The Washington Wizards weren’t sure whether to hand […]
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Gordon Hayward Really F***ed Over the Utah Jazz
As the dust settles from last remaining big free agency question, one thing is clear: The Utah Jazz got shafted big time by Gordon Hayward choosing to leave and join the Boston Celtics. The timing, the decision itself, everything. Years in the making, of making good decisions, fell apart, leaving the team clutching at straws to remain relevant out West.
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NBA Rumors: Boston Celtics, Miami Heat & Utah Jazz Trying to Sign Gordon Hayward
One of the two biggest free agents possibly switching teams this offseason is Gordon Hayward. The Utah Jazz are obviously making a push to re-sign him and keep their project heading in the right direction. But the temptation from the East Coast, as both the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat attempt to lure him away, is difficult to ignore.
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NBA Rumors: Pacers & Jazz Hurt by Paul George & Gordon Hayward All-NBA Snubs
The league’s All-NBA teams for the 2016-2017 regular season did not include Paul George of the Indiana Pacers or Gordon Hayward of the Utah Jazz, which hampers their teams ability to offer them as big of a deal as they could have if their starts would have earned the recognition.
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NBA Rumors: Utah Jazz Good Enough to do More Than Just Make the Playoffs
During the offseason, we wrote about it’s now or never for the Utah Jazz. This is the season to make the playoffs and establish themselves as a rising force in the Western conference, or everything they’ve been building for the last few years will fall apart into the arms of another, long rebuild.
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Utah Jazz Preview: Playoffs or Bust
After four consecutive seasons of missing the playoffs, including one very close call in 2016, the Utah Jazz did the necessary changes in the offseason to put the team in an even better position to compete, adding Joe Johnson, Boris Diaw and George Hill to their core of Gordon Hayward, Rudy Gobert and Derrick Favors.
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NBA Rumors: Utah Jazz Have a 1-2 Years Max to Decide If They’re Serious Or Not
The Utah Jazz have built themselves a nice team with Gordon Hayward and Rudy Gobert the center of their pretty long rebuild, almost reaping some reward (making the playoffs) last season. However, a franchise that hates spending and fears the luxury tax like dogs avoid vacuum cleaners, a few tough decisions are coming up.
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Golden State Warriors – Trouble in Paradise
For the first time in over a month and for a third time overall this season, the Golden State Warriors have lost consecutive games, this time 110-100 to the Utah Jazz, led by a big night from Gordon Hayward and overall disregarding the defense that has made so many teams wither away through games very early.
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Miami Heat – Dwyane Wade Can’t Do This on His Own
It seems like Dwyane Wade is playing his best basketball in years, but when it’s without Chris Bosh or anyone else on the Miami Heat helping him out, it ended with a 105-87 home defeat to the Utah Jazz, led by the hot hand of Gordon Hayward.
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New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony Wasting Away His Prime
This season is looking more and more like the last if not worse. Carmelo Anthony is playing like the superstar he is, but he’s on a terrible New York Knicks team, once again losing narrowly, this time 100-102 to the Utah Jazz, enjoying their second buzzer beater of the season, this time with Trey Burke getting to be the hero.