Originally Posted by
MichaelMcNamara
I mean, Zion is a pretty big addition that you cant just write off. Thats 32-34 mpg at the only position Willie feels comfortable playing Hayes at. You also need to get TM3 more minutes and Nance was fresh off a surgery and had no practice time if we are talking Suns series. Thats at least 40 more minutes needed right there. Where are they coming from? Graham no doubt (who got 10mpg in that series). Still need to cut 30 more. Naji got about 9 a game. Next candidate would clearly be Hayes, who got 14 per game.
I got Hayes as the 10th man going into the season. But as a matchup 10th man, meaning that yes, Willie will almost always play 10, but against smaller teams Naji or Dyson might be that 10th
Of course when Zion rests or JV has a game or two off, Hayes will be a sure fire rotation guy. But that is a rotation player via circumstance, not a rotation player IMO. Willie has played about 840 minutes each of the last 2 seasons in that role. Thats what I would set the Hayes over/under minutes at.