D-News had a good article on Gordon Hayward. Interesting comments by Kevin Durant.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700124435/Utah-Jazz-Teammates-opponents-see-improving-Gordon-Hayward-as-special.html?s_cid=rss-43

Here are a few stats on Gordon Hayward that the D-News didn't run. Given Hayward’s lack of playing time early in the season in Sloan’s “rookies shouldn’t play system” and his slow start due to D-Will’s confidence boosting management style, these stats are excellent.

FG% among rookies for the season

Hayward 2nd

3pt percentage among rookies who have shot more than 40 3pt attempts for the season

Hayward 1st

Among ALL small forwards in the NBA (approximately 84 of them) in true shooting percentage which includes 3 pt, 2 pt and free throws

Hayward 25th Miles 51st

In true shooting percentage for ALL NBA players

Hayward 108th overall Miles 159th

Among ALL NBA players (approximately 450 of them) 3pt shots for players having taken more than 40 3pt shots

Hayward 5th

Overall FG% among all NBA players

Hayward 184th Miles 332nd Bell 331st Millsap 55th D-Will 45th

Kyle Korver FG% 0.437 Hayward 0.455 Kirilenko 0.467


Hayward is the 24th best rookie in assists and the 3rd best rookie SF. Among all SF’s in the league he’s 45th. He’s also 45th in blocked shots among all SF in the league, and he’s the 6th best shot blocker among the 12 rookie small forwards drafted in 2010 and still playing. He’s 5th in steals among rookie SF’s, and he’s 5th in rebounds among rookie SF’s. He’s 6th among rookie SF free throw shooters.

Looking at the composite of where Hayward ranks in FG%, 3pt%, steals, assists and rebounds, he's got one of most complete games of all rookies in the 2010 draft that made it. Sure bigs shoot a higher percentage and rebound better. They're sitting under the basket. It's the overall game that's the key, and Hayward's got a really good one.

Here's how he compares to other rookies in the 2010 draft.

Xavier Henry, Ed Davis, Landry Fields, Jordan Crawford

Davis         drafted  13th       position PF  college Soph

Fields        drafted 39th        position SG    college Senior

Hayward   drafted 9th          position   SF    college Soph

Henry        drafted 12th        position SG      college Freshman

Crawford   drafted 27th       position  SG    college Soph 

 FG%

 Davis  6th       

Fields  18th            

Hayward 22nd

Henry 41st         

Crawford 50th   

 3pt Field Goals at Least 40 shots

 Hayward 1st

Fields 7th

Crawford 23rd

Henry 31st

Davis    not on list   PF’s don’t usually shoot 3’s

 Assists

 Crawford  7th

Fields  10th

Hayward  24th

Davis 34th

Henry 39th

 Rebounds

 Davis 4th

Fields 5th

Crawford 28th

Hayward 34th

Henry 50th

 Steals

 Fields  7th

Crawford 8th

Davis 17th

Hayward 23rd

Henry 38th

 Blocks

 Davis 3rd

Hayward 29th

Fields 34th

Crawford  46th

Henry  48th

 Fouls

 Davis  5th

Fields 27th

Hayward 29th

Crawford 31st

Henry 33rd

 Turnovers

 Henry 15th

Davis  26th

Hayward 42nd

Fields 56th

Crawford 61

 Free Throws

 Crawford  4th

Fields 14th

Hayward 30th

Henry 40th

Davis 49th

 Minutes

 Fields   3rd

Davis 7th

Crawford 10th

Hayward 22nd

Henry  26th