I realize that almost everyone wants to sign Gordon Hayward, but I'd like to look at the situation from another angle. Yes, Hayward and the front office there have no always been on good terms, and especially lately, but I'm not sure why he'd leave a team perhaps a piece or two away from being a championship squad, regardless of the Warriors.
Initially, and given that they really need a power forward and starting shooting guard, as Rodney Hood struggled to stay on the court this year, I was of the view that Horford could be a perfect fit, but on second thought, why not Paul Millsap and Arron Afflalo?
Millsap has already played and experienced success in Utah and is one of the few players with the size, skillset, speed, and strength needed to score against Draymond Green, always steps up in the playoffs, and has a game that should age very well, while Afflalo probably doesn't want to stick around for a rebuild, even though I'm only speculating, here, and also has plenty of postseason experience.
Additionally, the Jazz always seem to draft well and have cap space this summer even before Hayward opts out, so could they conceivably convince him to do so, go out and get Millsap, resign Hayward, George Hill and Ingles, and take Jawun Evans at 24 if he's still on the board as between Sean Marks, Masai Ujiri, and Kyle Lowry's impending free agency I cannot see him slipping by either club (but that's just me and I'm probably wrong, as usual) plus all of their other picks, because if so, that's definitely a team on the rise, in my estimation.
Thoughts?