NBA Rumors: Latest Buzz on Gordon Hayward, Potential Kevin Love Trade and More

September 5th, 2016 by Jared Johnson Leave a reply »

The NBA news cycle is rather dead now, as it always is in early September. But there is hope on the horizon. Training camps begin at the end of the month, which means lots of basketball news (and then actual basketball action) will be coming soon.

There have been some recent updates on a few notable players, however. Let's check in with the situations of Gordon Hayward, Kevin Love and Carl Landry.

   

Gordon Hayward

The Utah Jazz roster seems to be destined for great things, with several skilled, young players who fit together well. However, they'll soon have to start worrying about paying them all what they deserve.

Hayward is one of those guys, a 26-year-old small forward who is a multitalented fringe All-Star. He has a $16.7 million player option for the 2017-18 season, but the Salt Lake Tribune's Tony Jones said Hayward is expected to decline it and become a free agent next summer.



Hayward opting out of that deal is understandable. That $16.7 million he's slated to make in 2017-18 has him below the pay grades of Kent Bazemore ($16.9 million in that same seas ...

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