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#6 Gordon Hayward
It’s fair to wonder what type of impact Hayward will make in 2018-19, given the nature of the injury the former Jazz All-Star suffered just 5 minutes into his regular season debut for the Shamrock Greens. But he has done enough through the course of his career to merit a positive outlook for the upcoming season, and it's unlikely that he'll be anything less than a top 10 wing at worst this year.
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The season before last, Gordon Hayward had the best year of his career and was clearly one of the top 5 or 6 swingmen in the NBA. The former Brad Stevens protege at Butler University averaged 21.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2.0 three-pointers per contest on 47.1/39.8/84.4 shooting splits, ranking Top 25 in both VORP and BPM.
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Hayward is still not fit enough to play heavy minutes at the start of the season given how rusty he looked in preseason action, but health permitting, he will justify this ranking by the end of the season.
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