Gordon Hayward also has a special place on the 76ers.

This white small forward, known in the NCAA since college, in tiny Butler University, this guy, along with his teacher Brad Stevens, created a dark horse miracle!

In the NCAA Finals last year, if it wasn't for the three-point shot that smashed out of the frame at the last moment, then Duke's championship would have been Butler's, and the fame of Hayward and Stevens would have been even greater!

Of course, although his career in the NCAA is a bit of a pity, Hayward was also selected into the NBA with a high position, and the No. 9 rookie is definitely not low.

Although, he hasn't played a game for the team before he was traded, which is really not a very happy thing as a lottery show.

But we can't deny Hayward's ability because of this, as a flank finisher, Hayward definitely has strength.

Moreover, although he was traded, he was traded to his mentor Stevens, which is not only not a bad thing, but a good thing for him.

It also turned out that it was a good thing that he was traded to the 76ers.

Under his mentor, Hayward got a lot of opportunities, in the end, it was his own lineage, Stevens must have given some convenience, especially in order to make him grow up quickly, Stevens had good intentions, and last season he had been letting Hayward accept the abuse of various people in the small forward position.

Although Hayward was mistreated at the beginning, as time went on, at least Hayward's mentality was very good, if nothing else.

At present, the top few small forwards in the league have already abused Hayward to varying degrees, and there is no worse outcome for him.

Of course, Hayward proved himself at the end of last season, he was as big as possible in the second half of last season, although he was still abused against the league's top small forwards, but against the average team's starters, he has not fallen behind.

He's growing into a trusted second leader for the Philadelphia 76ers!

Last season's final rookie team also proved that Hayward is really good, and with the team sitting on the rookie of the best, he also played at a level that suited his value, so Philadelphia locals are willing to look at Hayward as one of the team's future cores.

Of course, with Han Miao here, Hayward will inevitably be pulled out for comparison last season, especially when Hayward was abused, many media also ridiculed him, saying that he couldn't do it, and he could only rely on the coach to be his mentor.

At that time, Hayward was not much better off than Thompson is now.

However, he survived.

Therefore, when he felt that Thompson had some emotional problems, Han Miao gave Hayward a glorious and arduous mission - to save the mentally lost teenager!

Ahem, abbreviated - mouth escape.

"You know when I played with Han last year, he was already showing the shadow of a super defender and playing really well in every game."

Hayward was chatting with Thompson at this moment, and the first move was to pour bitter water and close the distance between them.

"At that time, everyone said how good Han was, he was a talented rookie on point guard, and his average of 20+10 per game was the same as eating and drinking."

"What about me? No one noticed, at most, that James, Durant, Anthony, and others would piggyback on me when they beat up the 76ers' rookie small forward in the game. ”

"I'm also a rookie No. 9? How can I say that I used to be a character with a head and a face, do you think I felt good at that time? ”

Thompson didn't make a statement, but listened silently, he knew that Hayward didn't need to lie, it was true that Han Miao's name could often be seen in the media at the beginning of the season last year, but Hayward ...... Largely forgotten.

"Later, I was thinking, am I really not as good as Han? Why can he adapt to the pace of the NBA faster than I do? ”

Come and come, the second trick - reasonable analysis and find the root cause of the contradiction.

"I thought about it for a long time, and then I had to admit that indeed, I was not as talented as Han. However, even if there is a gap in talent, I will not perform so badly! ”

Hayward's face showed a deep expression in time, this kind of moment, is to have a feeling of reminiscing about the difficult life of the past!

"At that time, I trained all day and coped with it, because I always felt that the coach was my mentor, the core of the team was my good buddy, and I had a girlfriend with a good relationship and a passable contract, so what else did I work on? Is it okay to get by? So I'd rather play games every day than practice more, and sometimes I don't want to be in the limelight on the court, anyway, as long as I score about 10 points in each game, I can mess around, so what am I trying to do? ”

"Senior, you really thought about it that way?"