641. Hayward, the Resentful Woman

Hayward is making a strong appeal to Jazz management for help, for help.

But the lord didn't listen!

Their owner, Mr. George Miller, lost his father at a young age and had no interest in managing the Jazz team, or rather didn't even want to touch the team, and left it to the general manager, his sixth grandfather, Greg Miller, to separate the team's assets from the family's assets, leaving Greg Miller to take care of his own profits and losses......

The Jazz are probably the most casual team in the league, which has something to do with the Jazz's owner's family's obsession with the NBA, basketball, and the bad luck that can happen when they encounter the NBA.

The Miller family, the owners of the Jazz, bought the Jazz in 2003 after the postman Malone group broke up, and they genuinely love basketball.

The Miller family is one of the famous car sales channels in the United States, they have no actual product output, but their annual sales turnover has reached nearly 10 billion, and the annual income of the Miller family has reached an astonishing 480 million after all costs and taxes, which is the most advanced income among the owners of all teams in the NBA.

But the Miller family has been in bad luck since they bought the Jazz, and in 2005 their head of the family, Kevin Miller, passed away at the age of 65, after which his younger brother Larry Miller took over the family business.

In 2007, Larry Miller's last wife, who was only 39 years old, died, and then Larry Brown became seriously ill and died in 2009 at the age of 64.

Then Larry Miller's son, Roger Miller, who was only 45 years old, died in 2013, and George Miller, who was only 21 years old, took over the family.

At this time, no one in the entire Miller family is willing to be the patriarch of the family, and since this position has been related to the Jazz, whoever sits will die!

But they were really reluctant to sell an NBA team, and their whole family loved basketball.

So, after several reminiscences, it was finally decided to elect the Jazz management by drawing lots, poor old man Greg Miller became the big boss of the Jazz, and then George Miller decisively separated the Jazz from the family business, which was almost equivalent to giving the Jazz to Greg Miller......

So, the biggest headache for the Jazz general manager, Mr. Greg Miller, is...... No money.

Yes, there is no money, and the Jazz are not particularly profitable teams, because they can't make the playoffs, so the income is relatively fixed, and they must operate well to control the salary below the luxury tax threshold to ensure that there is a profit, to ensure the normal payment of player salaries, and the salaries of staff can be paid on time.

And the Jazz have really controlled their salaries well since they were taken over by Greg Miller in the last three years, and they will only reach the salary cap by a little bit, and they will make a profit every year.

However, as a result, the Jazz, who had already made the playoffs in 2012, never made the playoffs again......

The Jazz team is really not bad, but there has been the same problem in recent years, that is, the young players on the team can't keep after their rookie contracts end.

Because...... No money to renew.

Now the Jazz team has only one player with an annual salary of more than 15 million, only one player with an annual salary of more than 10 million, and only one player with an annual salary of more than 9 million......

This player is Gordon Hayward, and the second on the Jazz salary list is Derrick Favors, a 10,000-year potential man who signed a four-year, 38 million contract extension last summer, with a salary of 8.8 million in the first year of his new contract.

This made Hayward very unhappy, Enes Kanter, who played very well last season, was sent to the Thunder by the Jazz almost for nothing because the contract extension price was too expensive, because Kanter's asking price was 70 million for 5 years, and the Jazz were only willing to give a price of less than 40 million for 4 years.

So, Derrick Favors became the Jazz's chosen spare tire and then continued to be his 10,000-year-old potential man.

However, Jazz's strength is really not bad!

There are a lot of potential young people, and it's time to cash in on their talents, with six players averaging more than 12 points per game this year, and the Jazz have a 50% win rate, with a 21-21 record now ranked ninth in the West.

But there is no money......

At this point, it is time to talk about the different views and ideas of two different people facing the same thing.

Hayward was very dissatisfied, feeling that the Jazz were delaying his future, and in the 2014 offseason, the Jazz were unwilling to give Hayward a maximum salary offer, but gave a qualification offer, allowing the free market to test Hayward's worth, no way, no money!

As a result, Mr. Joe, who was still called the Wasp of the Bobcat at that time, threw a 4-year maximum salary of 64 million to Hayward, and the starting salary at that time was more than 14 million......

Then the Jazz were forced to match the four-year, $64 million contract and keep Hayward.

The Jazz team was actually unwilling, because after the 2013-2014 season, Hayward's statistics were only 16 points per game, although there were 5 points and 5 boards, but many fans only watched the score, and some management was too, which made Hayward feel very hurt and began to be dissatisfied with the Jazz.

Then in the second year of his new contract, that is, this season, Hayward averaged 22 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists per game, becoming one of the few small forwards in the league, but the team let go of those powerful young players one by one, making Hayward feel that the management was against him.

However, the idea is completely different from Greg Miller, the general manager of the thrifty family, Greg Miller has been saving money for more than two years before, and he will continue to save money this year, because next season, the salary cap will rise sharply, and he Greg Miller is ready to do a big job, put all the remaining team cash saved in previous years into next season, plus this year's soaring income, accumulate more than 100 million salaries for next season, dig in the free market, want to rush directly into the playoffs, and even go further in the playoffs, Let the Jazz be a money-making team, so that they can stay strong in the playoffs and even the second round in the future, and it is not impossible to look at the Western Conference finals.

And the owner and the player are unlikely to be on the same page, and Greg Miller is not very good at communicating with the player, which then gives Hayward a very uncomfortable feeling.

Thereupon...... The Lakers saw a Hayward who played like a resentful woman, and the Jazz lacked Kanter on the inside, leaving only Derrick Favors with scoring ability, Trevor Booker and Gobert...... Except for dunks, there is little ability to score.

Hood on the perimeter, along with Alec Burks and Trey Burke, are all players who need to be created to score, so Hayward can only continue to live with his five years and now his sixth year as a father and mother.

Hayward supported the Jazz to move forward, but he supported the Jazz to play a dozen Grizzlies, Pelicans, Mavericks, and other ordinary playoff teams, even if he played the Clippers and Thunder, there was a certain possibility of winning, but playing the Lakers...... Hayward could only continue to be a resentful woman......