Gordon Hayward, their best player in a decade, left the franchise to reunite with his college coach in Boston. The team wasn’t completely lost- they still had Rudy Gobert, the runner up for defensive player of the year before. They had other interesting players such as Rodney hood, who was supposedly going to take over the lead scoring role Hayward vacated, and Derrick Favors, the talented but oft-injured big man whose fit next to Gobert was always a question. They had Ricky Rubio, brought in to try and keep Hayward, a phenomenal passer whose lack of a jump shot always left people questioning his fit in the modern NBA.
Chaotic Thunder, Smooth Jazz: Your First Round Playoff Preview
