It’s crazy to think about — even now, the most bitter Utah Jazz fan might have a hard time saying — but it may just be true…
The premise: Joe Ingles has passed Gordon Hayward up in the hierarchy of NBA small forwards.
Wild, right? After all, it was only a few, short years ago that Ingles was a virtual unknown from the Land Down Under who finagled his way into a deal with the Jazz after the LA Clippers had sent him packing in the preseason.
At the time, it seemed his only functions on the team were to A) babysit Dante Exum and B) provide emergency depth behind Hayward, the go-to guy.