Without any trace of a doubt, the Utah Jazz’s top priority this offseason is to find a way to retain All-Star and unrestricted free agent Gordon Hayward. As the team’s leading scorer and most talented available option at the position that the Jazz could realistically net this summer, losing him would be absolutely devastating and would without a doubt cause the Jazz to take a major step backwards.
One thing is for certain, though, the Hayward situation is about as simple as they come. Utah intends to re-sign him and pay him every penny he’s worth (the thought of him taking a discount is nice, but far from likely), so either the Jazz will be successful in doing so or he will opt to pursue greener pastures and leave the team that he has helped create high and dry.