Hayward finished 1-for-17 from the field (he made a layup off an offensive rebound), completing not only the worst shooting performance of his career but also one of the worst volume shooting performances in modern NBA history. The 23-year-old swingman was a single attempt short of securing a comfy spot in basketball lore. According to Basketball-Reference, the standing record* for most field-goal attempts with one make or fewer belongs to one Chris Bosh, who went 1-of-18 for Miami against Chicago on Feb. 24, 2011. Also sharing Hayward’s 17-attempt plateau are Jason Kidd (1-of-17 in 2002), Tim Hardaway (0-for-17 in 1991) and Quentin Richardson (1-of-17 in 2004).
Does that look like I made it up? THAT's who you want over DeMar? Sorry. HELL NO.
Also, the pool selection for USA basketball was bizarre. There were at least 4 wings miles ahead of Hayward by any statistical measure that didn't get selected... Ugh. Don't get me started. They weighted it way too far towards bigs when traditional 5s don't do well in international ball. The whole thing was weird.
EDIT: That performance was this season.
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