Gordon Hayward played for the Jazz, Celtics, Hornets and OKC teams in his 14-year career in the NBA.
I remember he had his best seasons with the Utah Jazz. After the Utah Jazz, his career started to decline.
He felt he wasn't valued anymore. He played with the OKC but was not used. Things really changed after the injury for him; it was huge and affected his role. I see him in a similar situation with Deron Williams, who was also one of the best players for the Jazz before he got injured and traded, and after that, his career started to decline. So those players who have the skills have to be careful, as injury is a hard battle to win. Only a few win against it; to name one, it's PG, who recently secured a huge contract with the 76ers.
Indeed, more on how the player's determination to work on his injury with the technology nowadays it's possible to still be competitive same deal with how PG and Klay did, they rest and use that time to recover same deal with how KD works on his own injury when they comeback to the league they still show how good they are.
The value still good unlike with how Hayward, after his injury he didn't push his way just contented with a supporting role and just like what happened to his career last season where he mostly sit and being bench by OKC because of so many young talents.