01-09-2023, 11:23 AM
(01-09-2023, 10:10 AM)Branduil Wrote: The problem with THJ is you can't bench him or his play sinks like a rock, but he's not really good or consistent enough to be a starter. At least not on this team. And as long as he's here he'll be blocking guys like Green or Hardy from starting.
I don’t agree that what’s best for Green or Hardy is to remove all players ahead of them in the pecking order, but I think there’s some validity to your “can’t bench THJ, and he’s not quite good enough as a starter” point. That, essentially, is the issue with him.
In order to move him, however, I feel pretty strongly that you need to replace him, and not by outright gifting a kid a role he hasn’t quite earned yet. Green has earned a role, for sure, but it’s a much different role than the one Hardaway has, and while Hardy’s skill set might actually be a solution to replacing Hardaway at some point, he’s not ready.