12-28-2023, 12:55 PM
(12-27-2023, 03:19 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: Nah. You are not giving up Hardy, because you chose to sign Powell, but not Goga or Bamba. That would be just doubling down on your own gross negligence again. And yes I call it that. Nobody could have seen Lively coming and this team is 1-5 without him. We´d have headed straight for the lottery
What if Hardy is a Reggie Bullock and doesn´t get going until January? What if it´s just a sophomore slump. That´s just as likely as last season´s shooting being a fluke.
I agree they missed some opportunities for better signings than Powell, but what's done is done. I think if they can deal Hardy and get better, they should do it. To be honest, I wasn't a huge fan of the Hardy pick from the beginning. He got my hopes up towards the end of last year, but when the current roster gets healthy he'll likely be getting DNP's.
Hardy's ceiling seems pretty limited to me. Undersized gunners who can't defend aren't exactly a hot commodity. The Mavs recognized that and tried to shoehorn him into more of a playmaking role starting in summer league, which was a complete failure. Maybe he remembers how to shoot at some point this season, but even then he's just a smaller THJ.