10-22-2024, 09:41 AM
(10-22-2024, 02:01 AM)Mavs2021 Wrote: It´s amazing how great you are with the CBA, but how poorly you can translate it to the value of players and forward projections.
Here is a fun fact for you.
Year 2:
14 MPG
5.6 PPG
4.0 RPG
1.2 APG
49/29/63 shooting
Signed a 150/5 extension after year 3.
Hardy just completed year 2. He´s clearly the 4th guard with Exum out, maybe even the 3rd guard in the rotation given how awful Dinwiddie has looked and will see minutes accordingly. Furthermore we all know Luka and Kyrie will miss games. More minutes will likely translate to THJ numbers for Hardy. THJ earned 17M a year, which he signed against a much lower salary cap. 6M is a massive steal. It´s impossible for Hardy to underperform it, but in two months it could easily be one of the biggest value contracts in the league. It´s a great trade chip, too.
I'm not sure you should be throwing shade at other posters while continually comparing Hardy to better players. When it comes to player future projections, you seem to be the board optimist and Forrest is the pessimist.
I like the deal, especially with the team option, but it is possible for him to underperform it. If he continues to regress shooting, give up too many turnovers and play bad defense he could be a near unplayable negative on the court. I don't think that is going to happen, but it could. We have seen teams pay assets to get out from under contracts smaller than this with the new harsher CBA.