10-22-2024, 09:49 AM
(10-22-2024, 12:26 AM)F Gump Wrote: This is not a bargain, based on Hardy's track record to date. He's still a 3rd stringer. He was mediocre as a rookie and his shooting numbers regressed last year (he also was used fewer mpg in yr 2 than as a rookie, which is informative). He is allergic to playing defense. He has a few good moments that are offset by a whole lot of mediocre ones.
Those are the sort of things that get you somewhere between minimum and twice that amount.
The contract tells the truth. Both sides saw it as a bit of an overpay, which the Mavs were willing to offer in exchange for an agreement by Hardy to have a TO (because an overpay to some degree is how a TO gets done). But it also tells us that neither the Mavs nor JH must see some sort of breakout about to happen, and if that's the case, why are they wasting 5.5-6M a year on a player who isn't good enough to get into the rotation?.
This is an interesting take. They agreed on a reasonable deal so neither side thinks he has huge upside so what was the point of signing him to begin with? Are you happy with any signing they make? It seems like you only want to pay guys in their early 20s for what they have done. I'm curious where you came down on the Brunson extension discussion a year before he walked.