11-05-2024, 07:41 PM
(11-05-2024, 11:01 AM)omahen Wrote: Moves done by this FO in last two seasons were mostly great, but this move is becoming sort of confusing. They gave him a contract and after just one game cut his minutes to almost zero. You can't afford to have above vet min end of bench guy, imho. Either you play him or trade him (not resign him).
I don't think the extension should have come with a guarantee of minutes.
They took a gamble on the new deal. Most praised it (I was an outlier, because I thought it was an overpay for who he is, and hadn't seen progress). But now its up to Hardy to perform.
They are making him earn his minutes. When he sux, he plays less. He's been doing almost nothing but the meh stuff most games. His PER is a not-so-stellar 1.2. Yuck. So he sits a lot.
I don't blame any of that on the Mavs. And we just have to wait and see if he plays better. There's definitely an opening in the rotation for someone (Grimes isn't doing much better).