Luka Dealt to Lakers: Nico Harrison is a Basketball Terrorist

[SleepingHero]

Why do you think the Hardy deal will be something so terrible?  To me, that contract is an asset - $6 million a year for a young scorer isn't much at all.  I know he's not playing right now, but he's still averaging almost 10 a game when he does in limited minutes.  

Pretty sure they could flip that contract into draft picks pretty easily if they wanted to...but he's now in the group of cost control, which Nico seems to be looking for.

In todays NBA world where every dollar matters, devoting even 5% of your cap to a one dimensional guy who doesn’t really play defense, can’t pass, can’t really dribble, but can score a lot isn’t very appetizing.

Any team who trades for Hardy is going to hope they can still mold him. Because right now he’s barely an NBA player. He’s about as polished of a scorer as they come, but it doesn’t really matter if he can’t work within a team.