02-28-2025, 09:22 AM
It is just a shame Omax and Hardy didn't step up and meet this opportunity. Omax is such a great kid and he plays so hard. He is just so far away. Plays with no feel or purpose...just hard. I was hoping we would see some advancement of his basketball iq to match his effort. Just hasn't happened yet. He passes up way too many shots. Makes shots much more difficult then they should be. The threes he decides to let fly, his feet are not set properly and he rushes the shots. He needs to be ready to shoot. He has a nice pump fake, but no one falls for it right now. He really needs to get better going up strong and finishing in contact. Not giving up on him, but it just seems unlikely he is back next year with the coaching staff lack in trust with him.
Hardy is so much more disappointing. There were obvious holes in his game. I liked how the team tried to get him to improve on his weaknesses. It could be the difference in 50 million in career earnings if he can be a passable ball handler and defender. It just hasn't happened. He will still look good when he is making shots. He just hasn't made them since the trade deadline. But I am tired of seeing him entering games and immediatly take tough shots (that miss) and then provides nothing else. I am sure (at least i hope) there is a clear mandate what he needs to do to get more playing time. Shooting a shot a minute, is probably not high on the teams list. Also, in the past he has been one of the happier Mavs. Watching him on the bench now he looks like a zombie. Now, it could be he knows he is out of the rotation or that the team was desperately trying to move him. Still though, he has been so bad for the past few weeks.
At the moment the Hardy extension and the Omax draft pick are not looking like good Nico moves.
Hardy is so much more disappointing. There were obvious holes in his game. I liked how the team tried to get him to improve on his weaknesses. It could be the difference in 50 million in career earnings if he can be a passable ball handler and defender. It just hasn't happened. He will still look good when he is making shots. He just hasn't made them since the trade deadline. But I am tired of seeing him entering games and immediatly take tough shots (that miss) and then provides nothing else. I am sure (at least i hope) there is a clear mandate what he needs to do to get more playing time. Shooting a shot a minute, is probably not high on the teams list. Also, in the past he has been one of the happier Mavs. Watching him on the bench now he looks like a zombie. Now, it could be he knows he is out of the rotation or that the team was desperately trying to move him. Still though, he has been so bad for the past few weeks.
At the moment the Hardy extension and the Omax draft pick are not looking like good Nico moves.