11-03-2022, 01:26 PM
(11-03-2022, 12:27 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Dude didn't play for an entire year, and on top of that he missed out on all of the first year, new system chemistry that developed during his absence. I don't know if he'll ever get back to Carlisle's Hardaway, but I'm quite confident he'll work his way back to something much better than how he's looked during these first 7 games.
I do think it's fair to point out that he played 42 games in this system last year so we're nearly 50 games into a system. I'm all for folks playing themselves back into form but in Hardaway's case, you can look through his career numbers and the two Carlisle years just jump off the page. I just think that what we've seen over the first 7 games is exactly who he was for years before he got here so I'm beginning to lower my expectations on his future contributions.
To your point, there may be a team out there who views him as a valuable shooter but there are other times I think that list of teams starts and ends with Indiana.