Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

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At best re PG, Hardy will be a combo guard, heavy on the SG part of that combo.  With J.Green and Kyrie ahead of him (not to mention Luika), and his complete lack of defense, 6th man combo guard is his predictable role for the Mavs.  I see him as J.Terry with less PG skills.  J.Clarkson.  J.Poole.  J.Crawford.  He was a 2ndRnd pick.  Those comps are nothing to sneeze at.

Luka being a point SF/PF gives us so much flexibility in the backcourt.

Yep, I've made all the same comps. This is nothing new, and doesn't really address the conversation I was having. 

The Mavs (not me) seem to be encouraging him in a PG direction. I kind of get it, since I don't think they can justify playing him ahead of THJ and/or Curry. I think they were hoping he could get into the rotation in a role similar to the one Dan was describing earlier for Tyler Herro, and that's not pie-in-the-sky thinking, since PG is almost always a score first role in the current game. Heck, all three of the players you mentioned: Clarkson, Poole and Crawford CAN play PG. That's my whole point, not that he must become a PG, but that he has to do SOME of those things in order to effectively play the role you're describing.