(02-10-2024, 11:11 AM)StrandedOnBeauboisHill Wrote: https://x.com/shamscharania/status/1756347271682375681?s=46

Took a bigger role over money I guess.

(02-10-2024, 11:18 AM)BigDirk41 Wrote: Who's our next target?

(02-10-2024, 11:47 AM)Chicagojk Wrote: Tough to beat a team who plays at Crypto arena for Dinwiddie

(02-10-2024, 11:51 AM)KillerLeft Wrote: There’s absolutely no question that he has a bigger role waiting for him there, regardless of what anyone here says. 

He wasn’t going to take many, if any, minutes away from Hardaway. He wasn’t going to play ahead of Exum or Irving, despite being wonderful insurance for time that either of those guys missed. I’m pretty sure that the Lakers pitch was better than “Help us by filling in for Kai when he doesn’t play and fill for Dante while he’s out, too.” 

Honestly, it would’ve been a nice luxury to get him, but this is pretty low on the list of things to get in a twist over, imho.

(02-10-2024, 11:54 AM)BigDirk41 Wrote: Don't start being positive now

(02-10-2024, 11:57 AM)Mavs2021 Wrote: Does not bother me at all. Think the rotations make more sense this way. Hardy deserves a shot with a more vertically balanced line-up. Take a chance on another youngster to evaluate him up close until the summer. Rotation looks pretty set.

(02-10-2024, 11:57 AM)Mavs2021 Wrote: Does not bother me at all. Think the rotations make more sense this way. Hardy deserves a shot with a more vertically balanced line-up. Take a chance on another youngster to evaluate him up close until the summer. Rotation looks pretty set.

(02-10-2024, 12:08 PM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: My fear is that the more minutes Hardy gets, the more his trade value, such as it is, is going to plummet to nothingness.

(02-10-2024, 12:16 PM)Jason Terry Wrote: With Dinwiddie off the board it would be nice to see us convert a two way player into a standard contract to lock them up. Obviously only do this if we think we have something. It would be nice to have a few upside young players available for a small trade down the road

Or we could go the team chemistry route with Morris or someone else. Get another cheerleader

(02-10-2024, 09:44 AM)youzigizag Wrote: I mean...I not trying to be a frustrating poster here...

But SleepingHero mentioned guys that he thought would fail here but worked out and guys that he thought would work but didnt...

Very small sample size of players...but the common theme in the guys that worked out(Kyrie and College stud Lively)...is that they have talent, skill or both.

Nothing against you SleepingHero...but this is about basketball...to think that Kyrie would not work out is crazy talk to me.   They guy is a literal bball God...immensely skilled.   NBA starters need to have talent, skill or both...and size helps too. 

(02-10-2024, 12:13 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: Nah, he has been playing well lately. My only fear related to Hardy is that I kind of feel like it was a waste to make it past the deadline with both he and Hardaway here, specifically because he won’t get enough minutes to develop. I really felt like one of them had to go at the deadline – whichever made sense in the right deal.

(02-10-2024, 12:25 PM)Jason Terry Wrote: Hardy is Klutch. Seems like a good opportunity to do Rich Paul a solid and get him to a team where he can play and potentially get a real contract end of season 

Hardaway has been so good and he fits better after the moves. Plus if we made a big move, then who we trade for would likely replace Hardaway’s scoring. There’s no path for Hardy