07-09-2023, 06:11 AM
(07-09-2023, 03:03 AM)Dundalis Wrote: One thing I will say about the Hardy v Wallace discussion, is Hardy was guarded by someone who will likely be in all NBA defensive teams. Wallace was not (except when OMax was on him who did a good job). Wallace will always be the better two way player, but offensively I still think Hardy is going to be a monster and more than just the microwave scorer people think his ceiling is. No understanding of people who think he should give up on developing point guard skills when we are only into his second year in the NBA. Do people really think if you don't have those skills down after 1 year then that's it? Like Luka scale development is normal? I don't think that's how player development works. Not everyone (no one) is Luka. Some players take a few years to actually develop into something approaching the finished product.I think you master the scoring part first and then the passing instincts eventually kick in or they don´t. Forcing the issue especially in SL can just be confusing. Let him develop into a multi-dimensional scorer first and then the rest of his game will follow. Especially when you have Luka and Kyrie, so PG skills aren´t that important right now. We saw it with Brunson. He is not a pure PG either. He developed his scoring, mid-range, rim often with a bit of tunnel vision, but incredible efficiency. And now he´s showing a little more of PG skills in New York. But when he entered the league (two years older than Hardy already), he was more polished scorer than passer. Whenver they tried to force court-vision onto him, he lost track of the ball and turned it over, while scanning the court for options. Let him master his "selfish-ness" first.