04-14-2024, 06:12 PM
(04-14-2024, 06:03 PM)fifteenth Wrote: It's hard to make any judgements about the bottom seven of a roster having to play a game against a real live NBA team. Unless you're elite in the NBA you pretty much have to have a role to be effective. Asking any of those guys to lead a unit is a recipe for an arse whoop'n. Maybe some of the bottom 7 could have some success if you at least had a point guard on the floor. They didn't even have that. Timmy can't lead a team of outside the rotation folks against a real NBA team. He needs to be one of the guys people are passing too. Hardy is even further away from being able to do that than Timmy. And folks like OMax don't really have a chance to be successful unless they are just fitting in with folks who can take on more responsibility. Meaningless game.
The only person this game might say something about is Hardy. And that's just to reinforce that if he becomes something, it will be in a supporting role. We already knew that about Timmy.
Methinks that Timmy and Hardy's supporting roles this postseason will be in supporting Dwight's towel-waving. Kidd has wised up.
Hardy has as much of a chance to become a usable player as DSJ. While becoming a useful defender seems improbable for Hardy right now, the same could absolutely have been said of DSJ in his first two seasons. On offense, Hardy could be a very usable bench player if he focused only on 1) catch and shoot, and 2) Green-style hockey assist passes. He's a decent passer when he actually does it.