Trade & FA 2024-25:

[Mavs2021]

I’m a Hardy believer, too, but the thing with him is that this is it for his rookie deal - last year, I think. Like OKC just did with Giddey (different tier of player, obvs), if the Mavs don’t move Hardy now or at the deadline, they’re kind of stuck negotiating/paying him, whether they want to or not. Once they do, he might not seem nearly as valuable. 

If he’s here, I hope they give him a steady 15-22 minute role. If they move him, it won’t surprise me, for that specific reason.

Well since I did it for Grimes and Nwora. Let´s just add Hardy.


Grimes career /Nwora career / Hardy career

Age 24 / 25 / 21
Points 8.5 / 7.6 / 7.9
Rebounds 2.5 / 3.2 / 1.8
Assists 1.5 / 1.0 / 1.4
Steals 0.7 / 0.4 / 0.3
Blocks 0.3 / 0.2 / 0.1
Shooting 42.8 / 43.3 / 42.0
3pt FG% 37.1 / 37.6 / 37.9
FT 77.2 / 80.7 / 80.0
Minutes 23.4 / 16.3 / 14.0

I don´t think it makes any sense to trade Hardy for Grimes. That be nuts. 

They have all played some small-ish play-off minutes for relevant teams (Milwaukee/Dallas/New York). Only Hardy´s shooting held up, the others dropped like stones.

Hardy 43/41/73 (19 games, NBA finals)
Nwora 22/17/56 (13 games, NBA championship)
Grimes 30/24/82 (9 games, six starts, 2nd round)

Hardy is easily the best prospect/asset out of these. We simply have to play him at SG at 25MPG and see what he can do before we make a decision to trade him. 

If I had to make a decision now on Hardy, I´d rather extend him before I trade him for a Grimes/THJ contract package.