Trade & FA 2024-25:

[KillerLeft]

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.

I think this puts way too much emphasis on counting-style stats, and not enough on role/fit/playstyle, whatever. The Mavs are looking for a specific type of player to do specific things.

I agree with you that Hardy is a great prospect, but I think it’s also disingenuous to prioritize how good a prospect is over something that could conceivably help your team right now. You and I can be big Hardy fans, and we are, but to this point, he has not even been a rotation player here. If they trade for Grimes, they will obviously view him as such right out of the gate.

I’m not TRYING to move Hardy for anybody, if it’s up to me. I can tell you that I would rather include Hardy in any deal than an unprotected first in 2031.