06-30-2025, 08:41 PM
(06-30-2025, 07:56 PM)mvossman Wrote: Don't really like the Brunson comp. Not in the ballpark of what Brunson had showed after 3 years. Most folks were on board with extending him the summer after that playoff. Nobody questioned extending him by the KP trade. We can't extend every young player that comes through here because they might be Brunson. Just have to be better at evaluation.
Brunson in my mind was clearly the second best player on the team even after the tough Clippers series. Small sample size, it happens, but he was good over the course of the season and showed real leadership capabilities. Hardy hasn’t shown anything since a few games in his rookie year. But, in fairness, $6 million isn’t close to what Brunson was looking at, even then. Hardy’s not a catastrophic signing. Just a disappointing player who failed to launch.