Preseason Game 2: Charlotte Hornets (0-2) vs. Dallas Mavericks (1-0) | 7:30pm CST

[F Gump]

Once again out of desperation they are trying to make Hardy a PG, when he´s probably a 40% 3pt SG offensively, if they stopped messing around with his confidence. He´s the 2nd best (currently healthy) 3pt shooter on the team with the worst AST/TO ratio on the team. How the f*** he still does anything, but catch and shoot threes or one escape dribble is an embarrassment to the coaching staff. They probably even be able to trade him, if they used him right for a season.

Good theory ^, but an utter lack of considering the bigger picture.

With the way the roster breaks down, there are ZERO - none, zero, zilch, nada - minutes for Hardy at the wings. At the 3, Flagg starts, and Naji and PJW also get minutes there. At the 2, Klay starts, and Flagg and Christie also get minutes. If you can't understand why Hardy isn't being used at SG, that's why -- he's no better than 4th string at each of the wings, all those guys are healthy, and in these practice games, all of them need to get playing time to develop some cohesion as a team.

On top of that reality, IN THIS GAME (and for the time being) there are wide open minutes at PG behind DAR. BW is out and so is Exum. Nembhard is not ready to play with the big boys and they want to keep him in his play-against-scrubs lane (for now). So if Hardy is going to ever learn and improve as a PG (if that's even possible), this is that opportunity to learn how to play PG on the court (if that's even possible). And let me say again, if he isn't playing PG, he isn't playing at all (except in the scrub-ball minutes).

There's no downside for it being tried for now. If it doesn't work, if he gets nothing from it, so be it. But if he gets a tiny bit of benefit, and the light bulb begins to go on, then that would be great.

So they are trying it. Once BW is ready to play, this window closes. While I agree he continues to look clueless in doing PG-y things, I am still hoping something clicks at some point.