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

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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.

I was a pretty big Hardy fan the first few years.  I agree that he is not good handling the ball, playing defense or really much besides getting hot as a scorer (he at times has some real nice passes).

I was fine with the Mavs trying to stretch his game though.   To be honest, there is not really a good percentage hit rate on undersized shooting guards who can score but may not be efficient and provide little else to the game.    He has also proven not to be a great shooter....streaky but exciting.  I thought the way he could stick around is evening out his team defense and being a reliable dribbler.   I thought that was the diference him making less than 5 million over his career to maybe 30-40 million.    

With the rest of his game not really growing, his hardy party moments have gotten less exciting to me.