ROSTER TALK: Mavs favs for Vogel if no HC job exists. Kyrie handshake deal?

[sterlingmallory]

Because I feel Hardaway is the better player. I like Curry, and I think it's a conversation because his ability to attack closeouts and create off the dribble is a little better than THJ's, but Curry, to me, is just not as good at getting shots off. I don't know if it's his size or just that he cares too much about his percentage to pull the trigger enough, but he just doesn't get enough shots off for me. 

Listening to guys like Redick, Duncan and others on podcasts, I've come to understand that relocation shooters really need to think in terms of "how to get 10 shots up" in a game. It's harder than we think for guys like THJ and Curry because the defense actively works to deny them attempts. They aren't the same as like Kleber, DFS, who just stand in one spot to occupy a defender. If those guys get left, they shoot. Simple. For guys like THJ, Curry, Redick, JET, Rip Hamilton, whomever, the challenge is how to create shot opportunities by moving off-ball. Seth Curry might make them at a higher percentage, but I feel like Hardaway is more effective at creating those opportunities.

Fair, Hardaway is the better overall player, but I don't think it's that big of a difference. Especially not enough to offset the benefit of 1) getting off of the last 2 years of Hardaway's contract and 2) getting a back up playmaker so we don't have to rely on Frank, Green, and Hardy.