IT'S HARDY TIME: Jaden Hardy looking like a decent prospect

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I don’t think “more than a SG” is or should be a goal of his. 

Agree on the pace…kind of agree on the handles, but THAT is due to pace and driving into areas he shouldn’t. Decision making, to me. Not a question of the tried and true dribble moves he’s clearly worked on the way a typical 26-year old pro has, but rather a question of when and where it’s a good idea to use them. It’s all big-picture, mental stuff with him, imo, and not the usual “you actually aren’t as practiced with these skills as you thought you were, now that we’re at a new level” stuff you typically see.

He´s also too small to be a SG. As you say it´s the decision-making process of when to stop for a pull-up jumper, when to drive to the rim, when to shoot the three, when to pass. He can do all those things. He has the ball-handling skills and court vision. Biggest question is whether he´ll have the shooting part. Right now, he´s in the puppy stage, where bad overall shooting is expected- If he can figure that out, he´s a score first PG. He ain´t no SG.

Green is a SG. Everybody likes to pretend he´s a SF and I don´t get it. He´s 6´5, super-fast and can handle the ball sufficiently. What exactly makes him a SF? But that is perfectly fine on the Mavs. Defensively Irving is the PG, Green is the SG and Luka is the SF/PF, depending which is worse offensively on the other team.