And he moved pretty well... the up and under was nice... defense was bad.
NAW has performance anxiety (same w/ Butler too). I actually thought he looked really good defensively. He's kind of Dante Exum-ish in some ways, but obviously a better spot-up threat. The issue is he just gets downhill and he has no idea what to do and kind of panics into a mistake.
I don't either. I thought he moved okay out there... better than last year... but his play didn't seem super team oriented. He had one grab and go where he pulled up for a ****** three for no reason and I was just out at that point. If he is going to do that stuff its better not to have him around.
I think that's just the way Rudy Gay has always played though.
That's been his MO his entire career though. Remember when he was at his peak w/ the Grizzlies then they traded him for basically nothing and got way better. That's why I always hated the move because the Jazz are supposed to be the ball movement quick decision team and we got one of the slower decision makers in the NBA w/ Rudy Gay.
He does seem to move really well... like JC kinda. I just don't see the skillset to be something awesome on ball. He actually was useable last year when we treated him like PJ Tucker... just hide in the corners and play defense. Then one night he decided to go Leroy Jenkins on a couple plays and Quin pulled him and he was never heard from again.
He had kinda changed and I hoped he'd be fully in the Vince Carter role player mode last year and this year. Had hoped a year of being healthy would help too. I just don't see a great attitude and I think this using 15-20 minutes a night to get his value up may do the opposite.
I think NAW could have been good in the older Quin offenses where there was actual ball movement and the whole "blender" concept when they really ran that stuff to perfection.
Did he change or did he just go to SA where they were actually running the ball-stopping, mid-range work type offense he could excel in without disrupting an offensive flow.
Honestly? I watched like 4 SA games a year... when they played the Jazz... so who knows I guess. I think he had shot more catch and shoot threes and stuff though... so some changes.
Oh, there is no way his trade value can be increased. Teams will want him for the vet minimum if someone waives him. His value is purely salary matching.
I thought of that too. Gay and Conley are both several years older than Hardy.
I think Conley and Hardy are the same age, but yes, Gay is a couple years older.
The way he talks I am just not sure he has a philosophy or plan. Noticed a lot of switching and the defensive rotations actually looked good in the first half.
Still....that fails to answer the question of why they gave him away for nothing. In my mind, we get an F- for the Bogey trade which cancels out either the Minnesota or Cleveland deal.
