Did you see the smile Hardy gave Tech when he hit that jumper? These guys are humans and I swear we forget it… if you had someone you’d worked with for over a year and cared about them and knew there is a chance their dream could be over… you’d give them every chance to be successful. Even if Brice is like 10-15% better than Tech… he ain’t getting those minutes at this point.
Taylor, Brice, Omer, Tech, Luka…. None of those guys figure to be in the rotation. Taylor and Brice will get plenty of minutes in the G league… I think it’s clear that decision has been made. The other guys are trying to make the roster. Cut day is coming and guys DA likes more than some of those dudes will be available.., or he will decide to save Ryan a couple million on Luka and churn 10 day deals later. Either way those guys are playing for their lives (maybe not Omer since he has another year on his deal). If we get to game 40 and Hardy picks Simone over Brice it’s not great… in the preseason there could be a bunch of other things that play into the decision.