I’m sure the jazz are doing what they think is best. I think they see bad habits in him and are trying to teach those things out of him and not playing him is a motivational thing. I’m sure at some point he’ll play. I just don’t think Hardy is completely ready to throw in the towel on the season just yet. It’s coming though.
He sees him in practice and is likely communicating with the g league coaches. He knows the strengths/weaknesses and development plan. As flawed as THT is he is still likely to be much more effective than Brice right now. Brice will end up getting some minutes but it’s not like he’s totally earned them… just like Taylor it’s to get a look and see what they have.
Yeah, and Hardy has to manage these guys and how their feel about his decisions etc., like THT wouldn't be pleased to see Brice take his minutes.
Ang get Number 9 or 10 at the draft. Copy of last year. Not sure the tactics is great right now. I'm never for in between. We should have tank like hell last year.
Still boggles how we drafted Brice but didn't even have Whitmore on the list on draft night.
The thing is nba practices are super soft because the nba season can be such a grind so I wouldn't take much away from that. Then of course the gleague is pure trash basketball. THT has absolutely zero future with this team so I don't see the point in playing him at all. Hardy already burned that bridge to the point that it is unfixable and there will never be trust there from THT's side so why play him. Also with Dunn now coming off the bench you might as well surround him by as many shooters as possible.
Three rookies wouldn't be receiving heavy minutes. We are talking about 15-20 minutes for Hendricks and maybe 10-15 for Brice. Personally I would like Hendricks closer to 25 and Brice closer to 20 but that isn't happening unless injuries force Hardy to do that.
For this season I think that ship has sailed. As for the summer and going forward, that's another thing. But I don't think playing THT or Brice sends any other sort of message than: this is all we've got.
That definitely isn't true. Lauri knows that THT has zero future here while Brice may have a future here. These guys aren't dumb so if you have an actual conversation with them they will understand it.
I like how we’ve collected draft picks. I think the jury is still out on how well we’ve used them. 2/3 of our picks look like busts so far. We’ve missed out on players that could’ve made an impact. And our coach still doesn’t seem to have a clue about lineups.
They are still very much in the play in race. Far from over
Maybe they are, maybe they're not. Playing THT ahead of Brice isn't sending any sort of (positive) message to Lauri about the huge commitment to winning still.
