I want everyone to know that before you realize why Hardaway is a bench player, it?s important to acknowledge his strengths:
1) Hardaway is an asteroid when hot. Simply put, Hardaway can score 30+ any night he has a hot hand. He is capable of leading a team for a quarter stretch and making the lead ballon to 20. He is on the level of Jamal Crawford and JR Smith with the amount of heat they get with their shooting touch. Those comparisons will now be explained further.
2) The best comparisons for hardaway are that of the likes of Jamal Crawford and JR Smith. These comparisons are best on a style of play as well as the role in which a type of player flourishes. Jamal Crawford was a lethal scorer on the Knicks at one point. He becomes a sixth man and wins the award multiple times as a clipper if I recall. JR Smith goes to a championship caliber team and becomes an instrumental piece in the rotation, wining a ring against golden state. When these player are starters, your team isn?t winning much. When these players are your sixth men, then you have a lethal weapon in your arsenal.
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3) Hardaway has simply sucked as of late. He has sucked so bad that his numbers are eerily reminiscent of his 2nd season with the Knicks that saw a promising rookie hit an epic wall. Hardaway needs control, for he giveth and he taketh away as Clyde says. Without control he becomes erratic with poor shot selection. His defense has always been poor and lately he has defended nothing but air. He deserves a bench because he is one of our worst players statistically. His free throw percentage has dropped 12 points since 2015-2016 season. His efficient field goal percentage is almost identical with his numbers from his second season which now stands at 47%. He?s shooting a 40% fg, which is his worst since his second season. He is also shooting a paltry 30% from three point land, despite shooting it eight times last game. JR Smith has broken records for the good and the bad. Smith, like hardaway, has mental lapses that hurt a team. On the floor it results in the erratic style of play, and bad decisions overall. From shooting a large amount of poor outside shots, to wasting his career high in minutes at 32 per game. Meanwhile, Trey Burke had 4 minutes last game. The coach needs to make changes and hardaway becoming a sixth man will only help this team and save this player. Let?s not forget, Hardaway had to go to the former D league to wake up and play well, primarily as a sixth man on the Hawks.
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1) Hardaway is an asteroid when hot. Simply put, Hardaway can score 30+ any night he has a hot hand. He is capable of leading a team for a quarter stretch and making the lead ballon to 20. He is on the level of Jamal Crawford and JR Smith with the amount of heat they get with their shooting touch. Those comparisons will now be explained further.
2) The best comparisons for hardaway are that of the likes of Jamal Crawford and JR Smith. These comparisons are best on a style of play as well as the role in which a type of player flourishes. Jamal Crawford was a lethal scorer on the Knicks at one point. He becomes a sixth man and wins the award multiple times as a clipper if I recall. JR Smith goes to a championship caliber team and becomes an instrumental piece in the rotation, wining a ring against golden state. When these player are starters, your team isn?t winning much. When these players are your sixth men, then you have a lethal weapon in your arsenal.
The Truth :
3) Hardaway has simply sucked as of late. He has sucked so bad that his numbers are eerily reminiscent of his 2nd season with the Knicks that saw a promising rookie hit an epic wall. Hardaway needs control, for he giveth and he taketh away as Clyde says. Without control he becomes erratic with poor shot selection. His defense has always been poor and lately he has defended nothing but air. He deserves a bench because he is one of our worst players statistically. His free throw percentage has dropped 12 points since 2015-2016 season. His efficient field goal percentage is almost identical with his numbers from his second season which now stands at 47%. He?s shooting a 40% fg, which is his worst since his second season. He is also shooting a paltry 30% from three point land, despite shooting it eight times last game. JR Smith has broken records for the good and the bad. Smith, like hardaway, has mental lapses that hurt a team. On the floor it results in the erratic style of play, and bad decisions overall. From shooting a large amount of poor outside shots, to wasting his career high in minutes at 32 per game. Meanwhile, Trey Burke had 4 minutes last game. The coach needs to make changes and hardaway becoming a sixth man will only help this team and save this player. Let?s not forget, Hardaway had to go to the former D league to wake up and play well, primarily as a sixth man on the Hawks.
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