Hardy already making bad decisions?

Release the Kraken said:

I know he fell off a bit last night but Gay has been outstanding this year from what I’ve seen. You know I didn’t see last nights game and I heard that Simone went off offensively. However, he also had four fouls in 15 minutes. Nothing I’ve seen from him so far has suggested that he possesses the requisite athleticism to cover NBA players….and trust me, I’d love nothing more than to be proved wrong on this. And beyond that, I’m not sure he has the size and know how to beat out Gay. We’ll see I guess.

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Ya gay was leading the team in plus minus before last nights game so he has been pretty good. He still isn't a part of the future though and I would much rather see Simone.

Dude is 3-1 when most people would have guessed 1-3. He's also a 35 year old rookie head coach. He's allowed a bad decision here or there.

Nate505 said:

Dude is 3-1 when most people would have guessed 1-3. He's also a 35 year old rookie head coach. He's allowed a bad decision here or there.

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Agreed. He seems to be a fantastic coach in the making.

Nate505 said:

Dude is 3-1 when most people would have guessed 1-3. He's also a 35 year old rookie head coach. He's allowed a bad decision here or there.

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Good call on the rookie part. My feeling is that he’ll continue to get better at his job at the same time as the players gain a better understanding of their roles and continue to improve on court. Seems to me that our ceiling is higher than most because of the disadvantage of time spent together. And yet it seems that most around here seem to consider our early success an outlier and unsustainable.

Even I took a double take with NBA.coms #5 rating in the Power Rankings. Yeah, out of 30 teams in the league, our week 1 performance put us behind only Celts, Bucks, Warriors and Suns. If we’re somewhere close to that vicinity approaching the trade deadline I hope people stop talking incessantly about a Westbrook trade cause I think something like SGA might be more likely at that point.

Hardy have to improve but he is already impressive. I still think Mike should sit last night but i do understand the reason. He is by far our conductor and im sure young player learn a lot from him ( specially Sexton). But even if i like Mike a lot, i would limit him to 20-25 min and give more time to the young players.
Regarding Simone, i understand why some people are exciting about him , the shooting part. But he is the worst defender of the team and need to learn a lot on this side. Give him few minutes every night with green light for shooting will help him to improve. But i like the potential.
For me Gay should not play even he is is not bad this season. He will be gone soon.

Nate505 said:

Dude is 3-1 when most people would have guessed 1-3. He's also a 35 year old rookie head coach. He's allowed a bad decision here or there.

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Of course he's allowed bad decisions. I definitely like him so far. His post-game interviews are great too. He needs to give the young players chances when the situation allows though, we don't need another Quin riding the starters long past the point we need them in there, IMO.

Hardy 3 win in tank season is bad decision

str8line said:

Did Hardy get caught up in the 82-0 talk? For the life of me I can't understand Conley's minutes last night. To what end? He had 27 min while Sexton had 15. Granted, Conley played hard and was 3-6 FG, 7 AST, 3 STL, 2 BLK but it was a third game in four nights road game with late travel and we have another game tomorrow. And giving Markkanen 31 minutes when he was spent from the two OT games/travel/back-to-back. All this in the first week of the season. The fact that Ponte Vecchio came in and delivered was a sign to play the fresh legs but still DNP's for Agbaji and Bolmaro.

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**** thought you were going to say you saw him eating a salad or something, good result we lost.

str8line said:

The fact that Ponte Vecchio came in and delivered

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Why do you keep saying Ponte Vecchio? Is there an italian joke there somewhere? I ran it through google translate and it said something like old bridge whereas the name Fontecchio means small spring, or similar.

first year coach is gonna make some bad decisions. It is axiomatic.

LogGrad98 said:

Why do you keep saying Ponte Vecchio? Is there an italian joke there somewhere? I ran it through google translate and it said something like old bridge whereas the name Fontecchio means small spring, or similar.

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I couldn't remember his name at one point and Ponte Vecchio popped into my head. It's the oldest bridge in Florence and the only one that survived WW2. It has jewelry shops built into it and people live on it. It's one of a kind and awesome.

I think I can remember his name now though.





Ponte Vecchio, (Italian: “Old Bridge”) the first segmental arch bridge built in the West, which crosses over the Arno River at Florence and is an outstanding engineering achievement of Europe's Middle Ages. Its builder, Taddeo Gaddi, completed the bridge in 1345.

str8line said:

I couldn't remember his name at one point and Ponte Vecchio popped into my head. It's the oldest bridge in Florence and the only one that survived WW2. It has jewelry shops built into it and people live on it. It's one of a kind and awesome.

I think I can remember his name now though.





Ponte Vecchio, (Italian: “Old Bridge”) the first segmental arch bridge built in the West, which crosses over the Arno River at Florence and is an outstanding engineering achievement of Europe's Middle Ages. Its builder, Taddeo Gaddi, completed the bridge in 1345.

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Dang that's awesome. I need to get to Italy some day. Bucket list.