Elijah Harkless Hype Thread

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[SoUjazzfan]

The Harkless Era has begun

I pray this is true! If not Ainge Jr. is lying about not tanking

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Wild to me the Blazers were avoiding Harkless like he was prime Kawhi in the final 3 minutes of the game

 

[NAOS_pt2]

Came here to bump this thread. Wasn’t surprised to see that Cy had already done it.

Look, if I wanted the jazz to win games this year, then I would be crying like hell until we saw more Harkless. I’m so tired of pathetic POA defense.

 

[SoberasHotRod]

Please Please Please sign this guy to a long term deal, and Please Please Please carve out at least 10mpg for him to wreck the other team's offense.

The second and third quarters of the game last night were so painful watching us show no resistance. The 4th quarter was my favorite quarter of the season so far.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

One of my favorite things about early season NBA is looking at advanced stats early on and how crazy they are based off small sample size: Eljiah Harkless has a 4.9 DBPM after last night's performance.

 

[Udidthizz]

One of my favorite things about early season NBA is looking at advanced stats early on and how crazy they are based off small sample size: Eljiah Harkless has a 4.9 DBPM after last night's performance.

Walker’s eFG% is currently at 84.4%.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Walker’s eFG% is currently at 84.4%.

If he finishes the year shooting 50% from 3 he will be getting a max contract (offer sheet) no brainer.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Harkless game 2 wasnt as impactful as Game 1, but still looked good. I wish he would start and give us that energy from the go.

 

[homeytennis]

Harkless game 2 wasnt as impactful as Game 1, but still looked good. I wish he would start and give us that energy from the go.

Hardy was really POed at the effort of some of our guys. Brice, Tay Henny, and Flip were three he ripped publicly. Why not give all the two way guys some run to both send a message and second maybe strike lightening in a bottle.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Hardy was really POed at the effort of some of our guys. Brice, Tay Henny, and Flip were three he ripped publicly. Why not give all the two way guys some run to both send a message and second maybe strike lightening in a bottle.

Feel like since he's a 2 way they feel like the guaranteed vets need to taste consistent minutes before him

 

[jazznik]

Why do you guys call Harkless a 2-way player? Below are his stats for 2 seasons he has been in the NBA:

2024-25 - 14 MPG, 3 PPG, 31% - 28%, 50% FT.
2025-26 - 12 MPG, 3 PPG, 33% - 25%, 50% FT.

He is very good defensively but there is literally no evidence that he is even passable on offense. Harkless is very clearly a one-way player.