Granted we've been playing teams with horrendous 2nd units, but he has looked great on D while seeming capable on offense
Elijah Harkless Hype Thread
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That being said, he was guarding Ball and Miller at times.
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Stars have a game tonight. It will be interesting to see if he plays for them.
Best game of the year for our future stopper
Harkless averaging 1.4 steals in 17 MPG with a 2.1 DBPM. Often guarding the best player on the opposing team, and last night played better defense on JJJ than anyone on the team.
Also, his 3pt shot looks good when he gets clean looks. Doesnt seem to know what to do when he's guarded, but when open they are always hitting inside rim.
Also, his 3pt shot looks good when he gets clean looks. Doesnt seem to know what to do when he's guarded, but when open they are always hitting inside rim.
Personally I would start Harkless over Svi as he provides better defense and has a shot at being a legit piece moving forward.
Svi has been good, but his erratic shot selection doesnt really make me excited for him moving forward.
Svi has been good, but his erratic shot selection doesnt really make me excited for him moving forward.
Neither of them is particularly good, but for a bench piece Svi has a terminal case of thinking he is the major character. And he is not Clarkson to act like that. Harkless, at least, seems to be a hard working guy who wants to listen to coaches and fit in: there is a chance that he can be molded into O'Neal-type of player, and they are valuable when cheap. Since the season is a wash it makes sense for the Jazz to keep playing Harkless for 15-20 minutes every night to see if he is good to retain.
Harkless is PG size, Juzang is legitimately wing size. I don't see them necessarily in direct competition (though there's occasional overlap in Hardy's lineups this year).
Hadn't thought of it this way, since my view was that Sexton was always expendable.
But I kind of like this thought. If ,given who we have and who we might be going forward with, we can replace a high-scoring poor defender with a lower-scoring, but hopefully efficient strong defender, it's probably a good thing.
A lot of folks here wish we had taken Devin Carter in the draft. Maybe Harkless provides some similar stuff?
I think Svi has played well enough to warrant a trade from another team. Probably just a second, but he’s on a great deal and is good enough to be in a rotation. Easy to move at his number. I say thank Svi for his service by trading him to a winning team, prioritize Harkless more, then get another G-League guy in there and try to recycle that roster spot until we find someone.