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Hardy is the coach of the year, regardless of what the official outcome is

This will be interesting to see how things play out over the next couple of years. Guys played extremely well when finally given the opportunity but most of the time it was management forcing Hardy's hand as well as injuries to actually get guys like Ochai, THT and Simone into the rotation. Then you have management finding another gem in Kris Dunn who was awesome the second he stepped on the court for us. We also saw him force feed an absolutely horrible Rudy Gay minutes for most of the season instead of giving Simone those minutes. Once Simone was finally was given those minutes he started show quite a bit of potential. Having said all that I think Hardy has clearly shown that he is able to get guys to play extremely hard for him which isn't the case for a lot of coaches and his offensive system is very flexible depending on the talent that he has available. He also did a great job with Lauri and building off the confidence that he gained from dominating last summer. Lauri always had the talent of a star player but never had the confidence and green light to take it to that level. Now he knows he belongs and Hardy is a big reason for that. He also did a tremendous job with Kessler. Walker got better and better as the year went on and was put in a great position as a rim runner and roll man to have an impact offensively. I do think it is very important that we take Hardy's opinion seriously when it comes to draft picks though because if guys aren't Hardy guys then I'm not sure he will make an effort to get them in the rotation.
 
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