I think anyone who think's Anderson is overrated has never watched him play. Now, am I able to back that accusation up with hard evidence? Obviously not. —But this is actually me giving you the benefit of the doubt. Because I wouldn’t think someone with your apparent basketball acumen would be pounding for Anderson for your stated reasons if you’d seen much of him. But apparently you have watched plenty. So I guess the argument shifts to the quality of your eyeballs...... but I’ll save my time since you’ll just say that it’s another argument without meaning.
The Jazz do have an establish pattern of playing someone with Hart's profile against wings we struggle with. He is very similar to Royce in terms of his physical profile. Give Hart the same opportunites and talent around him, I think Hart could prove to be a better version of Royce. Conley or Mitchell guarding a bigger wing can only be solved by them guarding the smaller guard themselves or not playing at all. The reason why Hart makes sense is because his value as a player doesn't come from what he does as a scorer or ball hander. If he was moved for Bogey/Clarkson, I think he can fill into any of our existing lineups.
HH and I have talked about NOP being a prime trade target many times, and there's reason for that. NOP are in a high pressure situation to win and their GM is on the hot seat. In Hart's case specifically, it had been reported that he wanted a fresh this summer and the interesting contract structure he eventually agreed to didn't inspire much confidence in a long term partnership. All the recent reports out of NOP have not been good between Zion, Ball wanting out, ownership weirdness....there's a lot of smoke there and it's been going on for awhile. When a franchise is on the ropes that's a great opportunity to take advantage.
