The pipe dream becomes a little more realistic every time CJ drops 30+ points. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
That does make a massive difference on the 1.2 FTA per game Harkless takes. Why, that difference in FT% costs us 0.2 points per game!!
I took a bit of a ribbing for saying recently that we needed to play Harkless more (and then a lot more once he was benched) to find out what we had in him before the end of the season. It looks to be paying off now.
If we weren't in the Playoff hunt I'd still like to see the following starting line-up for a good stretch: Dame / CJ or Henderson / Harkless / Davis / Meyers
Harkless tied for the team lead with 13 rebounds and comes in 2nd in scoring. Pretty impressive night.
The most versatile D we have had in a while. That look may not work against every team but we are deep and we can throw out a lot of different looks. Having Mo in there to guard players like Harden and maybe Durant.......I am not worried about our wing D as much.
It was a good adjustment by the coach to put harkless in for Leonard. Blazers are better on defense with harkless in there then Leonard.
Preseason, I was hearing almost the same things about Harkless as we did about Wes when we first got him. Guy can ball, athletic, etc. I was wondering if it was all hype this time. Seems not!
Harkless and Aminu together are a great defensive pairing especially against small ball lineups but Leonard will get the nod against Howard, Cousins, Drummond, Rolo etc....there are just more small ball lineups these days. It's smart coaching and matchup awareness game to game
Vonleh > Harkless > Leonard. And I am fine with that as long as Harkless gets minutes. Vonleh is the future so it makes sense to get him comfortable with our studs.
Tired of Leonard....he's just not a natural basketball player. He should be like a pro beach volleyball player or something. I like what Hark brings to the table as a role player.
I remember sitting with Fonz at the preseason game against Utah... And saying to him "Damn, I really like Harkless." Looking like it's finally working for Hark! Good for him!
I'm a Vonleh fan...this guy is becoming a defensive force..he can frustrate anybody and nobody can push him off his position..one of the strongest lower cores in the league..and he has the arms of a guy 7'6
I got a lot of shit for backing him when he was going through his lumps (And he will go through more)... but I saw it from him from day 1... he has something.
