Of the new players on the Los Angeles Lakers' roster, guard Jaden Hardy is virtually an afterthought. He was acquired last month, along with two second-round draft picks, from the Washington Wizards for center Deandre Ayton, who had become expendable after Los Angeles landed Walker Kessler.
Right now, the general expectation is that Hardy will get little, if any, playing time. But amidst all this talk about Klay Thompson possibly coming to the Lakers, what if Hardy could play the same type of role, even if he isn't as good a player as the latter-day Thompson?
That is the argument that Maxwell Odgen of Lake Show Life made in a recent article. He feels that Hardy could fill the role Luke Kennard played for L.A. last season.
"Unfortunately, Hardy is a realistic candidate to find himself at the mercy of Los Angeles' need to trim its roster to 15 players as a fringe rotation piece with an unclear role," Ogden wrote.
"If the Lakers spare Hardy from being cut, however, then they could finally fill the void that Luke Kennard wasn't able to as a volume shooter from beyond the arc.
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Right now, the general expectation is that Hardy will get little, if any, playing time. But amidst all this talk about Klay Thompson possibly coming to the Lakers, what if Hardy could play the same type of role, even if he isn't as good a player as the latter-day Thompson?
That is the argument that Maxwell Odgen of Lake Show Life made in a recent article. He feels that Hardy could fill the role Luke Kennard played for L.A. last season.
"Unfortunately, Hardy is a realistic candidate to find himself at the mercy of Los Angeles' need to trim its roster to 15 players as a fringe rotation piece with an unclear role," Ogden wrote.
"If the Lakers spare Hardy from being cut, however, then they could finally fill the void that Luke Kennard wasn't able to as a volume shooter from beyond the arc.
#roster
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