Dallas Mavericks Kev Lag Luam Hauv 2022 NBA Draft Kom Tau Jaden Hardy

Nico Harrison ua thawj qhov kev xaiv ntawm nws txoj haujlwm ua Dallas Mavericks GM hmo Thursday thaum 2022 NBA Draft. Hom ntawm. Lub Mavericks tau pauv rau cov cai lij choj los tiv thaiv Jaden Hardy los ntawm Sacramento Vaj nyob rau hauv kev pauv rau Dallas 'thib ob xaiv nyob rau hauv 2024 thiab 2028.

Txawm hais tias nws yog tus neeg xaiv npe, nws tseem yog qhov tseem ceeb rau Harrison. Thaum Dallas ntiav nws los ua pab pawg tus thawj tswj hwm tshiab lub caij dhau los, hloov GM Donnie Nelson mus rau lub sijhawm ntev, Mavericks tsis muaj cov ntawv xaiv. Ua tsaug rau kev paub kev lag luam nws tau ua ua ntej hnub kawg ntawm kev ua lag luam thiab coj mus rau qhov cua ntsawj ntshab, tib txoj hmoo tos Harrison dua xyoo no. Tsis yog sawv pat, nws muaj peev xwm ua tau zoo, txav mus rau hauv cov cua ntsawj ntshab thiab rub ib qho kev cia siab ib zaug.

"Kuv tsis muaj kev cia siab," Harrison hais txog kev lag luam kom rov qab mus rau hauv cov ntawv sau. "Kuv nyuam qhuav paub tias peb tau ua haujlwm, peb paub cov txiv neej uas peb nyiam thiab yog tias cov txiv neej peb nyiam, zoo li Jaden, muaj, peb yuav sim rov qab los. Koj tsis tuaj yeem kwv yees li ntawd. Nws tshwm sim, yog li peb ua raws li peb tau hais tias peb yuav ua. Peb tau nkag mus thiab peb tau txais tus neeg ua si uas peb nyiam. "

Hauv Hardy, Mavericks muaj ib tus neeg ua si uas tau raug ranked li ESPN tus neeg saib xyuas saum toj kawg nkaus thiab tus naj npawb 2 tus neeg ua si hauv 2021 high school class. Thaum nws kawm ntawv qib qis hauv Coronado High School hauv Henderson, Nevada, nws nruab nrab 30.4 ntsiab lus, 9.1 rebounds thiab 8.4 pab. Nws tau txais McDonald's All-American thiab USA Nike Hoops Summit qhuas qhuas hauv 2020-21.

Ua ntej nws lub xyoo laus, Hardy tau dhia mus rau NBA G League qhov chaw uas nws tau ua si rau Ignite, pab koomtes txoj haujlwm kev txhim kho ib xyoos rau cov neeg tseem ceeb tshaj tawm los ua lwm txoj hauv kev ntaus pob hauv tsev kawm qib siab. Lub 6-ko taw-4 Hardy nruab nrab ntawm pab pawg-siab 19.8 ntsiab lus mus nrog 4.4 rebounds thiab 3.5 pab rau ib qho kev ua si hauv 24 kev ua si nrog Ignite.

"Yog tias koj saib txoj kev nws loj hlob nrog Ignite, nws pib qeeb me ntsis," Harrison hais. “Nws yeej tuaj rau hauv nws tus kheej. Nws yog kis las, nws ntev, ntev tisspan, zoo loj. Nws tuaj yeem mus rau lub pob tawb ntawm qhov xav tau thiab nws yog tus qhab nia. Nws tau ua tus qhab nia tag nrho nws lub neej, tab sis kuv xav tias thaum koj coj menyuam yaus uas tsis mus kawm ntawv qib siab thiab sim G League Ignite thiab ua si nrog cov laus, cov neeg paub tab thiab koj pom nws loj hlob raws li nws tau dhau los, nws tsuas yog qhia koj tias nws tuaj yeem dhau los. "

Harrison thiab Mavericks 'scouts tau pom lawv qhov muag ntawm Hardy ib pliag. Lawv saib nws cov yeeb yaj kiab ntau heev thiab tuaj yeem pom nws ua si ntawm tus neeg. Harrison pom nws ntawm G League's 2021 AT&T Winter Showcase hauv Las Vegas. Tias yog vim li cas nws tuaj raws li qhov xav tsis thoob tias Hardy, uas yog ib zaug tau kwv yees ntau dua, tau poob rau hauv cov qauv. Cov Mavericks tau nws qeb thib 19 ntawm lawv lub rooj tsavxwm, Raws li ESPN's Tim MacMahon.

"Peb muaj nws siab dua 37," Harrison hais nrog luag. “Yog, peb xav tsis thoob. Peb xav tsis thoob tias nws pheej swb. "

Harrison zoo siab pom Hardy plam. Nws yog lub zog uas nws yuav tsum tau ua kom txav mus rau hauv qhov kev nqis tes ua. Txawm hais tias nws tseem tsis tau paub tias Hardy yuav ua 15 tus txiv neej roster lossis kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus ob txoj hauv kev rau lub caij 2022-23, Harrison hais tias nws cia siab tias nws qhov kev xaiv thawj zaug yuav muaj "lub neej yav tom ntej mus ntev" nrog Mavericks.

Tej zaum nws tseem yog ib tus neeg txawj ntse, tab sis Harrison pom nws qhov kev paub hauv G League, ua si nrog NBA qub tub rog ua qhov zoo dua cov players uas sib tw ua ke. Nws tau txais kev ntseeg siab ntawm nws cov phooj ywg nrog Ignite thiab muaj peev xwm txhim kho raws li lub caij nyoog nce mus. Tej zaum nws yuav siv sij hawm, tab sis Harrison muaj kev ntseeg siab tias nws tau txav mus los thiab tias Hardy yuav yog ib qho tseem ceeb hauv Dallas.

Harrison tau hais tias "Kuv xav tias koj yuav tsum muab sijhawm rau cov tub ntxhais hluas los txhim kho, tab sis [nws] yeej [muaj kev txhawb siab]," Harrison hais. "Peb tau sau nws vim peb xav tias nws yuav yog tus neeg ua haujlwm sib hloov, paub meej."