![]() ![]() “This is all so new to me, so I’m just trying to figure out where to be offensively with these new guys. “I tried not to force things,” said Wood, who was 7-of-13 from the field. ![]() Wood, who joined the Mavs after a trade with the Houston Rockets this past summer, also was a huge factor as he finished with 16 points and a game-high 13 rebounds in 25 minutes. He wants to be good, he wants to play, he wants to participate, and again you can see that in tonight’s game.” “He’s coming back at night, he’s working - not just on the floor - but watching video. “It shows the work that (Hardy has) put in since summer league,” Kidd said. Wood certainly got no argument from coach Jason Kidd. Everybody has the ultimate confidence and believes in him, and as a young guy he has very high confidence and that’s what you love to see from a rookie.” On Hardy taking over the game, Wood said: “That’s what his does. “His confidence and his energy has been so great, and I’m really proud to see that.” “I’ve been saying for a long time, Jaden Hardy is a steal,” Wood said. I’m just trying to make the right play, make the right read.”ĭrafted on the second round, Hardy drilled four three-pointers in the fourth quarter, including one that put the Mavs ahead, 98-90, with 1:09 remaining in the preseason opener. “I’m just thinking that I’ve got it going, so I’m just thinking about making the right play. “Once I get locked into a zone like that it’s hard to get me out of it,” Hardy said. Hardy finished with a game-high 21 points, and was 8-of-16 from the field, 4-of-9 from three-point range in just 24 minutes and was arguably the best player on the court. Scoring virtually at will and taking over the game in the clutch, Hardy scored 16 of the Mavs’ final 22 points and led them to a 98-96 victory over the Oklahoma City Thunder. In his first game Wednesday night at the BOK Center – albeit it was a preseason game – against legitimate NBA talent, Hardy proved Wood’s words to be prophetic. TULSA – Christian Wood likes to go around telling whoever he can that Dallas Mavericks rookie guard Jaden Hardy was one of the steals of the 2022 NBA Draft. ![]()
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