The jazz signs of Jazz Will Hardy to a long -term extension after the team finished with the worst NBA record
Utah Jazz believes that Will Hardy is the right person to bring the franchise to importance. The team announced a long -term extension With Hardy on Monday.
Hardy's extension would be for six seasonsHolding it with jazz throughout the 2030-31 NBA season, according to the Shams Charania d'Espn.
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Hardy said he was “so excited” by the opportunity in a statement.
“I am humiliated and honored,” Hardy told Holly Rowe. “It is an incredible franchise. To be able to be engaged in the next phase of our process is difficult to explain. Moments like this are very surreal. I am so excited.”
This is a daring decision for jazz, which finished with a record of NBA 17-65 this season. Despite this, Utah feels good in Hardy's ability to direct and develop talents.
“Will is an incredible teacher, communicator and partner,” said Jazz General Manager Justin Zanik. “He has invested in individual development and development for us as a team. I am not sure that there is someone better in the League to invest in our group. He made players believe in their development and taking charge.”
Hardy has received high notes for its ability to connect with players. Towards the end of the season, he received a vote of confidence from Walker Kessler, who congratulated Hardy for his information and said that the coach “actually cares. He also checks people on the ground”.
Hardy spent time as an assistant coach with the San Antonio Spurs for five seasons before joining the Boston Celtics before the NBA 2021-2022 season. He only spent a year in Boston, when jazz was heading for hiring as a head coach.
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Hardy was hired by jazz before the NBA 2022-23 season. He has a file of 85-161 in three seasons with the team, good for a percentage of victories .346.
The poor performance of the team last season gives it a decent chance of guaranteeing the overall choice n ° 1 of the NBA 2025 draft. The jazz has 14% chance of winning the first choice – which is equal to the Washington Wizards and the Hornets of Charlotte for the highest odds of winning the first choice.
Jazz has never organized the overall choice n ° 1 in the draft of the NBA. Whatever the choice with which jazz ends on May 12, it will be up to Hardy to get the best of this player when he seeks to run things.
