”I think Elijah is our best defender,” Hardy said. “There have been some other teams in the league that have guarded Jokic with smalls, and it’s about trying to wear him down and make catches tough. If you know a good coverage for Jokic please email me, but he’s hard. He’s a tough cover because he’s seen it all and he’s picked it all apart. But it’s about trying to build a sense of fatigue as the game goes on because every catch is hard to get, but I also think that’s Elijah’s identity. That’s who he is. That’s who we need him to be, and I think when Elijah plays like that, it raises the level of the group.”
