Hardy, Mavs aren’t fazed by critics

PHOENIX – Dallas Mavericks guard Jaden Hardy doesn’t worry about the critics often not mentioning the Mavs as one of the top teams in the NBA.

“We feed off of that,” Hardy told Mavs.com. “We just stick together. It’s a brotherhood at the end of the day, so we’re just going to ride for each other and be there for each other.

“I feel like when we do that, we can go anywhere.”

Last year when the Mavs didn’t have homecourt advantage in the first three rounds of the playoffs, the critics had them losing each of those rounds. However, the Mavs prevailed over the No. 4-seeded Los Angeles Clippers, the No. 1-seeded Oklahoma City Thunder and the No. 3-seeded Minnesota Timberwolves in advancing to the…