NBA TRADE TALK: TDL over

[F Gump]

I'm out on Smart. He is not a player who understands how to let the game come to him on offense, imo. I think that, given time to watch him consistently, the people who hate THJ will hate Smart just as much, as he forces things even more on that end. 

I'd rather just let Ntilikina and Green continue to compete with each other for that role and grow with this young team.

I like the idea of Smart, adding a rugged disruptive defender. His numbers are essentially the same as always (but they have always been awful) and he's only about 28, even though my impression is that his injuries have slowed him and are piling up. (But games missed, this season and the last 2, are numerous, which may be an indicator, so there's that).

But I don't want to roll the dice on him with the size of his new extension (4 yrs, ~76M). In fact, it's one that hasn't even started yet (and BOS wants to move off him?). That's way too much given his anemic offense. If he's MLE or a bit more, then it makes sense to me, but not for almost 20M per.

Like YOU said, I'd rather roll with what disruption we can develop out of giving such minutes to Franky and Green, who bring upside, youth, and cost way less than the MLE.