01-30-2022, 12:32 PM
(01-30-2022, 12:22 AM)Branduil Wrote: Smart is essentially Josh Richardson on offense. If you trade for him expecting him to be a secondary playmaker, well, welcome back to 2021.
This is a really bad comparison. Smart is a significantly better secondary playmaker (assist rate is more than double Josh).
Offensively our biggest issue with Josh was his hesitancy to shoot. Don't have that problem with Smart. He probably takes a shot or two more a game than he needs to (kind of like Luka) but that's better than never pulling the trigger.
Josh was invisible when he was on this team. You didn't even know he was on the court. Smart plays with "force" (mostly on the defensive end) that this team desperately needs. The two players are wildly different in impact on the court.
![[-]](https://www.mavsboard.com/images/collapse.png)