05-10-2021, 09:38 AM
(05-10-2021, 09:07 AM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: Disagree. Don´t think he is terrible on offense. Solid ballhandler with a borderline elite ast/tov ratio on solid volume. Over four assists for the last five seasons. 5.7 this season. He shouldn´t be the primary ballhandler but as 2nd or 3rd guy he is pretty good. Scoring is obviously a weakness. Not a good finsher in the paint, not a midrange shooter. Good FTAr. Super streaky 3-point shooter. Overall volume and efficiency are in the JRich range. On/off numbers of the last five seasons have him as a net positive on offense.To add to this, which is true as well, this team needs a guy that pays attention to subplots in the game as well as creates subplots. It’s telling that it took till the Brooklyn game for DFS to be so upset as to call everyone out to get up the same way for Cleveland. That would be every game with Smart. The players may not like him doing it...up until a guy like Marcus Morris comes in and punks Luka and he steps in with that fire. That’s when they will understand and appreciate him.
Defense is a another story. Over the last 3-5 seasons best defensive guard is probably between him and Holiday. They have it all. Can play lockdown on ball defense. Can switch onto bigger players. Play elite help defense.
I think the opposite is true. People focus on the few boneheaded plays he has every now and then and ignore his overall impact. My only problem with him are the injury concerns. He tends to miss at least 10-15 games a season. Not because he has a weakness or nagging injury. It´s about his style of play. Really physical, all out effort, diving after every lose ball.
Absolutely love this breakdown. Summary. Smart is the best defensive guard in the league. Impact wise he isn´t close to elite bigs like Gobert or Adebayo. Love the focus on Smarts fundamentals. The way he uses his hands and angles his body to get around screens. The way he absorbs contact against bigger guys.