Another thing that's been bugging me is that, do we really need to be force feeding minutes to Smart? Why? White has been one of our best players over the past few months and definitely the most consistent. It's not like Smart was out there shutting down NYK's guards. He made a few hustle plays here or there, but big deal. A majority of the time he was not good. Meanwhile, White was basically on the bench for a good 30 minutes straight until Smart fouled out.
I hope this isn't some ego thing or based on contracts. White's the better player right now. I wish Mazzulla would just step up and let White play more and potentially start more games. Tell Smart to figure it out coming off the bench with Brogdon
Smart really hasn't looked good since coming back, and there's been two games (Sixers, Nets) where he basically loses his mind and Mazzulla has to take him out to reign him in. Not ideal.