Smart drives me nuts. He prefers a three man offensive set with him and the two bigs while the wings sit in the corners. This results in a lot of over dribbling and last second shots. His shot selection is horrible. He has some of the stupidest turnovers that drive me nuts. That behind the back save/pass last night to a Cav under the basket was awful. And he just can't shoot but shoots often because he thinks he can.
Andre Roberson, a similar great defense, intangibles, poor offense player got 3 years/$30 million in a boom market. That market has disappeared. Can't see where, with the current market for a player of his type drying up, where he will get offers over the $9 million per year or so, MLE range.
Unfortunately for Smart, Ainge is going to have to play hardball regarding his contract because he just can't be overpaying for bench role players when so much is going to have to be spent on Tatum, Brown, Irving, Horford and Hayward.