I think with the emergence of Rozier Smart will be expendable. You need guys that can score. Marcus, no matter how much work he puts in, just can't shoot. I love his energy and defense but he is such a liability on offense he hurts the team. If he signs for 5-7 a year then the C's will resign him. If he gets an offer of 9-11 a year he's gone.
Smart is a better offensive player than Rozier.
Why do some people act like shooting is the be-all-end-all to offense?
Rozier is unquestionably a better shooter than Smart, but Smart is a better passer and playmaker, not to mention that he makes better decisions than Rozier.
Plus, just look at the numbers: the offense functions much better with Smart than Rozier. Going into the game yesterday, Smart had a minus-0.9 offensive net rating. That difference is negligible, meaning our offense is virtually just as effective with or without Smart. Rozier, on the other hand, had a minus-6.8 offensive net rating.
Again, Rozier can shoot the ball better than Smart, but it's not exactly like he's Stephen Curry out there. He's not very efficient, and he's not good enough of a shooter where you can just gloss over the other aspects where Smart is superior.
I LOVE Rozier, but Smart is the better player on both ends of the floor. If we can somehow keep Smart for MLE type money (and I highly doubt that will be the case), we would be out of our [dang] minds not to retain him.