I can see all of the Pacers/Atlanta/Nets/Kings having interest in Smart.
Because he's a RFA though I don't see any of them except the Kings willing to offer him enough that the C's wouldn't match. No one wants to overpay the 6th man type who cannot space the floor, except maybe the Kings because they are dumb.
I think he either figures out a compromise with the C's or takes the QO.
The Suns weren't on that list (because of cap holds), but they have room (if they let Payton go) and a real need at the position (assuming they draft Ayton #1).
I hadn't even thought of that. If I am a Suns fan, I love that core going forward. Booker/Ayton are your foundational pieces, with a supporting cast of Jackson (who knows about that shot, but there is hope,) Smart, and Warren. Add in whether Bender or Chriss proves they are the long term 4, and you have a nice core.
Smart as a plus passer, is a perfect compliment to Booker. He can become the effort leader of that squad, and just feed Booker and Ayton the rock.
Yeah. I actually think they'd be one of the few landing spots for Rozier pre-draft as well, as they have 16 also. Rozier for 16 straight up. Boston can then hopefully get someone like Robert Williams to take a flyer on and then just brings back Smart to back-up Irving.
Feels like Rozier for 16 is really poor value in a trade.. this is the 16 picks since 2000. Rozier is probably at worst the 3rd best play on that list and many of them didn't ever have notable contributions.. surely they have to get more than that..
2017 Justin Patton, Creighton Chicago Bulls
2016 Guerschon Yabusele, France Boston Celtics
2015 Terry Rozier, Louisville Boston Celtics
2014 Jusuf Nurkic, Bosnia Denver Nuggets
2013 Lucas Nogueira, Brazil Boston Celtics
2012 Royce White, Iowa St. Houston Rockets
2011 Nikola Vucevic, USC Philadelphia 76ers
2010 Luke Babbitt, Nevada Minnesota Timberwolves
2000s
2009 James Johnson, Wake Forest Chicago Bulls
2008 Marreese Speights, Florida Philadelphia 76ers
2007 Nick Young, Southern California Washington Wizards
2006 Rodney Carney, Memphis Chicago Bulls
2005 Joey Graham, Oklahoma State Toronto Raptors
2004 Kirk Snyder, Nevada Utah Jazz
2003 Troy Bell, Boston College Boston Celtics
2002 Jiri Welsch, Czech Republic Philadelphia 76ers
2001 Kirk Haston, Indiana Charlotte Hornets
2000 Hidayet Turkoglu, Turkey Sacramento Kings