Smart 5th in ROY voting

[greece66]

//Smart received one second-place vote and three third-place votes for six total points among the 130 ballots cast by sports writers and broadcasters. Minnesota's Andrew Wiggins won the award with 604 total points. Chicago's Nikola Mirotic (335 points), Philadelphia's Nerlens Noel (141) and Orlando's Elfrid Payton (79) also finished ahead of Smart.

Two of Smart's four total votes came from local broadcasters (Celtics radio voice Cedric Maxwell had Smart second to Mirotic, while TV play-by-play man Mike Gorman placed Smart third on his ballot behind Wiggins and Noel).//

Source: http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/celtics/post/_/id/4719225/marcus-smart-finishes-fifth-in-rookie-of-the-year-voting

[LilRip]

not to rain on anyone's parade but 6 points isn't much, tbh. And the voting doesn't take into account Jabari Parker, Embiid, and Randle. So in the future, when we look back at this draft class, Smart might actually turn out to be the 7th best or something.

[jambr380]

not to rain on anyone's parade but 6 points isn't much, tbh. And the voting doesn't take into account Jabari Parker, Embiid, and Randle. So in the future, when we look back at this draft class, Smart might actually turn out to be the 7th best or something.

You are absolutely right about Parker and probably right about Embiid, but Randle obviously has a lot to prove and we chose Smart before him in the draft. I am also not sold on Mirotic being top 5 when it is all said and done. He was more NBA ready than almost any other rookie.

Heck two of the four that finished ahead of Smart weren't even from his draft class. Payton is the big surprise, but Ainge didn't really whiff on his choice. I am real looking forward to watching Smart grow up.