What will Marcus Smart's FG percentage be for 2015/2016

[KeepRondo]

Just wondering what everyone is expecting or hoping for on this.

[CelticSooner]

I expect him to be around 40%. Attacking the rim as well as cutting should be more in his arsenal this year.

[colincb]

Need to look at Effective FG% or Total Shooting% instead. FG% is pretty meaningless if you're shooting a lot of threes.

[Who]

FG% = low 40s = 40-42%
TS% = around 50%. Just above or just below. Probably above. Say 50-52%.

I think Smart will swap some 3s for shots in the paint. I don't think he'll shoot that good a percentage on those paint shots because I think there will be a large number of contested shots and that will Smart some time to improve on. So small uptick in FG% but fairly similar TS%. Getting his 3pt% higher is more about shot selection than anything else. I think that is more of a long term project than a short term project.

[jpotter33]

I don't expect to him to be as loose with his shot selection as he is in summer league, and I expect it to make a jump from last year. However, I see him still shooting low 40's or so.

[alewilliam789]

I think he improves on last year, but not by much. It really depends if they move him to the 2 full time rather than the 1 because he can come off some ball screens and have IT get him some open shots. Hopefully we move Bradley for either a talented big man or some picks so we can put some of our best starting lineups on the court.

[CelticsJG]

Below 37%.

[BDeCosta26]

Overall, right around 40% (somewhere in the 38-44% range). I'm hoping for 35% or so from three. He improved his long ball a lot last year, and I expect that to continue improving.

As others have said though, looking at raw FG % is a very poor way to asses someone's offensive game. DeAndre Jordan led the league in FG % last year, but if you told him he couldn't dunk he might never score again.

Even with what I hope is additional minutes as the primary ball-handler, Smart will probably still be taking a whole bunch of bail-out 3s at the end of broken possessions again, at least this year, and that will keep his raw FG% down. What I really want to see is Smart generating FTA's. If he can get his 3pt shot up to around 36% in the future (seems almost certain at this point), and he's able to get to the line a lot, that could be the difference between him being a solid starter or an All-Star. A guy like Thomas can generate 20 points on his coldest shooting day just by getting FTA's. If Smart can do that, he could be really special.

[PaulAllen]

14.67777967%

[GC003332]

Hopefully he improves on this past seasons train wreck, I have confidence that Stevens will keep the ball out of his hands if he can't.