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Marcus Smart struggling
« on: March 05, 2016, 10:54:57 PM »

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It seemed not too long ago that we were all relieved that Smart supposedly got through his slump. Now it seems we are watching him go through another slump.

Bad fouls.

Bad shooting.

Bad drives to the hoop.

Getting beat on D consistently. This is the strangest one.

I'm still hopeful that he can pull it together but maybe he's a couple years away still. Right now Brad is gonna need to pull him quicker when he's slumping because he's giving the Cs very little lately.

Maybe it wasn't specifically Smart's fault but thought we needed the starters back in sooner in the second quarter.

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Re: Marcus Smart struggling
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2016, 11:35:51 PM »

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I agree he hasn't stood out recently like he has at times. As far as his shooting, and scoring overall, he's a streaky player. I think that's just who he is.
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Re: Marcus Smart struggling
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2016, 11:50:16 PM »

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I would like to see Smart at the two and Rozier backing up the point.
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Re: Marcus Smart struggling
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2016, 11:57:43 PM »

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Quote from: PhoSita on March 05, 2016, 11:35:51 PM
I agree he hasn't stood out recently like he has at times. As far as his shooting, and scoring overall, he's a streaky player. I think that's just who he is.
There are a lot of streaky shooters that shoot 45 percent or over. Smart is shooting 36 percent. I'm not sure we can call him streaky if his overall shooting percentage is that bad.
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« Reply #4 on: March 06, 2016, 12:01:03 AM »

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he has been debilitated by the refs. clearly they have an agenda against him.
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Re: Marcus Smart struggling
« Reply #5 on: March 06, 2016, 12:09:25 AM »

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Quote from: Denis998 on March 06, 2016, 12:01:03 AM
he has been debilitated by the refs. clearly they have an agenda against him.
He's a clunky player. Not surprised by the fouls.
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« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2016, 12:20:31 AM »

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Quote from: Denis998 on March 06, 2016, 12:01:03 AM
he has been debilitated by the refs. clearly they have an agenda against him.
Sure, clearly. That is the only possible explanation.

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« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2016, 12:21:24 AM »

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Quote from: Chris22 on March 05, 2016, 11:50:16 PM
I would like to see Smart at the two and Rozier backing up the point.
So we can win less?

Rozier would not have a positive impact because he would be taking time away from NBA players.
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« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2016, 12:29:03 AM »

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Quote from: KeepRondo on March 05, 2016, 11:57:43 PM
Quote from: PhoSita on March 05, 2016, 11:35:51 PM
I agree he hasn't stood out recently like he has at times. As far as his shooting, and scoring overall, he's a streaky player. I think that's just who he is.
There are a lot of streaky shooters that shoot 45 percent or over. Smart is shooting 36 percent. I'm not sure we can call him streaky if his overall shooting percentage is that bad.

Well, he has 5-10 game stretches where he shoots close to 40% from three and decent overall from the field.

Then he'll go a few weeks where he's shooting around 30% or worse.
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Re: Marcus Smart struggling
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2016, 03:11:59 AM »

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I think he may have hurt his leg 2 games ago not long after he checked in.
Even today when he was running down the court he looked really stiff and I'd say he's not 100%.

That being said, that's only for 2 or 3 games.

He's had a solid 20 game stretch so let's cross our fingers that this is just the result of a niggling injury or something.
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« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2016, 07:52:41 AM »

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Quote from: Denis998 on March 06, 2016, 12:01:03 AM
he has been debilitated by the refs. clearly they have an agenda against him.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. the guy has become "spoiled merchandise" and because he's so young, he's not handling it like a seasoned pro would. as a matter of fact this is the first time in a very long time I saw the entire defense affected by the blatant bad foul calling by the refs. why??? King James and his posse of officiating goons!!!
 
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« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2016, 08:22:15 AM »

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I didn't see the game last night but I think Smart has done well over the past few weeks. If you want him to be an offensive player you better hope he works hard on his game because it doesn't look like a natural for him. He's young and missed a lot of games in the past 2 years, still needs more time!
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« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2016, 08:56:28 AM »

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I thought that save where he saved the block going out of bounds was amazing last night.   But shooting wise meh.
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« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2016, 09:10:05 AM »

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Quote from: PhoSita on March 05, 2016, 11:35:51 PM
I agree he hasn't stood out recently like he has at times. As far as his shooting, and scoring overall, he's a streaky player. I think that's just who he is.
This, TP. Marcus is a streaky player, which is why I don't really expect him to score a lot of points during games. Still incredible how he can drop 23 points on Westbrook and then go 1-10 against a bad team the next game ::)
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« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2016, 09:11:40 AM »

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Quote from: Celtics4ever on March 06, 2016, 08:56:28 AM
I thought that save where he saved the block going out of bounds was amazing last night.   But shooting wise meh.

Another snow day practice is in order.
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