What I enjoy best about Smart is the type of player he turns into at the end of a close game. He plays with a frantic physical hunger to win. Its like a gear he goes into, where it seems like he's everywhere. During the playoffs last year against Atlanta the TV annalists saw it too...it was in their voices.
DJ was like that, a physically tough defender, not quite a pure point guard, a clever team player who could score when he had to, in clutch situations throughout his career.
If Smart stays on track, being compared to DJ is quite a compliment.