I recognize that Smart can make great passes and has been forced to shoot a bunch of bad shots, contributing to his putrid shooting numbers. But why doesn't Brad give him a green light to attack, the same thing is kinda what is happening to Rozier. It's a hesitant behavior that we didn't see at all during their second summer league when they attacked the paint and seemed to have turned the corner offensively. To me, it seems that they are being held back because I just don't fully believe its better for the team that they don't attack the rim and get to the free-throw line more often. And those of you that said they'd rather shoot from 3pt range might be right but isn't that a behavior CBS would make them adjust and would tell them to drive it.
It just doesn't add up, thoughts?
Well given that I have a dire hatred for Rozier's game, even despite him being the catalyst for the T-Wolves game... I don't know.
But I agree, I don't think CBS trusts Smart's talent enough offensively in terms of scoring... He knows what he can do, but I think CBS would rather have him become more of a passer, and make plays for shooters around him.
Because Marcus Smart has shown time and time again that he can't be a top scoring option on the floor consistently enough to fill that role. He's a jack of all trades, master of defense.
The only thing "holding back" Marcus Smart is his inability to make the 3 ball consistently. He'd arguably be considered a much worse player on any other team offensively if Brad didn't put him in the PNR and PNP situations he thrives as a passer in. He also puts Smart in the post which was another way he scored in college using his strength. He's had every opportunity, starting after Rondo was traded, sticking in the starting lineup after IT was traded here even though IT was clearly the better guard, and finally he has been handed the bench and he still hasn't made any substantial improvement in his ability to score and be the offensive option off the bench that we need. It's not CBS holding any one back, but a lack of offensive talent by Smart and people don't understand this.
Don't be blaming arguably a top 2-3 coach in the NBA for not maximizing his talent. If anything he's shown he changes his system to tailor to his personnel. Jeff Green was averaging a career high before being traded, look at Crowder's stats before joining Boston (subpar at best), Jordan Crawford putting up solid efficient numbers before traded, ET doing fantastic as a bench player before leaving. Rozier has begun to open up his offensive repertoire too and has already shown substantiate improvement offensively that Smart just hasn't done in his tenure here. Ultimately it's a lack of offensive talent more than anything else that has halted Smart's offensive progression.
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