Smart isn't playing well enough to earn more minutes. He's become a huge albatross on offense for the starters right now.
Arguably, he shouldn't even be starting at this point.
Blame it on the 'rookie wall' if you want. And I'm not saying that Smart doesn't have a great future ahead of him. But right now, he is part of the problem with our starters.
Are we serious about trying to make the playoffs or not? If not, then whatever, might as well tank our way into the 9th pick (still within reach). But if we are, then why the heck isn't Thomas starting?
I don't see how that's the case. Every time I see Smart, he hustles on both ends of the floor and plays his as* off.
Certainly you could make the argument that maybe Isaiah should be starting with Smart being the 6th man, but right now in my mind Smart's play is the least of this team's worries and has been a HUGE bright spot.
I think he's already become a better point guard than Rondo ever was.
Your lying.
Well, me saying that I THINK player X is better than player Y and saying I am "lying" are two TOTALLY different things.
But back to the point, I think Smart has better court vision than Rondo did and is a better shooter and better defender.
Are you saying better court vision than Rondo had when he was a Rookie or better court vision than Rondo has currently because...um no ... lol.
Right now, I'd rather have Smart as the PG than Rondo.
I though EVERYONE on this board felt the same way a few months ago when everyone was saying
"the team should give the keys to Marcus Smart."
Is everyone now suddenly changing their tune and if so, why?
Originally, I wanted to keep Rondo because I wanted to build around him and add a couple all-starts but since, I've grown to like Marcus as a player.