My nickname for M. Smart > "one fer"

[CelticGuardian]

You should be looking at his effective FG% (eFG%) which = the number of points achieved by divided by the number of shots.  A much better way to look at shooting from the field than  FG% which is pretty useless as a stat with the way the game is played now with even bigs shooting beyond the arc.

Bradley's eFG% is 48.8% ranking 238th out of 488 scores (per basketball-reference.com). This is just above the median which given how many long twos he shoots, the worst shot in basketball on a risk/reward basis, is pretty good. 

Smart is ranked 330th and his eFG% is 45.8%.  That should go up a few percentage points over time like most players as he gains experience.  Smart's may go up a little more I'm guessing since his shot selection when he first entered the NBA was pretty bad and he really hasn't driven much considering that was his bread and butter in college.

I agree that his main NBA appeal was his defense, and his shot will come around similar to how Kyle Lowry evolved as a player. But I was banking on him being more of a slasher.

[timpiker]

I think Marcus is fine and will only get better.

[MikeB12]

Well - "One fer" had another great game...one fer 5 last night for his 20th game of the season making only one shot...wow.

Mike

[colincb]

You should be looking at his effective FG% (eFG%) which = the number of points achieved by divided by the number of shots.  A much better way to look at shooting from the field than  FG% which is pretty useless as a stat with the way the game is played now with even bigs shooting beyond the arc.

Bradley's eFG% is 48.8% ranking 238th out of 488 scores (per basketball-reference.com). This is just above the median which given how many long twos he shoots, the worst shot in basketball on a risk/reward basis, is pretty good. 

Smart is ranked 330th and his eFG% is 45.8%.  That should go up a few percentage points over time like most players as he gains experience.  Smart's may go up a little more I'm guessing since his shot selection when he first entered the NBA was pretty bad and he really hasn't driven much considering that was his bread and butter in college.

I agree that his main NBA appeal was his defense, and his shot will come around similar to how Kyle Lowry evolved as a player. But I was banking on him being more of a slasher.

I can only offer that Smart says his leg still isn't 100% yet.

[PhoSita]

1-5 is far better than going, say, 7-22.

This is a difficult concept for some people.

[Jonny CC]

Well - "One fer" had another great game...one fer 5 last night for his 20th game of the season making only one shot...wow.

Mike

I guess defense is meaningless to you. Are you going to complain after every game??  You can always change the channel if you are getting upset about it.

[fairweatherfan]

1-5 is far better than going, say, 7-22.

This is a difficult concept for some people.

Uh, you miss every shot you don't take, and Marcus "Onefer" Banks 2.1 is no exception.  So he's actually "Onefer" 22 in your scenario. 

Checkmate.