I see a lot statements coming straight from ill-informed opinions or just reading a stat line or reading a strength-weakness thing coming from the interenet.


I love college basketball. I watch as much of it as possible. I've been a big Smart watcher sine he was a freshman, I like watching him play.

I saw about 12-14 OKST games this past season.

First, Marcus Smart has a lot better shot than he is given credit for. when's he hot, its dirty. He can take over an entire game on both ends when he's feeling it.

Also, yesterday someone said OKST was a mediocre team... but I doubt they knew that OKST lost their starting C the 3rd game into the season and they had no legit backup at the spot so OKST was vulnerable down low with a 3-man Nash forced down low.

Another thing is many believe Marcus Smart cannot coexist with Do at the 2. That is false. Smart was actually recruited out of HS as a SG and also this past season played the 2 50% of the time for OKST as Markell Brown would run the point.

Smart would have been a Top 3 pick last season but decided to stay and get better, which he did. Just so happened he was in a deeper draft.


On James Young, I didn't watch a lot of Kentucky in the regular season, maybe 4-5 games and he was solid.

I DID watch UK in the tourney and saw Young takeoff and over some games and that is what he capable of.
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So for those of you who are on here hating the picks for whatever reason, did you actually sit down and watch these kids play live? Or are you just listening to the scouting reports or jumping on the negative opinion...?

I don't watch college ball... My buddy is a Gonzaga fan and he insists that the Zags completely "shut down" Smart.  He also wasn't a fan of Smart's demeanor. 

I checked out the box score, though and Smart had like 23 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists and 6 steals in that game... I asked him how that constituted "shutting down" and he mentioned that Smart shot like 5-14 in the game with 6 turnovers.. and that nobody else on the team was capable of getting stats.  Gonzaga won the game.

I don't watch college ball... My buddy is a Gonzaga fan and he insists that the Zags completely "shut down" Smart.  He also wasn't a fan of Smart's demeanor. 

I checked out the box score, though and Smart had like 23 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists and 6 steals in that game... I asked him how that constituted "shutting down" and he mentioned that Smart shot like 5-14 in the game with 6 turnovers.. and that nobody else on the team was capable of getting stats.  Gonzaga won the game.

Quote from: Fafnir on June 27, 2014, 01:46:20 PM

Assuming people who have a different point of view didn't ever watch Smart or Young is a mistake.

I think it's a fair question to ask though. If you have a different opinion of him and actually watched him then cool, but if a person is making the loudest fuss about him without even seeing him play then their opinion doesn't weigh as much.