Turner and Nelson at the point, Smart at the two

[Yoki_IsTheName]

Yeah. The last thing you want to do is to kill Smart's confidence by bringing him back in the bench.

Just keep starting him, the fact that we traded away Rondo tells us that we're not really trying to win anyway. Throw him to the fire and either let him learn or let us learn very early in what we have in him.

[hpantazo]

Yeah. The last thing you want to do is to kill Smart's confidence by bringing him back in the bench.

Just keep starting him, the fact that we traded away Rondo tells us that we're not really trying to win anyway. Throw him to the fire and either let him learn or let us learn very early in what we have in him.

I think that's a big mistake. Throwing Smart out there as a starting PG will kill his confidence and development. Turner has been great as our starting PG, let Smart come along gradually off the bench at either guard spot, as we have seen, he still has a way to go in his development.

In the meantime, you rebuild Turner's value as a future trade chip, or possibly get him to buy into the team long term if he continues to work well with Stevens.

[Yoki_IsTheName]

Yeah. The last thing you want to do is to kill Smart's confidence by bringing him back in the bench.

Just keep starting him, the fact that we traded away Rondo tells us that we're not really trying to win anyway. Throw him to the fire and either let him learn or let us learn very early in what we have in him.

I think that's a big mistake. Throwing Smart out there as a starting PG will kill his confidence and development. Turner has been great as our starting PG, let Smart come along gradually off the bench at either guard spot, as we have seen, he still has a way to go in his development.

In the meantime, you rebuild Turner's value as a future trade chip, or possibly get him to buy into the team long term if he continues to work well with Stevens.

Fair point, I'm just in the idea that he may think coming off the bench as a demotion, which will kill confidence.

[PAOBoston]

I'm not sure why people feel the need to pigeonhole players as a "1" or a #2". Smart is a guard. Turner is a guard. One is a better ball handler/creator than the other. I see no problem with this. Let Smart do what he is good at. Let him play his game. I think finding another guard who is a ball handler/creator type is the way to go (something in the Harden mold) as I don't think Turner is a long term answer. I think Bradley coming off the bench suits him better.

[littleteapot]

Smart NEEDS to be handling the ball. If he stands around behind the 3 point line, no one is going to respect his shot, he's going to take a bunch of threes and most of the time he won't go 50% from 3 because he's a bad shooter. One game is not going to change that.

I don't know why we drafted this guy if we're going to try to teach him to do the one thing he's really really bad at.