At the half of this Rockets game Marcus Smart is the 15th most impactful player tonight. Virtually every player that has touched the court tonight has had a bigger impact on the game than him. I wish I could say this isn't very common.
He's got to get the minutes and the touches to be impactful. They give him no role in the offense, and his minutes have been spotty.
His minutes have been spotty because he hasn't done anything with them. There are several other players tonight that have played similar minutes and look like they actually belong in the NBA. He looks like he belongs at OK St or possibly the D League
Righhhtttttt.
So you think he's just ready to go. Just ready to be a big piece but Stevens is just messing around with his minutes because.....no good reason? Pressy is the better NBA player right now. They're giving him more minutes than he deserves already. He's not going to be on the all rookie team despite all the injuries. As of this moment he's a bust.
Only in the realm of trolls is Pressey better than Smart right now. Absolute nonsense.
Pressy doesn't suck completely when he plays and that's the difference. Smart flashes some good defensive ability here and there and that's about it, and no amount of wishful thinking or denial changes that.
This isn't what anyone signed up for with this guy, not by a long shot. He has a long ways to go.