Smart not scoring much but doing everything else

[crimson_stallion]

http://espn.go.com/nba/player/_/id/2990992/marcus-smart
But his rebounds, assists, steals #s for a pg is exceptional (rookie or vet)

Um, no, they aren't. Unless of course you mean to say that exceptional veteran PGs average 5-6 assists per game.

Tony Parker
Damien Lillard
Kyle Lowry

Just three 'exceptional' point guards who are currently in the league and have career assist averages between 5-6 assists per game.

Obviously you can't even begin to compare Smart to those guys right now, but when you consider that he hasn't even played half a season yet (and hasn't even started 10 NBA games) the fact that he's averaging around 5 points, 5 assists and 1.7 steals in games he's started is certainly promising.

Looking at the numbers Schroeder averaged last season...

Rondo averaged 12 points, 5 rebounds,6 assists and 2 steals 36 minutes in his sophomore seasons, but by the end of that year he had started over 100 games as a pro.  It wasn't until his third season that his numbers really skyrocketed and people started to really take notice.

We've had way too small a sample size to judge Smart's potential to this point, but the fact that he had two consecutive games with 7+ rebounds and 7+ assists he had about 13 and 7 in one of them) is impressive for such a young rookie who still has very few games under his belt. 

[kozlodoev]

Promsing is not the same as exceptional. Although it is more accurate. 

The thing that is not that encouraging is that he's pretty much never looking for his shot and can only muster 5 assists.

[SHAQATTACK]

Smart is still in basic training .....1/2 year in league , and just now getting major playing time.

Also.......look at what targets has ......no Pierce,  Shaq, KG , Allen ......no star players .   Marcus is obvious light years behind Rondo ...who spoiled us with his passing .

Being used to watching Rondo pass amazing .....has kinda set our expectations for a youngster to follow to a level that's not realistic .

If he becomes 50 % good passer as Rondo that will be better than most NBA guards.

So he has a lot of work to do in all phases.   

I'm satisfied with this 20 year old .......give him couple years and two nice star s to work with everything will be good.