Vegas Summer League: Game 3 Celtics (2-0) vs Heat (1-1) 7/14/15

[KeepRondo]

Pretty soon Smart is going to be shooting 20 percent for summer league. At what point do we just conclude that Smart is a terrible shooter.

After all of this time watching this, have you still not caught on that it's a problem of shot selection not him shooting? He's shown that he can shoot the ball. He's just displayed horrible shot selection. Even the best shooters have off days...

We shouldn't be having this argument every single game...

Why? He's terrible at getting space when driving so those threes are his only open looks. Happens almost every game so yeah I bring it up.

My inner D.O.S. is coming out...

Pretty soon Smart is going to be shooting 20 percent for summer league. At what point do we just conclude that Smart is a terrible shooter.

After all of this time watching this, have you still not caught on that it's a problem of shot selection not him shooting? He's shown that he can shoot the ball. He's just displayed horrible shot selection. Even the best shooters have off days...

We shouldn't be having this argument every single game...

The real problem, if you'd like to know, is that smart can't get better shots consistently.  As was said earlier in this thread, that's why smart settles.  Because those are about the best shots he can get.  And defenses are happy to give them to him.

See above. Good thing your opinion is necessarily authoritative...

How am I being biased? My one and only hoby is following Celtics and my favorite player is Smart after IT4.

"Confirmation Bias"..... Different thing.

What am I interpretting incorrectly because of my bias?

Seems kind of odd to be called out for confirmation bias but why dont you explain my bias.

[j804]

Is this the last game for the Summer? Or are we going to some sort of a tournament for the Championship like last year?

I think top 8 teams get a bye tomorrow, then play in the 2nd round or something on Thursday.

Which means atleast one more game to impress. That's always a good thing for our prospects.

If we win up to four more games to go

Here's the bracket http://www.nba.com/summerleague/bracket/?ls=iref:nba:gnav

[max215]

Great game! Looking forward to Thursday, let's win this whole [dang] thing!

[positivitize]

I hope Smart forgets all about this awful game.

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

Every player we put in scored. 

[colincb]

Thornton gets the post-game interview. Good for him.

[34truth]

Is this the last game for the Summer? Or are we going to some sort of a tournament for the Championship like last year?

We play thursday on a do-or-die. And that's how it is from now on til the finals

[SHAQATTACK]

I hope Smart forgets all about this awful game.

He will....dude is confident as they come.

[colincb]

Great game! Looking forward to Thursday, let's win this whole [dang] thing!

Me too. After this it's a long way and a lot of CBlog trades to pre-season.

[cltc5]

Really fun to watch.  Congrats to Thornton.

[j804]

Great game! Looking forward to Thursday, let's win this whole [dang] thing!

Me too. After this it's a long way and a lot of CBlog trades to pre-season.

Celtics basketball no matter how you slice it bring it on 

[manl_lui]

Smart is a +20, 0-8 on 3 pts

played great D, hustled, passed well...I want to believe he is jacking up 3s cuz he didn't care for a summer league game and just practicing those shots

[alewilliam789]

This is why you can't always trust the plus/minus stat.

Smart's stats:

6 points on 1 for 11 from the field, 0 of 8 behind the arc.

3 assists to 2 turnovers

4 of 6 from the FT line

&

2 steals

Yet he has a +20 for the game?

[DefenseWinsChamps]

This is why you can't always trust the plus/minus stat.

Smart's stats:

6 points on 1 for 11 from the field, 0 of 8 behind the arc.

3 assists to 2 turnovers

4 of 6 from the FT line

&

2 steals

Yet he has a +20 for the game?

Or, on the other hand, the problem isn't with the stat, but your assessment about what an effective game is.

[jpotter33]

Pretty soon Smart is going to be shooting 20 percent for summer league. At what point do we just conclude that Smart is a terrible shooter.

After all of this time watching this, have you still not caught on that it's a problem of shot selection not him shooting? He's shown that he can shoot the ball. He's just displayed horrible shot selection. Even the best shooters have off days...

We shouldn't be having this argument every single game...

Why? He's terrible at getting space when driving so those threes are his only open looks. Happens almost every game so yeah I bring it up.

My inner D.O.S. is coming out...

Pretty soon Smart is going to be shooting 20 percent for summer league. At what point do we just conclude that Smart is a terrible shooter.

After all of this time watching this, have you still not caught on that it's a problem of shot selection not him shooting? He's shown that he can shoot the ball. He's just displayed horrible shot selection. Even the best shooters have off days...

We shouldn't be having this argument every single game...

The real problem, if you'd like to know, is that smart can't get better shots consistently.  As was said earlier in this thread, that's why smart settles.  Because those are about the best shots he can get.  And defenses are happy to give them to him.

See above. Good thing your opinion is necessarily authoritative...

How am I being biased? My one and only hoby is following Celtics and my favorite player is Smart after IT4.

"Confirmation Bias"..... Different thing.

What am I interpretting incorrectly because of my bias?

Seems kind of odd to be called out for confirmation bias but why dont you explain my bias.

You've been pushing this whole "Smart can't get past his defender and that's why he shoots so many threes" notion all summer, but you conveniently ignore that in the three games before this he got to the hole quite regularly. It doesn't mean he always finished, but he's definitely been able to get past his defender.

I think he is just a Westbrook-type who is going to have some questionable shot selection at times, not that he can't get to the hole.