Marcus Smart's historical shooting ranking

[kozlodoev]

Of course. He's a very important 20-mpg, change of pace player to have on the bench. That's all he is.

[GreenFaith1819]

Of course. He's a very important 20-mpg, change of pace player to have on the bench. That's all he is RIGHT NOW.

Fixed it for you.

In that article I posted, it's mentioned several times that Marcus is in a shooting slump. I know that some posters who are bullish on SCORING will readily throw him under the bus.

We have some posters like that on the Blog. it's their choice, but NOT mine.

But obviously - he played MORE THAN 20 mpg in PHX and for that I am glad.

[kozlodoev]

Of course. He's a very important 20-mpg, change of pace player to have on the bench. That's all he is RIGHT NOW.

Fixed it for you.

In that article I posted, it's mentioned several times that Marcus is in a shooting slump. I know that some posters who are bullish on SCORING will readily throw him under the bus.

We have some posters like that on the Blog. it's their choice, but NOT mine.

But obviously - he played MORE THAN 20 mpg in PHX and for that I am glad.

Yes, yes, I know... he'll eventually reach the elusive 40% shooting barrier and then... winnz0rz baby!

[GreenFaith1819]

Of course. He's a very important 20-mpg, change of pace player to have on the bench. That's all he is RIGHT NOW.

Fixed it for you.

In that article I posted, it's mentioned several times that Marcus is in a shooting slump. I know that some posters who are bullish on SCORING will readily throw him under the bus.

We have some posters like that on the Blog. it's their choice, but NOT mine.

But obviously - he played MORE THAN 20 mpg in PHX and for that I am glad.

Yes, yes, I know... he'll eventually reach the elusive 40% shooting barrier and then... winnz0rz baby!

Haha.

Boy I'm glad that some of us have a HUGE CEILING on Marcus.

But seriously with CBS as his coach I'm certain that he will get better.

[Dino Pitino]

I've read posts from the last page of the thread, only.

But I'll drop this article off right here:

From ESPN's Chris Forsberg - "Brad Stevens on Marcus Smart - "He impacts Winning.""

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/celtics/post/_/id/4722601/brad-stevens-on-marcus-smart-he-impacts-winning

When Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart left his feet to chase a fourth-quarter offensive rebound there were four Phoenix Suns players surrounding him, including 7-foot-1 Alex Len crashing from behind, and Smart essentially got swallowed up in a sea of gray jerseys.

Somehow, it was Smart with the ball in front of him when the pack returned to the ground, but he didn't have control quite yet. So with about six arms swiping at the ball in front of him, Smart managed to gain control as the ball slipped behind his back. He wasn't out of the woods though, as three Suns players trapped him on the baseline. Smart somehow reversed his direction, tip-toed the baseline, and sneaked a bounce pass through two defenders to a wide open Jonas Jerebko beyond the 3-point arc.

As the Boston bench stood in unison, Jerebko got a defender to fly by with a pump fake then calmly drained the 3-pointer that pushed Boston's lead to nine with 6:34 to play. The Celtics held off the Suns for a 102-99 triumph at Talking Stick Resort Arena, and the sequence proved to be an important part of helping Boston escape with its fourth straight victory.

In a week in which pundits have stood atop their soap boxes and picked apart Smart's game amid his post-All-Star shooting slump, Smart's hustle sequence served as yet another reminder of why he's so important to this Celtics team.

Smart finished with nine points on 2-of-7 shooting with eight rebounds, four assists, a steal, and a block. He played 32 minutes, 37 seconds off the bench, the third highest total on the team behind only starters Isaiah Thomas and Evan Turner. Smart finished plus-seven in plus/minus, the second best number on the team behind Jerebko's plus-12.

In Smart's floor time, the Celtics owned an offensive rating of 109.3, or 5.1 points higher than the team's game average. For all the laments about his individual shooting woes, Boston's team production remains excellent during Smart's slump. His post-All-Star net rating of plus-4 points per 100 possessions is the third best mark on the team behind only injured Jae Crowder (plus-5.1) and Thomas (plus-4.1).

Celtics coach Brad Stevens singled out Smart's offensive rebound after Saturday's win.

"Those are the things that make Marcus special," Stevens told reporters in Phoenix. "Sometimes those go in a box score, sometimes they don't. But he does them every game. That's why I don't get too caught up in the box score stuff with him. He impacts winning and tonight was a good example of that."

Smart caused at least three Phoenix turnovers by drawing offensive fouls. And he played his typically feisty defense, doing many of the little things that won't show up in the box score.

Look, I hope and expect him to come out of his shooting slump. Some would argue that he's been in a slump since he was drafted.

But Marcus Smart is KG-Like, to me - in that much of the stuff he does WILL NOT show up in the box score.

As long as CBS supports him and RECOGNIZES this - I'm happy.

I love the guy.

Buddy, you get it.



I missed the play Forsberg is writing about.
Anyone able to make a Vine out of it?

[GreenFaith1819]

Dino, click on that link I posted at the beginning.

It shows a 30 sec or so clip of Marcus Smart being seemingly the ONLY ONE willing to get in the paint and mix it up with the nearly the ENTIRE Phoenix Suns team - including the 7-1 Alex Len.

And he came away with the ball somehow and passed between TWO PHX defenders to a wide open Jonas - who drills the 3 ptr to the wild cheering of the Boston Celtics bench.

Marcus Smart is a BOSTON CELTIC. He is having trouble shooting the ball RIGHT NOW, but the rest of his game is KG-Like, to me.

[feckless]

It's not his shooting percentage, it is the fact that every shot I saw Marcus take last night, against Phx, was a bad, stupid, forced shot---even when they went in!  CBS has his work cut out for him if he is to make Smart  -  smart on offense.

[Dino Pitino]

Dino, click on that link I posted at the beginning.

It shows a 30 sec or so clip of Marcus Smart being seemingly the ONLY ONE willing to get in the paint and mix it up with the nearly the ENTIRE Phoenix Suns team - including the 7-1 Alex Len.

And he came away with the ball somehow and passed between TWO PHX defenders to a wide open Jonas - who drills the 3 ptr to the wild cheering of the Boston Celtics bench.

Marcus Smart is a BOSTON CELTIC. He is having trouble shooting the ball RIGHT NOW, but the rest of his game is KG-Like, to me.

Holy moly, what a special play. And he also outpositioned two Suns to have the best look again at a second offensive rebound, lol! He lapped them, half the Suns team.