06-07-2021, 04:47 PM
(06-07-2021, 12:59 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: How do you think the offense will operate with Smart out there? We saw a taste of it with JRich this year. The spacing was completely off.
Smart is an even worse scorer than JRich. He's worse than Draymond in terms of scoring looking at raw numbers.
It'd completely ruin the spacing.
Which means Smart will have to be relegated to being the primary playmaker off the bench. I agree his playmaking will prove valuable there, but then we're relying on Brunson being the main scorer off the bench?
Dragic fills exactly what we're looking for in Smart. Dragic is a solid enough team defender, AND he can shoot it from anywhere. Not to mention the previous chemistry he has with Luka. He'll also be cheaper than Smart and won't require us to trade one of our best trade pieces.
Comparing Dragic defense to Smart is kind of crazy. In a playoff series Dragic would get targeted whereas Smart is elite. Smart is also not the same animal as Wright or JRich. None of them are quality floor spaces, but the biggest issue with Wright and JRich was hesitancy and passivity on offense. That would not be an issue with Smart, and he is a much better distributor than those guys. He is not the perfect fit, but he would be a huge upgrade on this as we desperately need that defense next to Luka.