Marcus Smart of last year, at least, could in no way run offense like Evan Turner good. Not in a million years. If he could have, the ball would have been in Smart's hands. Real tough skill to improve but the dude works hard so we'll see.
I was saying some of the role not all of it. The role where IT switches to off ball and Marcus would run a PnR with either Horford or Amir. Of course he couldn't have done it as effectively as ET but all it means is that he was lesser than ET not that he was extremely poor.
In the flashes we have seen him handle the ball he has been competent and showed promise. SL 2015, flashes during games and the USA select team this summer. The one thing he hasn't had is reps. You can only expect to get so far without consistent reps to hone the skill.
Bobby Manning wrote an article on it mid way through last year saying we should let go of ET at the end of the year and promote Smart. This was pre Rozier emergence tbf. At the time I said there was no way we should be letting go of ET just to make development time for Smart, of course I didn't see Portland paying that much for him. Worth a read as it brings up some good points. K O'Conner also wrote some good articles about his development.
@feckless I do agree that his shot selection is a problem. His off ball selection I think is due to him trying too hard to be a shooter when he isn't at that stage yet, his on ball selection is what worries me more. He isn't a good pull up shooter and he takes quite a few of those when on the ball. Again though consistent reps should help. As for the choices he makes I'll need to watch him a bit more before agreeing on that, I tend to think he makes good choices. In the limited time he's spent on the ball he makes good decisions as to when to drop the pass to the rolling big or when to kick it out. Off the ball he makes the extra pass to the open man