If you were disenchanted with KO, I can't imagine how you'd be impressed with Moser. He hit a few open threes but wasn't creating anything for himself or anyone else at all.
When KO and Smart were off the floor, the SL team fell apart. Pressey could handle the ball but his shooting wasn't good and he had a lot of turnovers.
I thought KO's offense was OK. I'd still like him to be more aggressive. I also thought he wasn't doing great on the boards but in the game he didn't play they were nightmarish on the boards. KO comes back and they held their own. Just his blocking out makes a huge difference allowing the guards to come in and get rebounds.
Smart's defense was as advertised. He gets his hands on a LOT of passes. I think he will be really good. He could have drawn four or five more offensive charges but the refs were really letting players get away with a ton.
Iverson just isn't good enough. Nothing against the guy but defensively he doesn't block shots and offensively he doesn't do much of anything but fumble passes.
Bertans I really liked but there just isn't a spot for another 2 guard on this team.
Pressey shot horribly but at least created shots for others and at times was a pest defensively.
Moser doesn't have the handles of a 3 nor the size and athletic ability of a 4. His defense wasn't great nor his passing. He is a guy who can't create his own shot and probably not good enough of a shooter to make it on just his shooting. Good player, maybe be a role player in a few years if he improves other parts of his game.
Everyone else was AWFUL. How many assists could KO, Smart or Pressey have had if Johnson, Baab, and the others could have thrown it in the ocean. Most of those guys didn't look like D League players. We had no size at all behind KO and Iverson. No shooting outside of KO and Moser when he was wide open and only KO, Smart and Pressey were creating shots for other guys. Just a pathetic roster when compared to other teams.
Very well put man! I agree on just about all of it. I do think KO was pretty great on offense besides that he kind of refused to jack shots (which he should have, even though he still scored well anyways).
Smart is taking a lot of heat right now for his shooting percentage but the more I thought about it the more I came to the realization: who else out there should be shooting? And who even COULD shoot and make a shot on their own?
Being on our real team, fitting in as a piece, will be so different it's hardly worth worrying about.
The Celtics, proper, have really lacked this in my opinion outside of a few players so Smart will help out big time and be asked to do less.
And yes he's great on defense.