IMHO Smart has still a lot to learn. But this is one of the positive aspects of a Rondo trade. It will give the rookie more playing time, ie more opportunities to learn from his mistakes. I d hate to see him rotting on the bench.
I don't think there's much chance of him "rotting on the bench" in his role as a back up combo guard behind Rondo and Bradley.
I'm guessing he'll get somewhere between 20-25 MPG this coming season.
Thanks for the reply. Both Rondo and AB are 30+ MPG players. And we also have ET, Pressey, Young and Thornton (some of them can also play SF but you get the point). I do not see him playing more than 10-15 MPG with Rondo in the team. Moreover, I don't really see him as a combo guard. IMHO he has to play his natural position, ie PG.
In my honest opinion. Marcus Smart will definitely get a lot of playing time early on. He will start somewhere in 15-20 mpg from the start, and will probably move upward from there. I think Young will spend a lot of time in the D-League and Pressey's minutes will decrease as Smart gets better and chips into his minutes. ET in my opinion, we do not have to worry about. He will split his playing time between guard and forward. Maybe something like, when Smart is playing point, he plays forward or something of that...
I do not agree with "WE HAVE TO TRADE RONDO TO GIVE SMART PLAYING TIME". Smart is good, and I have high expectations for him, but trading Rondo is not really a solution. If Rondo is any of a leader, he will be teaching Smart, and Smart has an elite point guard to learn from rather than have him learn on the fly.