Comparing Gerald Wallace's shot selection to Josh Smith's is like saying the top shelf and the bottom shelf are the same 'because they're both alcohol.'
80 proof of bottom shelf will give you the same psychtropic efect as 80 proof of top shelf.
Both Wallace and Smith suck at shooting threes, so they both shouldn't shoot them. For that matter, they both suck at mid-range shots too.
.457/.278 is not a whole lot different than .469/.312
Wallace is a lot better at selecting between the options of "shoot" and "don't shoot".
Josh Smith shot 265 threes last year at 26%! Avery Bradley shot 200 for comparison.
I think that most will agree that Smith's stat line is a ridiculously obscene, reckless, selfish pattern.
I submit to you, though, that that pattern is the ONLY reason that we could potentially get him for far below Smith's worth as a 4. He is a 4, and ONLY should play the 4.
Last year, they played him out of position at the 3, a very bad spot for him for many reasons not the least of which is how the position itself prototypically expects players to take the three ball. As I said earlier inthis thread, that's equivelant to giving a recovering alcoholic a job as a wine-taster. The 3 is his addiction and bad things happen when he takes the three.
Mo Cheeks and lame-duck Loyer could not handle Josh Smith. Smith was brought in as Dumars' boy. Dumars had the bright idea to play him at the 3 and force it down the throats of his coaches. Dumars invested a lot of $$ and years in JSmith and consequently his ego couldn't let him get away from
HIS idea that Smith could play the 3.
(As an aside, you almost couldn't blame Dumars, IF SMITH COULD SHOOT from outside of 12 feet. What a frontcourt that
could have been. Drummond as your defensive center, Monroe as your strong rebounding, offensive PF and Smith as your athletic, skilled SF. Dumars was all-in and couldn't get away from his hand, to everyone's detriment That's a big reason why Monroe is so p---ed, perhaps irreconcilably so.)
If, and I know it's a huge if, Smith played for the Celtics, he will only play the 4, and Rondo WILL NOT allow him to be so reckless and selfish. Heck, he won't even pass it to him if he isn't down low. Ainge and Stevens won't allow it. I have no doubt that Ainge will not trade for him unless he's sure that he and Rondo and Stevens can keep him in check.