sure does -- or doesnt he. I mean we have lost more games than won. He never carried the team with his scoring this season so its reather hard to say if he made a difference. Everyone says we have young talented players but I'm sure it will have a visible impact on a lot of the guys production. When Zeller had synergy with Rondo allowing him to score 15+ points a game. You now have 2 very similar players in Zeller and Wright (on the offence end) who will really struggle to score. Mark my words on that. Everyone who says Rondo didnt fit the team will have to admit that the same counts for Zeller and Wright in the Rondoless envirement. I would bet that if you compare the team and player stats from the point when Rondo was traded to the stats before that you will discover segnificant changes.
Team stats I expect to drop are shots per game, shooting %, points in the paint. Zellers, Bradleys and Greens points per game will take a hit along with their shooting percentage.
At times the starting 5 will stuggle to score the basket in proportions bigger and uglier than before.
If I had money I would put it on that. Its what I expect to come.
Best point guard option to go with now is Presey imo. He will at least hold the pace high and not pass as bad as Turner. Not sure if Smart help the offence in a decree close to what Presey can bring. So if I was Stevens with the strategy to play fast pace basketball I would start Presey now as bad as that might sound. I'm just having trouble to imagine Smart doing that uptempo game with the quick passing. Hopefully its just because he hasent played that much with his injures.