Marcus Smart-The Next Deron Williams?

[jayk009]

What do you think of this player comparison...Defensively he is much better then Deron ever was but as he develops his game offensively I think that he is looking alot like Deron Williams

[Monkhouse]

Nowhere near his game.. Deron is quicker, arguably next to CP3 at the time, had the better crossover, but slightly less handles than CP3.

If Smart turns into anything like D-Will, I'll be happy. Minus the knee injuries of course.

[littleteapot]

I don't agree with this comp, but Deron is an example of a guy who shot for a low % at the rim early in his career but improved.

[ThaPreacher]

There is a very good chance that Marcus Smart is going to be the next Marcus Smart.
Bulldog on defense.  Bulldog on offense-with improved handle and shooting once he finishes watching the Pistol Pete Maravich Instructional Basketball Videos I sent him.

[Tr1boy]

No. What?

Smart actually plays hard.

Smart is closer go a Gary Payton or a more skilled version of Tony Allen

[droopdog7]

Nowhere near his game.. Deron is quicker, arguably next to CP3 at the time, had the better crossover, but slightly less handles than CP3.

If Smart turns into anything like D-Will, I'll be happy. Minus the knee injuries of course.

Of note, Williams and CP3 were drafted the same year, one after the other.

That aside, has a whole lot to work on before he can be called the next anything.  We need to figure out whether he is a PG or a SG because at the moment, he doesn't do either very well.

[KeepRondo]

Nowhere near his game.. Deron is quicker, arguably next to CP3 at the time, had the better crossover, but slightly less handles than CP3.

If Smart turns into anything like D-Will, I'll be happy. Minus the knee injuries of course.

Of note, Williams and CP3 were drafted the same year, one after the other.

That aside, has a whole lot to work on before he can be called the next anything.  We need to figure out whether he is a PG or a SG because at the moment, he doesn't do either very well.

I see him more as an undersized small forward.

[MSceltic]

I've seen a little d will in smart as well. It is something about both of them having a slow fluidity to their movements

[BballTim]

What do you think of this player comparison...Defensively he is much better then Deron ever was but as he develops his game offensively I think that he is looking alot like Deron Williams

  Deron on the Jazz or Deron on the Nets?

[PhoSita]

Next Chauncey Billups is probably a more plausible scenario, though still very optimistic.

[D.o.s.]

No. What?

Smart actually plays hard.

This is part of it, if you're only using "Deron Williams" as the guy taking New Jersey's money for the last five years or so.

[Big333223]

I get the comparison, physically. Both are big, stout, pg's.

But like everyone else is saying, they're games are pretty different from one another.

[jpotter33]

I still say his best comp is a less athletic, better-shooting DWade. That doesn't mean he'll end up nearly as good as Wade in his prime, but I do see a lot of similarities in their game.

He'll never have DWill's handle, though hopefully he'll be the shooter DWill was.

[PickNRoll]

Joe Dumars.

[PhoSita]

Joe Dumars.

That's a really interesting comparison.  I hope and pray he can become that kind of finisher / scorer.