Marcus Smart returning to the court in two weeks is “very optimistic” I’m told. He’s on crutches now along with wearing a leg brace.
21 hours ago – via Twitter SherrodbCSN
Not the best of news. May be a while till he's back, especially if its a chronic issue.
Well this certainly sucks in a suckily sucky fashion.
I told my wife, who is a physical therapist what happened, and the look she gave me made me think he's out at least a month. Especially when I said the two week window, she raised her eyebrow questioning it.
So this should make the pro tankers a bit happy, but make the trade Banks 2.0 guys made.
I don't know how much the bad play the last few games is connected to Smart. But there has been times when they had leads at the end of games and he's on the bench, the other team starts to make a run and Stevens throws him back in for a couple minutes and he settles them down.
It also could be exposing our lack of BIG's defense. When Smart is defending the ball most guys are slower and more hesitant with their offense taking time off the clock, only to have to rush the play. Those things don't show up in STATS. When he and AB are on top of their defensive game the ball rarely gets below the free throw line.
People can say what they want about him, how he can score, or he's not a trure PG. But I'd rather go after a scoring wing and big and surround him with talent than trade him for it. He does the little things, and his attitude and approach to the game cant be taught.