remember marcus boxing out cousins too hard and getting thrown to ground or crashing a cousins screen-the guy is relentless on defense
the way he dips his shoulder under and powers up and through a screen-
crowder keeps talking about his slight ankle sprain and how it effected his shot
smarts two seasons have been marred by debilitating injuries
also there was no stability his rookie season-losing rondo and green and a parade of new faces
the comparisons can't even begin till rozier starts to play regularly and through a season even injured or having a bad stretch
i like the way rozier moves his body type allows that,hopefully someday he can play like isaiah one
marcus played a great game against westbrook and durant showing what he can do,then the atlanta game 4 but it is these two players that are part of celtics future not one
People are trying to put Marcus Smart in a box in which he can only become so good at team basketball. He said he's been working on his shooting. You'd think folks might want to wait to see if he got better.
Because with every other facet of the game, he is as good as it gets.
I remember that game when he boxed out Cousins who acted like a baby. That's one of the reasons I'd never gut the team to get him. Maybe as a free agent.
Marcus Smart is a Kawhi Leonard potential for shaping games or what Jae Crowder did last year. Those kind of guys win titles.
Maybe Marcus never thought too much about shooting until it became obvious it was hurting his game. I can see why many are cynical that he can become good overnight or from an off-season.
Thankfully he doesn't have to be that good. He just needs to be competent at it and remain good at driving to the hoop, passing, dribbling and hitting his free throws. I don't think he is far off. It can't be easy shooting as a young player with doubts. RJ Hunter and James Young were acclaimed as shooters but hoisted up a lot of bricks. Even Isaiah had some 1-10 shooting nightmares.
Olynyk seems to be getting better at shooting as it becomes time for him to think seriously about his prime years and what vision he's trying to express on the court.
Maybe Bradley takes some unforeseen leap and starts hitting shots at a Steph Curry or top ten shooting rate. We have so many weapons. People should cut all players slack unless they are speaking of James Young.
We could end up in a lot of blowouts. Rozier, Hunter and Mickey should get some minutes that way. I think Rozier will be the backup pg unless Smart can do it. Maybe a combo of Smart and Olynyk will be a two-headed pg. I'd like to see more Kelly Olynyk, not less, in terms of offense. Our best runs always seemed to be with him on the court. He might be a good luck charm. His plus-minus stats have never been adequately explained.