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Re: Predict Smart's FG % and 3 pt % this year
« Reply #15 on: October 20, 2016, 03:12:25 PM »

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I think he'll take more of his shots from inside the arc and his field goal percentage will be in the 40-45% range as a result.

Based on what we've seen I can't predict anything better than 28-30% on three pointers, unfortunately.

Hopefully Smart can improve his finishing from last year and get to the line more often.  The goal for Smart should be to get his True Shooting Percentage up to 50% this year.  It was 49.% his rookie season and 46.3% last year.
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Re: Predict Smart's FG % and 3 pt % this year
« Reply #16 on: October 20, 2016, 03:22:47 PM »

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I think he'll take more of his shots from inside the arc and his field goal percentage will be in the 40-45% range as a result.

Based on what we've seen I can't predict anything better than 28-30% on three pointers, unfortunately.

Hopefully Smart can improve his finishing from last year and get to the line more often.  The goal for Smart should be to get his True Shooting Percentage up to 50% this year.  It was 49.% his rookie season and 46.3% last year.
well, his preseason FG% is 42%. and my guesstimation on the 2 pt % is around 63%. take out the abysmal 3 point shooting and he would actually look fairly good from inside the 3 point line.

if he can develop a good mid-range shooting game, it will help him immensely. after that, he can work on 3 pointers.
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Re: Predict Smart's FG % and 3 pt % this year
« Reply #17 on: October 20, 2016, 03:25:06 PM »

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I think he'll take more of his shots from inside the arc and his field goal percentage will be in the 40-45% range as a result.

Based on what we've seen I can't predict anything better than 28-30% on three pointers, unfortunately.

Hopefully Smart can improve his finishing from last year and get to the line more often.  The goal for Smart should be to get his True Shooting Percentage up to 50% this year.  It was 49.% his rookie season and 46.3% last year.
well, his preseason FG% is 42%. take out the abysmal 3 point shooting and he would actually look fairly good from inside the 3 point line.

if he can develop a good mid-range shooting game, it will help him immensely. after that, he can work on 3 pointers.
Smart loves the three pointer. I don't see him removing those shots from his game.

Re: Predict Smart's FG % and 3 pt % this year
« Reply #18 on: October 20, 2016, 03:30:57 PM »

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I think he'll take more of his shots from inside the arc and his field goal percentage will be in the 40-45% range as a result.

Based on what we've seen I can't predict anything better than 28-30% on three pointers, unfortunately.

Hopefully Smart can improve his finishing from last year and get to the line more often.  The goal for Smart should be to get his True Shooting Percentage up to 50% this year.  It was 49.% his rookie season and 46.3% last year.
well, his preseason FG% is 42%. take out the abysmal 3 point shooting and he would actually look fairly good from inside the 3 point line.

if he can develop a good mid-range shooting game, it will help him immensely. after that, he can work on 3 pointers.
Smart loves the three pointer. I don't see him removing those shots from his game.
i believe that may depend more upon CBS than smart. i believe sully took so many 3 pointers because CBS thought if he developed the aspect of his game, he would be more valuable.

you may be right though. we shall see.
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Re: Predict Smart's FG % and 3 pt % this year
« Reply #19 on: October 20, 2016, 03:56:35 PM »

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Smart may have to go the Evan Turner route, and significantly cut down on his 3 point shots. His percentage is too low to keep chucking.

Re: Predict Smart's FG % and 3 pt % this year
« Reply #20 on: October 20, 2016, 04:00:45 PM »

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His 3% will go down even more because (hopefully) he will shoot less of them.  That should raise his overall percentage but not that much. 

3pp = 23%
Overall = 39%

Re: Predict Smart's FG % and 3 pt % this year
« Reply #21 on: October 20, 2016, 04:08:29 PM »

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Smart may have to go the Evan Turner route, and significantly cut down on his 3 point shots. His percentage is too low to keep chucking.

Idk how many developmental shots Stevens is going to allow, especially with Horford in town looking to win.

Re: Predict Smart's FG % and 3 pt % this year
« Reply #22 on: October 20, 2016, 04:11:01 PM »

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I think he'll take more of his shots from inside the arc and his field goal percentage will be in the 40-45% range as a result.

Based on what we've seen I can't predict anything better than 28-30% on three pointers, unfortunately.

Hopefully Smart can improve his finishing from last year and get to the line more often.  The goal for Smart should be to get his True Shooting Percentage up to 50% this year.  It was 49.% his rookie season and 46.3% last year.
well, his preseason FG% is 42%. take out the abysmal 3 point shooting and he would actually look fairly good from inside the 3 point line.

if he can develop a good mid-range shooting game, it will help him immensely. after that, he can work on 3 pointers.
Smart loves the three pointer. I don't see him removing those shots from his game.
i believe that may depend more upon CBS than smart. i believe sully took so many 3 pointers because CBS thought if he developed the aspect of his game, he would be more valuable.

you may be right though. we shall see.

last year it was, essentially, have Marcus or Turner shoot them off the bench. And since Turner's playmaking and iso scoring ability was better than Smart's, Turner was on the ball more, so he wasn't just pulling up and shooting. Marcus was off the ball, so he was essentially forced into the role of the catch and shoot guy. because, coming back to my initial point, it was a choice between Smart and Turner for the off the bench wing shooter, and because of how Turner was more adept with the ball, it made marcus the designated shooter. which is why i believe his percentages were so low last season.
I could very well see the Hawks... starting Taurean Prince at the 3, who is already better than Crowder, imo.

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Re: Predict Smart's FG % and 3 pt % this year
« Reply #23 on: October 20, 2016, 04:35:26 PM »

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I think he'll take more of his shots from inside the arc and his field goal percentage will be in the 40-45% range as a result.

Based on what we've seen I can't predict anything better than 28-30% on three pointers, unfortunately.

Hopefully Smart can improve his finishing from last year and get to the line more often.  The goal for Smart should be to get his True Shooting Percentage up to 50% this year.  It was 49.% his rookie season and 46.3% last year.
well, his preseason FG% is 42%. and my guesstimation on the 2 pt % is around 63%. take out the abysmal 3 point shooting and he would actually look fairly good from inside the 3 point line.

if he can develop a good mid-range shooting game, it will help him immensely. after that, he can work on 3 pointers.

Smart shot something like 42% on two pointers last year.  If he can get to 45% this year while also getting to the line more and shooting 70%+ on free throws, he'll be in solid shape.
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Re: Predict Smart's FG % and 3 pt % this year
« Reply #24 on: October 20, 2016, 04:36:41 PM »

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FG% =40%
3 pt% = 30%

Rozer has a shot to jump Smart. Let's see if he can take advantage.

Re: Predict Smart's FG % and 3 pt % this year
« Reply #25 on: October 20, 2016, 04:38:14 PM »

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Fg% - 43%
3PFG% - 32%

I predict his overall stat line is somewhere around 14.5 pts, 5 rebs, 4.5 asts, 1.6 stls per game

Re: Predict Smart's FG % and 3 pt % this year
« Reply #26 on: October 20, 2016, 04:38:45 PM »

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It would be pretty amazing if he cracked 40% shooting this year

Explain one thing to me. Why do people think he will be more than TA? Would Celtics fans look at him in the same light if he was on a different team? Some people have thrown the word potential star around. Not sure what they see.

Re: Predict Smart's FG % and 3 pt % this year
« Reply #27 on: October 20, 2016, 04:40:51 PM »

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Fg% - 43%
3PFG% - 32%

I predict his overall stat line is somewhere around 14.5 pts, 5 rebs, 4.5 asts, 1.6 stls per game

Pretty surprised by your fg%. I like the honesty. However I don't see him averaging that many points, lol.

Re: Predict Smart's FG % and 3 pt % this year
« Reply #28 on: October 20, 2016, 05:10:19 PM »

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I have not been able to see a lot of the pre-season but so far, what i have seen,  Marcus's shot selection is still awful.  His ball handling and near the basket game seems somewhat improved but I simply do not understand his choices.  Too many 3's heaved early in the clock.
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« Reply #29 on: October 20, 2016, 05:13:47 PM »

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Fg% - 43%
3PFG% - 32%

I predict his overall stat line is somewhere around 14.5 pts, 5 rebs, 4.5 asts, 1.6 stls per game

that is as optimistic as it gets for Marcus this year. Watch: he'll come back from the injury and he wont play as well, then when the reason ends, he'll tell us "yeah, the injury affected me for the whole season". Haven't we heard this story before?
I could very well see the Hawks... starting Taurean Prince at the 3, who is already better than Crowder, imo.

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