Hey slightly off topic but Andrew Harrison (who by all rights should be a senior at Kentucky I think) is playing some significant quality minutes in Memphis against the Spurs in the playoffs right now.
That means he's better than Aaron Gordon, Elfrid Payton, and J Randle. I mean do you have any idea how huge it is for a young guard to play quality minutes on a playoff team?
Honestly, Andrew Harrison is a good, underrated player.
The key difference between Harrison and Smart here is that Harrison is playing 22 mpg in the playoffs vs. 20 mpg during the season. Most of his minutes have come due to injury to Conley during the year and now Tony Allen. Hes kinda been forced into minutes.
Harrison: 22 mpg in playoffs, 20 mpg in regular season for 43 win team
Rozier: 12 mpg in playoffs, 17 mpg in regular season for 53 win team
Smart: 30 mpg in playoffs 30 mpg in regular season for 53 win team
Smart is playing much more on a much better team and making a bigger impact and hes done it before. Last year, he was our 3rd best player in the playoffs(arguably 2nd) and basically won a game for us with his clutch D on Millsap and a super important 11 point scoring binge.
Overall, the ability to positively contribute to a playoff team is important. I think Andrew Harrison is actually vastly underrated. It wouldnt be too wrong to call him a poor man's Marcus Smart. He is definitely worse than Marcus, but still a solid player, who should have a long career coming off the bench.