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Good to see Smart working so hard this summer to improve his game. He's got a big contract year coming up.

Is it just me, or does he look significantly thinner and actually ripped? You can't tell me he had those abs this past season when everyone was calling him fat!

Perhaps the coaching staff did ask him to bulk up last year to play bigger, and now that we have a million wings and he has zero reason to play the 3 he's slimming back down. That'd probably do wonders for his game.

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Smart is definitely looking much leaner than he did last season. I think he's just slimming down. Love that he's putting in the work!

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Good to see Smart working so hard this summer to improve his game. He's got a big contract year coming up.

Is it just me, or does he look significantly thinner and actually ripped? You can't tell me he had those abs this past season when everyone was calling him fat!

Perhaps the coaching staff did ask him to bulk up last year to play bigger, and now that we have a million wings and he has zero reason to play the 3 he's slimming back down. That'd probably do wonders for his game.

He's definitely thinner. You can tell by his arms. I think the extra weight prevented him from getting by anyone last year. I know a 10 lb weight difference was huge for me; the difference between getting the ball stripped constantly and stepping right past someone. Hopefully this makes that difference for Smart. Even if he never improves consistently as a shooter, he needs to add some threat to his offensive game.

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Good to see Smart working so hard this summer to improve his game. He's got a big contract year coming up.

Is it just me, or does he look significantly thinner and actually ripped? You can't tell me he had those abs this past season when everyone was calling him fat!

Perhaps the coaching staff did ask him to bulk up last year to play bigger, and now that we have a million wings and he has zero reason to play the 3 he's slimming back down. That'd probably do wonders for his game.

He's definitely thinner. You can tell by his arms. I think the extra weight prevented him from getting by anyone last year. I know a 10 lb weight difference was huge for me; the difference between getting the ball stripped constantly and stepping right past someone. Hopefully this makes that difference for Smart. Even if he never improves consistently as a shooter, he needs to add some threat to his offensive game.

agreed, i guess one could say his bulk last year also enabled him to guard bigger people, though i think 10 lb won't make much a difference in his strength department but should definitely help a bit in his quickness, with bradley gone i think it'll be more pressure on him to guard more PG and SG who are quicker

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with the team we have now, hopefully Marcus does not see any minutes at the small forward position this year.

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Come on now, look how tall he is.  That's clearly Isaiah wearing a James Young mask.  :P

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Good to see Smart working so hard this summer to improve his game. He's got a big contract year coming up.

Is it just me, or does he look significantly thinner and actually ripped? You can't tell me he had those abs this past season when everyone was calling him fat!

Perhaps the coaching staff did ask him to bulk up last year to play bigger, and now that we have a million wings and he has zero reason to play the 3 he's slimming back down. That'd probably do wonders for his game.

I would love to see the physiques of posters that regularly call Marcus fat or tubby.

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I think the "Smart is fat" stuff was overblown. He's a thick-built guy, that's the way he'll always be. If you put a baggy jersey over that same image above you'll still have people calling him overweight just because that's his body.

But he does look like he's in terrific shape.
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I think he's always been a "whatever the team needs" type of body.

Last year, the team was small with IT4 and Bradley in the backcourt, so they needed Marcus to defend above his size. So he put on that mass.

This year, the team is actually pretty large, so Marcus will definitely need to slim down and be quicker to defend below his size.
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No. James is about 3 inches taller than Marcus
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That's great and all, but...

Has Isaiah grown 5 inches this off season? Any picture proof?  :P :laugh:
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I'm going to throw a comp out there that I honestly believe is Marcus' ceiling.... Dwyane Wade and honestly if he's going to be a shooting guard/ ball handler Wade is the perfect person to emulate.

When you see one of Smart's good offensive games, the way he scores is very Wade-esque... not a lot of threes, but tons of drives and post-ups... timely cuts to the basket or curls off screens to hit mid-range jumpers.

Smart's offensive potential is underrated due to his lack of consistency but the raw tools and ability are there.