He looks great, I hope he is shooting threes too.
I wish there was a good way to practice finishing at the rim. I think that's where he needs the most improvement.
Hopefully the tighter bod will give him a little more lift going to the hoop (and a little more confidence as not to fall backwards/sideways on every attempt). He needs to take some notes out of Jaylen's book who has seemingly turned into a pretty elite finisher, even through contact, in a very short amount of time. I think it would be impossible to emulate IT's game.
As for Smart himself, I hope he either has a total break-out year or a pretty 'meh' year. I would very much like to keep him and I think these are the only two ways that happens.
Yeah, I'm hoping a breakout year, because star-level Smart makes us an actual title contender. I'm not sure we get to keep him even with a meh year.
Smart's best comp might be TA post-injury. Not enough quickness/hops to slash/finish, not a shooter, defensive impact player. Better handle and passer, but only average at each instead of sucky. Offensive game only rises to 'competent backup' level.
I like him enough, but not more than the mid level he could be replaced with.
Ainge - if we end up using all the picks - is taking as many shots as he can at finding star players. There aren't many of those, and some drafts don't really have any. So we're going to see a lot of good-not-great players come through, and be let go, to make room to get a long look at the next upstart.
We are going to have to get used to letting go.