Poll: Smart and Yabu for Fox

[KG Living Legend]

1. why?

2. I'm not giving up that Memphis pick unless we get a top 20 player back.

 This is kind of strange. Your getting an at worst B+ player probably an A minus in a year or two.

[nickagneta]

Nothing Fox has done has alleviated any of the concerns I have with him originally..

Also I'm not giving up on Yabusele..

Ainge rarely misses on picks in the late lottery picks. (Sullinger doesn't count, because he clearly cared more about eating than actually becoming something.)

The only picks Danny had late lottery that I can think of were Marcus Banks and Kelly Olynyk. I think its fairly easy to see that he missed with those picks.

Also Sullinger, Al Jefferson, Gerald Green, Rajon Rondo, Avery Bradley, et all were not lottery picks.

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

Nothing Fox has done has alleviated any of the concerns I have with him originally..

Also I'm not giving up on Yabusele..

Ainge rarely misses on picks in the late lottery picks. (Sullinger doesn't count, because he clearly cared more about eating than actually becoming something.)

The only picks Danny had late lottery that I can think of were Marcus Banks and Kelly Olynyk. I think its fairly easy to see that he missed with those picks.

Also Sullinger, Al Jefferson, Gerald Green, Rajon Rondo, Avery Bradley, et all were not lottery picks.

how is KO a miss? he was late lottery and is on a second contract (not a min either). he isn't special but he's certainly solid for where he was picked.

[keevsnick]

There's no way the King would do this deal. The contract situation alone makes this a no go. Kings need potential, Fox had fad more of it. Yabu isn't really that valuable right now.
 

[chilidawg]

Doesn't make sense to me to spend assets on the PG position.  Fox has potential, but only at the 1.  Smart is versatile and covers a number of positions.

[KG Living Legend]

Doesn't make sense to me to spend assets on the PG position.  Fox has potential, but only at the 1.  Smart is versatile and covers a number of positions.

 Kyrie plays 31.8 MPG that Leaves 16 mpg for him at PG. You don't think Stevens could play him another 10 mpg at SG. That would be 48 Mpg of ridiculous PG play.

[nickagneta]

Nothing Fox has done has alleviated any of the concerns I have with him originally..

Also I'm not giving up on Yabusele..

Ainge rarely misses on picks in the late lottery picks. (Sullinger doesn't count, because he clearly cared more about eating than actually becoming something.)

The only picks Danny had late lottery that I can think of were Marcus Banks and Kelly Olynyk. I think its fairly easy to see that he missed with those picks.

Also Sullinger, Al Jefferson, Gerald Green, Rajon Rondo, Avery Bradley, et all were not lottery picks.

how is KO a miss? he was late lottery and is on a second contract (not a min either). he isn't special but he's certainly solid for where he was picked.

Greak Freak.

[mr. dee]

Stupid trade for both sides.

Fox is a bad fit since he's more of a John Wall type of player that needs the ball most of the time. Yabu is redundant for the Kings since they have already logjam of bigs in the roster.

[Darío SpanishFan]

Neither team does that.

The Kings love Fox and he is cost-controlled for some years.

The Celtics need Smart for this second unit and don't need another PG having Rozier as second unit and Larking as deep bench. Also, if we trade young people should be for consolidate players, given the amount of rookies on the roster. Finally, some people may argue Yabusele is an intriguing prospect with the potential to be an important player down the road (not sold on this, but understandable).

[Darío SpanishFan]

Nothing Fox has done has alleviated any of the concerns I have with him originally..

Also I'm not giving up on Yabusele..

Ainge rarely misses on picks in the late lottery picks. (Sullinger doesn't count, because he clearly cared more about eating than actually becoming something.)

The only picks Danny had late lottery that I can think of were Marcus Banks and Kelly Olynyk. I think its fairly easy to see that he missed with those picks.

Also Sullinger, Al Jefferson, Gerald Green, Rajon Rondo, Avery Bradley, et all were not lottery picks.

how is KO a miss? he was late lottery and is on a second contract (not a min either). he isn't special but he's certainly solid for where he was picked.

Greak Freak.

You can't say anybody is a miss by watching the players picked after him. You must compare him with another players in his range of choice and the above-below picks in the same drafts, but not only one of them. Another criterium would be a re-draft, considering the whole class. Olynyk can't be considered a miss.

With this reasoning, every GM in the league has had fatal misses. Unfair assessing.

[Dino Pitino]

Double digit yes total is dismaying. This trade would be awful for us.

[Ilikesports17]

Nothing Fox has done has alleviated any of the concerns I have with him originally..

Also I'm not giving up on Yabusele..

Ainge rarely misses on picks in the late lottery picks. (Sullinger doesn't count, because he clearly cared more about eating than actually becoming something.)

The only picks Danny had late lottery that I can think of were Marcus Banks and Kelly Olynyk. I think its fairly easy to see that he missed with those picks.

Also Sullinger, Al Jefferson, Gerald Green, Rajon Rondo, Avery Bradley, et all were not lottery picks.

how is KO a miss? he was late lottery and is on a second contract (not a min either). he isn't special but he's certainly solid for where he was picked.

Greak Freak.

That doesnt make KO a miss. Id say he was a pretty good pick.

[Erik]

Comparing 3 pt % then to now is irrelevant. It was a different game. DJ took 80 3 pointers in his entire career. That's just a busy month for Marcus.

DJ was an ok shooter. Smart is one of the worst shooters in the NBA. A guy shooting 35% for his career vs. a guy who shot 44% is 2 completely different players, not similar, no matter how anyone tries to twist #s.

Ehh... Smart has good mechanics and shooting form though... Even though he's terrible at shooting, his FT% clearly says otherwise...

If by good you mean not absolutely broken like Ball, yes.

His mechanics in ball position on the beginning of the motion and his release point make his shot very inconsistent. For a shot, simple is better. The more stuff you do, the more chance you are inconsistent. He starts with the ball too low which means it's traveling more to the apex than someone like Thompson and he releases the ball from behind his head instead of in front of his face like all greAt shooters.

His form is not good.