As always, Smart played great when it mattered most; but he also is part of the reason it was that close in the first place. He will never be a great shooter, but he needs to clean up the TOs - some of those passes he was trying to slide through were totally unacceptable and led to fast breaks for the Bucks.
I am definitely a Smart fan and, like others, hope we can re-sign him for anything under $10M, but anything more than that and we have to let him go. If a crappy team overpays him, I think they will be very disappointed. What Smart provides is really only useful to contending teams.
The luxury tax will also come into play next year if we aren't careful. With the Lakers pick not likely to convey, I think DA will do everything in his power to stay just under that level. Retaining Smart and Baynes/Monroe (only one) and filling the last couple slots with vet minimum guys seems like the best way to do that.