They are at a point where they ought to be looking at different guys, such as Nesmith. It doesn't make sense to ride starts and guys who will definitely not be part of the next great Celtics team in order to nail down the (nonexistant) 12th seed.
When does that pedigree become useless? He's regressed from his rookie year (SSS) which is never a good sign. He hasn't really put together a good stretch of games either.
Smart's valuable to a team where he doesn't need to handle the ball much and can just take six or so shots a game. The problem is he's not as uncommon as we think he is. He would useful to, for example, a team like Golden State (if they didn't already have Draymond!), the Bucks if they didn't already have Jrue Holiday, the Heat if they didn't already have Kyle Lowry... you get the point.
Trade him to the Hawks. Ask for Reddish, settle for Huerter.
JRich could play minutes there. BUT I'm not sure IME likes him so much since JRich's mpg have been cut from past seasons
Are teams really that interested in having a guy play a lot of minutes with so little contribution on the offensive end? Even on the defensive end, it's not like teams can just put him on the other team's best player and shut him down because teams can switch them off anyway.
I don't disagree with really anything here. I do think he's definitely shooting below what he's capable of from three by quite a bit. I don't think he'll fetch much but he might be able to net us another player of comparable value who's a better fit. I do think he contributes playmaking and on a team where he's surrounded by shooters who can also make plays... a player like that can be very useful.
According to cleaning the glass, he has the best net rating (excluding garbage time minutes) on the team among regulars at +6.3, which points him 81st percentile in the NBA. I don't think that's by accident.
He's actually not a terrible contributor on offense, he just can't space, in lineups with shooters and when he limits his 3pt attempts he grades out pretty well because he is a good passer at the 2, and he's somewhat effective in the lane/foul line.
because he can play PG? If OKC is eating a deal why would you keep Juancho over getting a look at a PG who can shoot 3s?
Does he really have a clutch defensive skill? Or is it that in the last few minutes of a game he is able to empty the tank after conserving energy during the rest of the game?
No thanks on PP starting, his defense in IME's switch everything scheme, against starters would be attacked relentlessly. That's too large of a defensive dropoff for the 3rd or 4th scoring option. I understand the C's need better spacing/3pt shooting and agree that the 2BIGZ needs to end. One of Granite or JRich should start, since both can help open up/spread the floor. Either of those two can effectively play the defense IME wants
