Neptune wrote:princeofpalace wrote:Josh Smith was 5-20 for 12 points, 1 for 4 from 3, had 6 assists but 6 TOs- most of them unforced and in crunch time. Despite playing most of his time at PF, he only had 6 boards in 37 minutes.
How anyone could praise him for his play last night is beyond me.
Yeah he had a few good moments but they were not enough to justify the fact that Smith yet again was a disaster on offense and in the 4th quarter. Why Cheeks continues to go to him in the clutch when he's playing so badly is beyond me.
I can only imagine how much better we would be with Jennings/KCP/SF/Monroe/Drummond as our starting 5. The good thing is the FO knows that Smith has been a mistake, now hopefully they can convince some other team to take him.
Josh Smith only had 6 boards because Monroe and Drummond are gobbling up boards on the both ends of the floor. You can praise Smith for a couple of good plays he created and his good defense on Lebron. My goodness, we have a tough crowd here.
Off topic, but did anyone here notice Lebron guarding Monroe? I wonder if that means that other teams consider Monroe our best player.
Monroe was playing well in the post and was the only reliable offensive threat we had.
Lebron is their best defender and he took it upon himself to try and slow moose.
Then with a stroke of genius, cheeks takes out our reliable offensive threat and replaces him with Sir Chuck-alot. Miami may have won the game, but Lebron can't stop Monroe when he's on the bench. Great thinking Cheeks.
Lebron showing his best imitation of Floppy bird.
