Thats a fair stance to take. Heck if i liked some of the safer guys more I might lean that way too, I'm just not that enamoured with many guys after about 12 this year.jredsaz wrote:WeekapaugGroove wrote:This is a great breakdown of smith! He's not the safest prospect but if he develops he could be a two way problem and a very unique player.AtheJ415 wrote:
He has skill, it's just that he is a bit weird in that he plays like a big man. He gets a ton of rebounds, blocks, and steals, and crashes the glass. A huge amount of putbacks for a non-big. He is good at setting picks and operates really well from the FT line area and in. Cuts well off the ball. He needs to work on his jumper but it is far from broken. He hit 3s at a good clip on low volume and you can tell he is tweaking it in draft prep.
I think he may end up the best perimeter defender in this draft and is arguably a top 3 athlete of everyone. His upside lies with his jumper and developing offensively off the dribble, which is going to take some work, but that is the same skill set a lot of defensive-oriented athletes coming out had (like Jimmy Butler, for instance). Smith and Jackson guarding on the perimeter would be a big boost to our defense as a team.
Also, I think from a value perspective he ought to go top 12 so if he does fall to 16, I will be upset if we pass on him unless for maybe SGA if he falls.
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That's the kind of prospect I will miss on. Tons of athlete, lacks shooting, ball handling, and playmaking skill - basically basketball skills. It's a Russ scenario. He is growing on me to the point where I would be fine selecting him. I just personally may want a more skilled, lower cieling guy at that point.
One encouraging thing with smith is he seems to have a good bbiq that many of these athletes lack.
He kind of reminds me of a shorter OG Anoby.
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