Wolfay wrote:So Rondo makes us our guys easier to defend, but a one-trick, volume chucking pony in Josh Smith doesn't? He has no game outside of the paint.Walking off the floor after the Nuggets' 89-79 win in Denver on opening night Wednesday with 22 points and 17 rebounds to his name, Faried mouthed off about Smith's evening.
"Josh Smith, we let him keep shooting," Faried said on the team's website after the game. "And he ended up with 25, but he still kept shooting. He shot them out of the game."
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The best way to defend Josh Smith is to not defend him, so he'll hoist ugly jumpers all day long. As if the zone and double teams on Cousins don't kill us enough already!
Whatever Josh Smith brings defensively, it'll be nullified and more by the baggage he carries into the locker room and the other side of the court. These aren't advanced basketball concepts I'm throwing out here. It's not a matter of a change in scenery, or not utilizing a guy properly; Josh Smith simply doesn't fit. To use him at what he's best at would directly interfere with Gay Cousins' game (like Isaiah Thomas), and to force him to do what he's not good at makes him completely ineffective (like Tyreke Evans).
well said we need more shooting, the zone killing us
