Karate Diop wrote:ForeverTFC wrote:Johnny Bball wrote:You don't win too often in this league without a DPOY candidate (past or present). Denver did it last year, but that's the first in forever. I don't like the idea of trading Smart for Porzingis either. Smart missed less games and has less knee, ankle, foot injuries to worry about.
Knid of looks like they should step back. But their guys are pretty young still.
I feel like everyone argued with Celtics fans about how over-rated Smart was (rightly so in my opinion) and now that he's gone, everyone keeps preaching his importance to that team. It doesn't really make sense to me. White was way better than Smart on the defensive end last year and made all defense second team. Timelord was the real DPOY the previous year anyways if it had to be a Celtic.
Outside of the Porzingis fit, I actually think Timelord's diminishing role is the real risk to the Celtics' success next year.
Actually seems like the opposite is happening. Celtics fans claimed for years that Smart was their heart and soul a better than the numbers guy, someone they could always rely on in the playoffs now they're doing the standard Boston two-step and pretending that he was never good.
No offense but this is how Boston treats all their players when they leave. They put them on the pedestal when they're in town once they're out it's a complete 180.
I really don’t see that on the boards. Maybe with Kyrie that was the case but fans have always been split on Smart and are 50/50 on the trade. Everyone loved his hustle and toughness but thought he was playing out of position as the starting pg. Smart himself also thought of himself in the same level of the two Jays and thats where the issues stem from. What you’re describing is also common with every player/team.
