NoLayupRule wrote:Johnny Hoops wrote:I would consider moving Stat/Shump for J-Smith/R-Stuckey or something like BARGS/Felton for J-Smith.
Smith improves our athletiscm our team length, defense, rebounding and shot blocking.
Ok - he also lowers our team IQ and coachibility but I find him a fun player to watch.
hes a big risk
that low IQ and coachability is big
what ran him out of Det so quickly?
DBC10 wrote:Dang I was actually going to make a thread titled, "The Mystery of Josh Smith"
It was going to be about his offensive lowlights and as well as dispelling any myths about him as well. I guess I'll do it here, if you want, you can also quote my post and paste it onto the first post too.
Myth 1: "If Josh moves to his natural position at the 4, he'll chuck significantly less and play more near the basket."
Answer: False:

- Courtesy of reddit via DetroitBadBoys
That's from this season and commenters regarding that picture had this to say as well.
He needs adderal. -redditor
he needs a shock collar for every time he shoots a three
He would die of complete electrocution.
Myth 2: "Even though he's 28, he can change into more of a traditional PF and you can teach an old dog new tricks."
Answer: False:

He played his natural position all of last year and ended that year by shooting 17% over his given shot attempts at the 3 point line, 47% of the time at shooting the midrange and 36% of the time, he took it to the rim. So no, he will still chuck off a significant amount of his shot selection at either midrange or the 3 ball.
Conclusion: He's not going to stop shooting and contributing to his historic lows in FG%. If you have a bigman that's willing to shoot with this much frequency and with miserable success rate, he's going to shoot you out of games or at the very least it'll be a roller coaster whenever he plays. I'll end with this:

Also more on that here:
http://www.detroitbadboys.com/2014/1/16 ... h-sf-vs-pf[/quote