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LarryBirdsFingr wrote:I actually spent a few minutes the other night with Marcus after the game and asked him about his shooting in the hangar, and all he said was "I'm confident in my shot and so is brad so I'm going to let it fly until I'm told otherwise."
Kid is a stud even if we've maligned him
Green_teamer wrote:Lmao the general Board looks like an extension of our board
fallguy wrote:Captain_Caveman wrote:esad247 wrote:
How many years should we wait out this drought?Spoiler:
He is covering opponent's entire franchises in crunch time, you plebs.
Which is why he's so uniquely valuable and worth resigning.
That doesn't mean Boston's offensive possessions should so regularly result in a Smart jumper.
I feel like the Smart discussion has gotten too binary. He's either the worst offensive player of all time or he's a guy who singlehandedly wins games in the fourth quarter. The truth is somewhere in the vast, reasonable middle.
Edug27 wrote:- Kyrie is amazing. Simply. Amazing.
- Jaylen had a couple mental lapses, but overall really good game. Aggressive and improving his play making ability each game. The shot is looking nice as well. Defense was solid all night.
- What's up with Al? Weird game from him.
- Tatum is really good. Once he puts it all together.. watch out. He needs to not overthink it though and just go up with the shot.
- Ugh Smart. He'll shoot you out of a game and then make hustle plays to bring you back in it. I wish I could merge Smart and Rozier into one player. No point in having both.. Get it done Danny!
- Barea is annoying. So is Matthews. And where was this Barnes 2 years ago when GS needed him in the Finals and he looked like Smart out there. Scrub.
- Horford and Baynes had a few chances to go up strong when they got the ball so deep in the paint, but instead looked like the Warriors with the kick out. Except there no Klay sitting in the corner for the easy assist.
31to6 wrote:claycarver wrote:31to6 wrote:As a lot of us said at the time, without him shutting down our own offense starting in the late first (Kyrie and Jaylen on fire, Marcus bricks two threes) and throughout most of the second, we wouldn't have needed those amazing last-gasp plays, though? #secondquartersmatter
If Smart played the way we want him to in the second quarter, he'd be an all star, max contract player.
well a lot of posters are mentioning Roberson and Rodman as role models.
do your awesome stuff.
just don't take the second most shots on the team.
CavemanDoctor wrote:Just wanted to say this is exactly what you want from a stud closer:
https://streamable.com/mk4qn
Immediately goes to the ball after the rebound, takes control, assesses the situation, takes the big shot himself. This is invaluable and precious few players in the league operate on this level.
jfs1000d wrote:He reminds me of a guard version of Dennis Rodman .
31to6 wrote:Captain_Caveman wrote:esad247 wrote:
How many years should we wait out this drought?Spoiler:
He is covering opponent's entire franchises in crunch time, you plebs.
Tatum, Brown, Horford, and Kyrie really played some great D down the stretch. Pretty sure Kyrie and Al had game-saving steals in the last minute of the 4th, too. None of them fouled a three-point shooter, either.
tlee324 wrote:Kyrie is amazing.
Love Tatum. Love jaylen.
I'll give Al a pass. He's earned a few this season so far.
Smart is a fine defender, passer and hustle player but I'm ready to move on if he can't shoot the rock better than this.
Captain_Caveman wrote:fallguy wrote:Captain_Caveman wrote:
He is covering opponent's entire franchises in crunch time, you plebs.
Which is why he's so uniquely valuable and worth resigning.
That doesn't mean Boston's offensive possessions should so regularly result in a Smart jumper.
I feel like the Smart discussion has gotten too binary. He's either the worst offensive player of all time or he's a guy who singlehandedly wins games in the fourth quarter. The truth is somewhere in the vast, reasonable middle.
But no one on our bench can create in the least. Hayward was a huge loss there, and Smart stepping into that void.
Captain_Caveman wrote:31to6 wrote:Captain_Caveman wrote:
He is covering opponent's entire franchises in crunch time, you plebs.
Tatum, Brown, Horford, and Kyrie really played some great D down the stretch. Pretty sure Kyrie and Al had game-saving steals in the last minute of the 4th, too. None of them fouled a three-point shooter, either.
Booo!
Smart was on everyone and no one was scoring on him. Unlike Horford giving up several layups to Barea. Soft call on that foul, too.
But more than that it is every game he is doing this.
rmal8852 wrote:tlee324 wrote:Kyrie is amazing.
Love Tatum. Love jaylen.
I'll give Al a pass. He's earned a few this season so far.
Smart is a fine defender, passer and hustle player but I'm ready to move on if he can't shoot the rock better than this.
Had me right till "but I'm ready............"
tlee324 wrote:31to6 wrote:Captain_Caveman wrote:
He is covering opponent's entire franchises in crunch time, you plebs.
Tatum, Brown, Horford, and Kyrie really played some great D down the stretch. Pretty sure Kyrie and Al had game-saving steals in the last minute of the 4th, too. None of them fouled a three-point shooter, either.
It's not all or nothing. Marcus shot the ball like sweaty gorilla taint for 95% of this game, but certainly defended well and came up with some plays.
Acting like nobody else besides Marcus played defense would be foolish, of course, as the plays you're talking about were surely made.
I really liked the way Tatum and Brown delivered on both ends of the court to add to Kyrie's greatness.
31to6 wrote:Captain_Caveman wrote:31to6 wrote:
Tatum, Brown, Horford, and Kyrie really played some great D down the stretch. Pretty sure Kyrie and Al had game-saving steals in the last minute of the 4th, too. None of them fouled a three-point shooter, either.
Booo!
Smart was on everyone and no one was scoring on him. Unlike Horford giving up several layups to Barea. Soft call on that foul, too.
But more than that it is every game he is doing this.
Pretty awesome how he used his length to contest but not foul Barnes' shot at the end of regulation, huh? Or stripped the ball out so Jaylen could recover it with 36 seconds left? Oh wait that was other guys.
It's a team game. One of our best defenders and one of the most amazing hustle guys I've ever seen is taking a **** wrecking ball to our offense for large swaths of the game (up until WINNING TIME), which is impacting said games. No reason to get all twisted up about people calling it what it is.
Captain_Caveman wrote:31to6 wrote:claycarver wrote:
If Smart played the way we want him to in the second quarter, he'd be an all star, max contract player.
well a lot of posters are mentioning Roberson and Rodman as role models.
do your awesome stuff.
just don't take the second most shots on the team.
Who else on the bench do you want to create?
Alrighty, then.
