Pipe dream but YES to Marcus Smart... If effort is a skill then he ranks - 10. Size for a PG - 10 Defense - 9 Rebounding for a PG - 9 Handles - 7.5 and improving everything else is gravy
Having not seen MS play, I can only go by his stats. That shooting % (36 field, 33 from 3 & 64 at the free throw line) is not good! However his assist/TO ratio is 2.5 - 1, which would help us out a lot. The sample size is only a season, so I'd take a flier on him provided the price is low.
Once again you have to consider context with statistics, numbers, analytics. Smart's shot mechanics are fine. Still needs to adjust some to the NBA 3-point distance but his shot is fine. He's coming off a rookie campaign where he was dinged most of the time in his feet and ankles. And that's why you can't put a lot of stock in his shooting percentages last year. Gotta look at the whole picture not just numbers on a spreadsheet.
Dekker and Jones for Smart would be one heck of a...smart move. I would do that deal all day, everyday.
That's robbing Paul to pay Peter. Figure a way to keep Capela. We need that back up C / potential future C. Giving away Capela is like Spurs drafting Leonard, then trading him off year 2. Capela is going to be really really good. As in this coming year. As in Kanter just got 70 Mil/ 4 year....SEH-VEN-TEE! Big men don't grow on trees.
Yeah, you may be right on Capela. All the same, I'd trade him, Dekker, and 2016 for Smart in a heartbeat and never look back. And I'd for sure do it if I had signed a big man like Boban Marjanovic as my security blanket. Marcus and Ariza bookending Harden with Dwight in the middle is one nasty, nasty team both defensively and offensively.
What makes Marcus Smart worth 3 1st round picks? I've only seen him play twice, when he went a combined 1-13 in two games against the Rockets. He's certainly not a particularly good jump shooter solely judging from his overall shooting numbers. Seems to be a decent finisher at the rim. Is he a good defender? Playmaker?
Likely something else would be coming back to Houston if all three involved. A trade for a player like Smart wouldn't happen until after the Summer League to see if additional prospects emerge to add organizational depth for trades. If that happens, then a player like Smart and with another piece using expiring deals could be added.
I like his game and the toughness he plays with. He has skill, feel of game, improving jumpshot, size and tenacity
Dude Rockets are the same fanbase who said they wouldn't trade D-Mo for Goran friggin' Dragic. Speaking of overrating prospects...
Goran Freaking Dragic that was expiring and would bolt right after? Yeah. And the Celtics and Bulls are the worst fanbases in overrating their prospects. The Celtics fanbase even overrated their draft picks this year and they got DENIED. Loved it.
Perhaps you missed the main reason - goran was going to be a free agent and had clearly made it known he didn't want to go to the rockets, since they didn't even make his top 6(?) teams. So give. Up a 7 footer with good sound defense and an awesome post game on a cheap contract for a pg for 2 months who was gone by July and would cost $18m/year? Maybe not so stupid.
Fair enough, I forgot that part. I was just thinking about how awesome he would've been for Houston when Harden wasn't playing that hot in the WCF. He could've picked up the slack until Harden brought it home.
Capela had a 22 PER and DBPM of nearly +4. Dude is a legit rim protector and insurance if Dwight walks He is untouchable unless it means getting a superstar. Marcus Smart is great but not a superstar.
Really? I'm as big of a Capela fan as anybody else but this is ridiculous, Capela hasn't played even 30 games in his entire career, he has never cracked the 20 minute marker either. He is a nice prospect with upside, but that's it as of right now. He proved in the playoff's that he's not a legitimate rotation player yet, he's just too skinny and gets absolutely abused in the post to the point where you have to take him out of the game. Even he's lanky and has good shot blocking instincts, that's only one part of playing defense and protecting the paint/rim. You have to be a good team defender, positional defender and post defender as well.
Number derived from 90 minutes of play. 90 minutes. And they think that extrapolates to super star. Truth is we don't know what Capela is right now. He has more trade value because of perceived potential based on a few bright moments in the playoffs. I'm glad for all that. But the truth is if he stumbles out of the gate next season his trade value goes into the toilet in a hurry. We just don't know at this point what Capela is. 90 minutes isn't nearly enough.
