Oh sure that is how it will be viewed, no worries at all. So what has Josh Smith done to earn that starting spot? DD
Listen, I love DMo just as much as anyone here, maybe even more. But this move is all about winning and winning now. This move will help us against all the West teams that we struggle against because of their 4. Griz- ZBo Clips- Griffin Blazers- LMA Warriors- DLee Pelicans- ADavis Mavs- Dirk I would feel a million times more confident going into a series with any of those teams with Smith guarding them over DMO, Tjones, Tariq, or Dorsey. /story
Well. At least there's no way we could go after a player with a lower basketball IQ because there's no such thing.....I guess that's a positive about this.
Been a better player of the course of his career. I'm not saying it's fair but it's how the league works. The Mavericks didn't make Rondo earn a starting spot. When you acquire a player that you believe fits better into your starting lineup you start him.
What has Josh Smith ever done to make anyone think he is a winner, or that it s about winning now? This is politics plain and simple and it is a massive risk to disrupt chemistry. I hope it works out. DD
Would love to have jsmith on our team. Low risk and high reward. I hope this doesn't play out like cbosh where everyone has him coming to us and he goes somewhere else last minute.
I feel like this potential signing/starting could be like what happened to the Pacers last year swapping Granger for Evan Turner. That didn't go right for chemistry at all.
Dmo off the bench to backup both the 5 and 4. Three big rotation of Howard/Smith/Dmo. You have black or Dorsey for insurance (which ever one doesn't get cut). I wanted to go after Wright at first but i think keeping dmo and rolling with him as primary backup for both 5 and 4 gets him starter minutes coming off the bench. NOP pick + NYK 2nd + KPap to PHX for dragic. Toss Capela in if you have to to make it work. Howard/Dmo/Dorsey Smith/Dmo/Jones Ariza/Brewer Harden/Dragic/Terry Dragic/Bev/Terry Lock that roster in and work on the rotations and chemistry.....
Funny if Josh Smith doesnt even come But for real, If things go south just bench the guy and if Howard somehow is affected then he aint the person he says he is
The guy has been involved in multiple playoff series victories with Atlanta, averaging 16 and 9 over 52 playoff games. He laces that with blocks steals assists and defence. He HAS earned a starting spot. He played crap for Detroit at SF because, well, he is a PF. What has Donuts done to beat out Smith for a starting spot? Using your weird logic, if we traded for Westbrook, he would be off the bench behind Beverley until he 'earns it'. Um, yeah... Josh Smith has earned it!!
Yes. Let's replace the 4th best rim protector in the NBA with Josh Smith. Because D-Mo has been doing so bad at defending those players. While Dwight was out, A D-Mo anchored defense held Z-Bo/Gasol to 16 total points and Dirk to 11 on 4-18 shooting. Yes he had a flat out bad game against Blake Griffin. But overall D-Mo has played very good defense against the elite western conference PF's. Cousins got his points against the Rockets, but in the last 6 minutes of the game D-Mo shut him down and scored on the other end which really helped the Rockets win. http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201412030HOU.html http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/201411220HOU.html <br> No dude, trust everyone. This is a "low risk high reward situation." Team chemistry is not important at all.
That's what's odd... I thought teams/GM's couldn't talk to the player until the waivers are cleared... Are they allowed to talk to the agents or something?? I mean I know the players are supposed to be the only ones can talk with a waived player, but lately all of these reports/sources are reporting like the teams are directly talking with Smith.
OH for **** sake, you are considering Westbrook and Smith? Come on Nuegebauer, you are better than that, Westbrook is an elite talent. Smith is not - and he has been in serious decline. The Granger for Evan Turner switch is EXACTLY what I am afraid of. DD
you never responded to my post (now several pages back) by what exactly you mean by "serious decline" I actually used stats and facts to support my claim - don't tell me facts are trumped by the all-knowing "dd eye test"
