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01-28-2014, 02:35 PM | #616 |
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Smart isn't always the best player on OSU.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...oma-state-back NBA prospect doesn't enter into the equation, as I said before. We are talking about NCAA. Smart is obviously very good, but he does a lot of really stupid shit, too. |
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01-28-2014, 02:43 PM | #617 | |
Would an idiot do that?
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They've gotten much better in this regard than last year. Better offensive efficiency from the team as a whole (which speaks to Smart's distribution skills and Forte's ridiculous sharp shooting).
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And please, Markel Brown doesn't do half the things for OSU that Smart does. Quote:
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He's very, very good on defense, though. I can't really criticize anything about his game there. |
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Yes, Forte's shots come from the creation abilities of others (which, on that team, is mainly Smart).
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As for Tharpe, he's suddenly turned into one of the most efficient shooting guards in the country this season after being one of the worst last season (which Smart has clearly never been). If anything, Tharpe should be shooting more (although that might get him back into his old patterns). |
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01-28-2014, 03:37 PM | #624 |
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An alumni who is on national TV often, and just a random fan. He's more under a scope than you are. Quite different.
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01-28-2014, 03:41 PM | #625 |
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Interestingly, Marcus Smart's closest statistical college comparison in both his freshman and sophomore seasons is '08 and '09 James Harden at ASU.
If Smart's ceiling as a NBA player is something like James Harden with great defense, perhaps he should be considered higher in the draft than he currently is. |
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I don't think anything he tweeted crossed the line. IIRC, he might have been engaging in trolling KU fans for a while after that game, but that's nothing unusual in the sports media game.
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Didn't have a good game last night, but he still played a role in creating shots out there.
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I thought it was a little excessive for an alumni of his caliber. I would be embarrassed if I was an OSU fan. But, to be fair -- I haven't seen him do it in re: any other B12 game. So, he must be jealous of KU's success. |
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01-28-2014, 04:39 PM | #630 | |
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I'm just not seeing anything particularly bad on that feed. During the OSU game and after it, he questions a joke technical on Traylor, calls Embiid an NBA all-star, questions a few more calls both ways, jokes about Wiggins being missing, and then pokes fun at the fact that KU fans are so offended by Smart's flopping by posting that Paul Pierce Celtics fake injury image (which is probably where my trolling memory came from). I don't know what, if anything, he said on the broadcast, but based on that, you sure you're not being overly sensitive with this? |
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