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Post by DERRENMATTS on Feb 28, 2015 15:15:42 GMT -5
All fans tend to overrate the players on their team -- well, because we are fans and have a narrower perception of our own players than others who are not as tied into the team as we are.
But sometimes we fans can go too far when valuing our players.
Let's look at Marcus Smart. Are we overvaluing him? Is he considered a potential All-Star by those outside of Boston?
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Post by eja117 on Feb 28, 2015 15:39:40 GMT -5
I think teams see him as a potential all star. Teams saw the way he harassed James Harden so there's very much a place for him in the league and teams see him getting better. He was drafted [HASH]6, so teams probably see him as worth a top 4 pick, but not top 3. He's not one of the top rookies this year and he wouldn't be the top college player/prospect had he stayed for his junior year.
I think he's worth more to us than to a lot of teams so I'm fine with us overvaluing him. If teams want to offer Wiggins or Lillard or John Wall we can talk, but otherwise there's no reason to.
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Post by FLCeltsFan on Feb 28, 2015 19:20:20 GMT -5
I learn alot about how other fans feel about our players by doing the Comments from the Other Side on the blog. Here are some quotes about Smart from last night from off the Hornets boards. For the most part, I've seen a lot of good comments about him. There's a couple here and there that don't think he's going to be good... like a few of the Lakers fans who thought that Clarkson was better than Smart overall, but mostly see good things about him.
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Post by eja117 on Mar 1, 2015 9:16:22 GMT -5
As of now I think Smart is a player you can build with but not build around and I think the league is sorta seeing that, but the jury is out till next year.
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Post by freshnthehouse on Mar 1, 2015 17:17:14 GMT -5
As of now I think Smart is a player you can build with but not build around. Agreed. He's definitely a piece, but he's not THE piece. They still need to find a couple of those guys.
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