Post by FLCeltsFan on Aug 4, 2016 15:30:27 GMT -5
Good article from Mass Live about how Smart and Brown have been working out with two of the Celtics assistants and the REd Claws coach. Some good insights into both players' improvement and work ethic. I'll be pretty excited to see both this season. Smart has been working really hard and I think we will see him make a leap up this season and also I think Brown can contribute.
Morrison said he has been "impressed, like everybody, with (Brown's) athleticism."
"He looks like a veteran pro, not a 19-year-old kid, that's for sure," said the Red Claws coach, who spends a lot of time around the Celtics to maximize the affiliation between the two teams. "And skill-wise, since we've been out here I think he's shown a great deal of potential. A lot of people are asking how his shot looks, things like that. I think he has great potential as a shooter and he's explosive to the rim, and he's improving his finishing. Probably the biggest and most important thing is he picks up things quick and he wants to learn, which is a key for anybody who has to develop."
"He looks like a veteran pro, not a 19-year-old kid, that's for sure," said the Red Claws coach, who spends a lot of time around the Celtics to maximize the affiliation between the two teams. "And skill-wise, since we've been out here I think he's shown a great deal of potential. A lot of people are asking how his shot looks, things like that. I think he has great potential as a shooter and he's explosive to the rim, and he's improving his finishing. Probably the biggest and most important thing is he picks up things quick and he wants to learn, which is a key for anybody who has to develop."
"Marcus isn't going to give up any easy buckets, even in August. Jaylen's a strong kid, getting stronger, but Marcus has that man strength you can't teach. Getting in the weight room, or just trying to move him, or set a screen in drills, I know I'm coming home with a few bruises every night too."
Morrison believes the third-year pro has another level of creativity within him.
"I think he does," Morrison said. "I think he showed signs last season too at times. I'm not speaking for him but I think any time where you're struggling a bit with your outside shooting you try and maybe you force things around the rim a little bit. But when I watched Marcus, especially in the playoffs when he was playing pretty well, he'd get in the paint, help would come and he could make the open pass, open read. And that's one thing that we work on here too every day is just reads based on what the defense does. So I think you'll see him reach another level. I know he's putting in a lot of time on his shooting all offseason. He works out with us in the morning, he goes to another gym and shoots in the afternoon, and then when we can we go back at night and he joins us for extra shooting then too. So I know he's been serious and, like I said, a great example for a guy like Jaylen."
"I think he does," Morrison said. "I think he showed signs last season too at times. I'm not speaking for him but I think any time where you're struggling a bit with your outside shooting you try and maybe you force things around the rim a little bit. But when I watched Marcus, especially in the playoffs when he was playing pretty well, he'd get in the paint, help would come and he could make the open pass, open read. And that's one thing that we work on here too every day is just reads based on what the defense does. So I think you'll see him reach another level. I know he's putting in a lot of time on his shooting all offseason. He works out with us in the morning, he goes to another gym and shoots in the afternoon, and then when we can we go back at night and he joins us for extra shooting then too. So I know he's been serious and, like I said, a great example for a guy like Jaylen."
I love the Celtics and I especially get attached to the young guys we draft and bring along. So, I do expect Marcus to have a leap this year... and yes, it is more than a bit of homer on my part 
