Marcus Smart #STATSTHREAD! Incoming!
Marcus Smart is unique.
He's taken 1,094 3s & has a TS% of .480. Of the 113 in NBA history w/ 100+ 3PA & a .480 TS% or lower, Smart is 1 of 2 w/ a positive Box Plus-Minus. Lonzo Ball is the other one.
Hard to have a positive impact with such poor shooting. Smart does just that.
He's taken 1,094 3s & has a TS% of .480. Of the 113 in NBA history w/ 100+ 3PA & a .480 TS% or lower, Smart is 1 of 2 w/ a positive Box Plus-Minus. Lonzo Ball is the other one.
Hard to have a positive impact with such poor shooting. Smart does just that.
Only 20 players in NBA history match or exceed Marcus Smart's combination of REB%, STL% & BLK%.
If you limit it to players Smart's height (6'4") or shorter, the list narrows to three: Tony Allen, Eric Bledsoe & Victor Oladipo.
Now, throw in AST% and it's just Smart & Bledsoe.
If you limit it to players Smart's height (6'4") or shorter, the list narrows to three: Tony Allen, Eric Bledsoe & Victor Oladipo.
Now, throw in AST% and it's just Smart & Bledsoe.
Marcus Smart shows up for the postseason.
His career Box Plus-Minus, PER, TS%, AST%, REB% & BLK% are all higher in the playoffs than in the regular season.
Among the 443 who've appeared in the playoffs since Smart entered the NBA, Smart's 41st in Wins Over Replacement Player.
His career Box Plus-Minus, PER, TS%, AST%, REB% & BLK% are all higher in the playoffs than in the regular season.
Among the 443 who've appeared in the playoffs since Smart entered the NBA, Smart's 41st in Wins Over Replacement Player.
Al Horford and Terry Rozier are the only Celtics with more postseason Wins Over Replacement Player than Marcus Smart over the last four seasons...
Players shot 41.4% from the field when defended by Marcus Smart, 3.8% worse than their average.
Goran Dragic, John Wall, Eric Gordon & TJ McConnell were the only guards who defended at least as many shots as Smart and forced a bigger difference than -3.8%.
Goran Dragic, John Wall, Eric Gordon & TJ McConnell were the only guards who defended at least as many shots as Smart and forced a bigger difference than -3.8%.
Among players with at least 1,500 minutes, Marcus Smart was fourth in Defensive Win Shares per 48 Minutes. Only Rudy Gobert, Dejounte Murray and Robert Covington topped him.
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Marcus Smart had the best Contested REB% among players his height (6'4") or shorter (min. 1,000 MIN).
A few bigs who had a worse Contested REB% than Smart: Kyle Kuzma, Blake Griffin, Nikola Mirotic, Lauri Markkanen and Ben Simmons, just to name a few.
A few bigs who had a worse Contested REB% than Smart: Kyle Kuzma, Blake Griffin, Nikola Mirotic, Lauri Markkanen and Ben Simmons, just to name a few.
Marcus Smart was top 13 in both deflections and charges drawn per 36 minutes (min. 1,000 MIN).
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The Boston Celtics played like a 56-win team when Marcus Smart was on the floor and a 48-win team when he was off, per @NBA_Math's FATS Calculator.
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2017-18 Player Impact Chart for Marcus Smart...
The only players who totaled as many threes, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks as Marcus Smart through their first four NBA seasons: Baron Davis, Steve Francis, Hersey Hawkins, LeBron James, Jason Kidd, Victor Oladipo, Latrell Sprewell and Kemba Walker.
