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I’m starting to get the feeling that Marcus Smart will be a better pro. He is a year yonder and if he doesn’t end up playing PG, he still has potential to play starting SG with his frame, if not, a great combo guard off the bench.

Smart is a tenacious wing defender, McLemore is a good defender who gets in the passing with potential to be a tenacious defender… Marcus is better in this department is what I’m trying to say.
Marcus Smart brings more leadership and inspiring brand of basketball with his non-stop aggressive motor.

Marcus Smart is a consistent jump shot away from stardom, and I believe he will become a become a better shooter than McLemore will a ball-handler. This projects him as a bigger thread.

In the athletic department; McLemore is always As ‘smooth athletic’ as We all call him, he is also a little a stiff, he lacks body control and overall lateral quickness which Marcus Smart is all excellent at.

[strobox88Participant]

One year “yonder”… Wow. The difference between good and great. Who would’ve known!? lol

Seriously though, these guys are so close in age, that’s the least of reasons to give when saying one might be better than the other. Upside and work ethic are better reasons to give (not that I’m taking sides). Both players have flaws. I believe the one who can fix the most will be better because upside is there for both of these fellas.

[fcb206Participant]

Is it just me, or do posters completely lose credibility when they can’t even edit a post to sound like proper English?

That said, I generally agree with you. I think Smart has a leg up in terms of his mental makeup. shooting range is the easiest thing to get better at if you are an elite athlete. I see a lot of James Harden in Smart’s game. There is a difference between being a combo guard, and being a guard who has the total package of skills. Smart seems more like the latter. A guy who plays the 2 but can easily initiate offense and get shots for others. Smart is my favorite prospect in this draft. I’d like Mclemore better if he was more assertive and had more of an alpha dog mentality. People say its because he’s just a freshman, but its not gonna get any easier as a 19-20 year old kid playing with grown ass men. Smart seems like a guy who wont have a problem asserting his game in the NBA, even if it takes him a couple years to polish his skills.

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