After two seasons spent starring at point guard for Oklahoma State, Marcus Smart entered the 2014 NBA draft with the reputation of being a bulldog of sorts. He wasn’t going to beat you with finesse or light you up from the outside, but what he was going to do was attack the rim relentlessly and lock you down on the defensive end.
For some reason, though, Smart’s aggressiveness in attacking the basket has waned in roughly his first season-and-a-half with the Celtics and it’s not entirely clear why. Smart himself has pointed to the nasty ankle sprain he suffered early on in his rookie year.