Can the Boston guard be more than an effort specialist? Does it even matter?
Marcus Smart’s college career at Oklahoma State seems like ages ago, even though he was walking the campus at Stillwater as late as 2014. Much of that mental separation is natural. Player turnover in college sports is perpetual and Smart now plays thousands of miles away in the soon-to-be-snowed-in Bay State. Part of it is about basketball. Smart was a legitimate college star and it’s hard to reconcile his past at OSU with his reality in Boston.
The 6’4” guard isn’t a bad NBA player.