Dissecting the limitations and possibilities of a Josh Smith-Greg Monroe-Andre Drummond front line

[jonathanlambert33]

Josh Smith is a fascinating player, bringing both excitement and disappointment within the same game. Heck, within the same play.

On one possession, he is attacking the defense and finishing directly at the rim. And then, perhaps on the next trip down the floor he will take a slightly sophisticated offensive play and turn it into this:

The above video says something about both Smith and the defense he faced. That footage is from the 2013 playoffs against arguably the best defense in the league: the Indiana Pacers.

The Atlanta Hawks ran some screen action coupled with some cuts to create some type of confusion on the Pacers front with the hope that Paul George might go over the screen. That would have given Smith a driving lane to the hoop.

However, George was smart enough to go underneath the screen and concede the open long 2-point jumper. Per Hoopdata, Smith hits that shot at a 33 percent clip. Just so were clear, thats not good.

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[Giantmetfan07]

haha, that's a good analysis.