The first player off the bench that night (Rajon Rondo and Avery Bradley started at guard), Smart scored 10 points on 3-of-7 shooting (1 of 4 from three), and led all players in steals (4) and plus-minus (plus-20). 29, 2014, commenced Stevens’s second season as coach. His debut, a 121-105 win over Kevin Garnett and the Nets on Oct. Smart, as colleague Adam Himmelsbach perfectly put it, was the connective tissue between eras. Trading Smart for Porzingis is probably the right thing, and I probably don’t even need that “probably.” Yet it feels terrible, and that makes sense too. While there are further alterations to come, I like this from a basketball perspective. Stevens ruthlessly eliminated the possibility of running into that issue again. But Mazzulla was hesitant to sit Smart late in games, even on his erratic nights. The further we get away from it, the more absurd it seems that Derrick White, the Celtics’ smartest player and a connector on offense, ever sacrificed minutes for any other guard on the roster. It was probably necessary, but it also could have been perceived as an impediment to Mazzulla’s progress. It was both charming and absurd that Smart - who was, what, the team’s fourth- or fifth-best player? - seemed to be coaching the team at times. The other reason: the magnitude of Smart’s personality and his ownership in how the team played affected the inexperienced Mazzulla’s willingness or ability to do what was best for the team. This might be the classic, Belichickian it’s-better-to-trade-a-player-a-year-too-early move. 18 synonyms for debut: entrance, beginning, launch, launching, coming out, introduction, presentation. It was alarming how his defensive metrics nosedived this season, just a year after winning Defensive Player of the Year, and the eye test wasn’t his friend, either. Given the 29-year-old Smart’s fearless-to-reckless style of play, it’s logical to wonder how effective he will be in his 30s. I believe there are two primary reasons that Stevens was willing to deal Smart now. Love can give you the most exhilarating wonderful highs at times.Then there will be dives that will take all you have just to hold on. Once again, Stevens got the best player in a deal. Debut Quotes Quotes tagged as 'debut' Showing 1-15 of 15. He’s still only 27, and it wasn’t that long ago that he was being referred to as a basketball unicorn. debüt, Debüt., erste (erster / erstes), Debüt, Erstaufführung. He’s a gifted, versatile scorer, better than you think defensively, and allows the pieces to fit on the roster just a little better. Gefundene Synonyme: Debüt, Debüt., erstes Werk, Erstling, Erstlings., Erstlingswerk. Porzingis gives the Celtics a much-needed big to ease the burden on Al Horford and Robert Williams and another much-needed knock-down shooter in Joe Mazzulla’s 3-pointer-heavy offense.
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