Helplessly, a potential stock with an average of 20+10 per game is so wasted.
The beginning of the impulse, the hasty end, the sun and Jaylen Smith, like a couple who flashed marriage and divorced, knew each other for a few days, ran to the Civil Affairs Bureau to go through the formalities, and as a result, only lived for one year, there were various contradictions, and then pulled a divorce certificate at the speed of light, although after calming down, a trace of remorse surged into the heart, but looking at the other half is now happy and sweet, I know that everything cannot go back.
Jaylen Smith is the most inconspicuous of the 20th rookie, and the prediction of multiple consecutive drafts is the end of the first round, and it is likely to fall into the pocket of Bostonians (26th).
In the last year of the NCAA, Smith exploded with an offensive efficiency of 120 points per 100 rounds in the case of 22.6% of the use rate, with a two-point shooting rate of more than 60%, a three-point shooting rate of 36%, and a defensive end that can deliver 8.2 blocks per 100 rounds, which is a very good interior all-rounder;
The disadvantage is that the lower limb strength is weak, the physical talent can only be regarded as the top level, don't look at the NCAA can shine, but in the NBA, he is prone to offensive end inefficiency, defense can not bear the situation, as for the future development, it depends on the cultivation of the team, and its own growth;
Therefore, the prediction of the final show is still more pertinent for Smith, but who would have thought that on the day of the draft, the Sun took him off with the No. 10 sign in his hand.
The Suns thought they were confident that Smith would be able to develop him as Ayton's interior partner, but in just one season, the Suns announced that they would refuse to perform Smith's third year team option, making him the first top ten rookie since Joe Alexander (2009) to be denied a third-year rookie contract.
It can only be said that Smith's luck is too bad, at the wrong time, met the wrong sun, last season, if Paul did not come, he may still be in the team's training plan, but coincidentally, Paul not only made this team into a playoff-level team, but also all the way to the Finals, such a huge progress, so that the Sun had to clear everything planned, including Smith, rather than full of uncertain training, it is better to target reinforcements.
It's just that the Suns didn't expect Smith to grow so fast, announcing his abandonment in November and peaking at the age of 12.
Although Smith in the rookie season did not have many opportunities to appear, on the court, his poor performance left a deep impression on the fans, not only a butter player, but also often "spit cake", the finishing ability is extremely poor, the basket shooting rate is only 65.2%, and the layup shooting rate is only 43.8%;
And this season, with several major internal injuries, monty, who has no one to use, can only send Smith with a hard scalp, but the result is unexpectedly good.
Playing the Hornets, he had 19 points, 12 rebounds;
Played the Clippers, and scored 19 points and 14 rebounds;
Compared with last season, Mies is now significantly more confident when he takes the ball on the inside, and the changes in his steps and wrists are more diverse, with a 75.6% basket finish rate that can reach the level of a first-class interior line, and a layup shooting rate that has increased by nearly 20 percentage points.
Despite all that, the Suns have no chance of leaving Smith behind, and according to the rules, the Suns can only offer the latter an annual salary of less than $4.7 million this summer, how can he be worth only such a little money based on Smith's current performance? In order to avoid the exhaustion of money and wealth, the sun had no choice but to use the way of upside-down second round signing to squeeze out the little value that Smith had left.
Smith, on the other hand, the new owner of the Pacers, he got a completely different treatment than before, 4 games, 2 starts, averaging 21 minutes per game, and he also lived up to expectations, averaging 12 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.0 assists, 0.75 steals and 0.75 blocks, shooting 59%, three-point shooting rate is as high as 46%, converted to 36 minutes, if converted to 36 minutes, That would be a perfect record of averaging 20.6 points, 10.7 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.3 blocks per game.
The Suns may regret giving up Onsmith too early, and they should have given each other a little more time, even if it was still inappropriate, but at least not so passive in the trade, even if they exchanged him for a few second round picks.