In the past season, although the Celtics returned to the finals stage after 12 years, the Celtics still fully exposed their immaturity when facing the Warriors, who had far more experience in the finals than themselves, even though they once achieved a 2-2 victory. 1 lead, but in

In the past season, although the Celtics returned to the finals stage after 12 years, the Green Army still fully exposed their immaturity when facing the Warriors who had far more experience in the finals than themselves. Even though they once achieved They took a 2-1 lead, but were eventually defeated by the Warriors, losing 2-4 and failing to win the 18th championship trophy in team history.

Smart was interviewed and said that he was the star guard who led the team to the finals

Earlier, Celtics player Smart also responded to the ball in an interview with "Boston Globe" He said: "I think I have proved everything to a certain extent, we have a star point guard, and this so-called non-point guard is the one who led them to the Finals. "The implication is that he is the "star defender" of the Celtics. As the "veteran" of this Celtics , Smart joined the team as early as the 2014-15 season. He can be said to be the veteran player of this Celtics, although he was not a good player at the beginning of his career. An offensive backcourt player, but Smart has gradually strengthened his offensive aggressiveness in the past few seasons.

So what if he won DOPY in the regular season? In the finals, Smart still let Curry play top statistics and won FMVP

During the regular season, Smart averaged 12.1 points 3.8 rebounds5.9 assists1. 7 made a steal and was successfully elected as the best defensive player of the 21-22 season. After breaking into the playoffs with the honor of just winning DOPY, Smart did fully demonstrate his strength in the first three rounds. Defensive ability, but in the finals, Smart is really powerless when facing a superstar like Curry. No matter how hard he sticks to him, Curry will always find opportunities to shoot and hit some difficult shots. After these 6html five finals games, Curry was directly defended by Smart and became Michael Jordan. He averaged 31.2 points 6 rebounds 5 assists per game. His three shooting percentages reached 48.2% and 43 respectively. .7%, 85.7%. He was able to win the first FMVP of his career. He may really have to thank Smart for his "defense". Looking back at Smart, although he was able to score the team's third-highest 15.25 points in the finals, he averaged 5 assists per game and also had 5 turnovers. The assist-to-turnover ratio Only 1.5 did not play the role of a team's backcourt brain at all. Instead, Tatum took on the important organizational responsibility and became an organizational forward.

Smart is more like an auxiliary 3D. If his position is replaced by an All-Star point guard, the Celtics will still be competitive.

Of course, we still have to affirm Smart's progress on the offensive end in the past few seasons, but this time His self-proclaimed "star guard who led the team to the Finals" is indeed a bit too much. It is undeniable that he won DOPY in the regular season, but in this year's Finals if he hadn't been defeated in defending Curry, he would have been completely activated. With Curry in bug mode, the Celtics may not necessarily be the final losers.

Although he is nominally a point guard, Smart has only averaged 5 assists per game in the 5 seasons he has entered the league, and only 5 assists in the playoffs. A backcourt player who is famous for his defense throughout the league, Smart is actually more of a supporting 3D role. For this Celtics team, if Smart can be replaced by an All-Star level point guard, The team may still be a championship contender, and may even have a better chance of reaching the top than it did when Smart was with the team.