Sunday, August 31, 2014

DeVonte Smith

The thing that immediately jumps out at you about DeVonte is that 2.9 assist/turnover ratio. By the way, that lead the league by a comfortable margin. The kid just does not turn the ball over very much. Interestingly, he does not have as many assists as Josh Hagins, but then he does not have nearly as many turnovers, either. Coaches like point guards who "value the ball," and he certainly does that.

DeVonte could stand to improve his offensive production some. He does not need to shoot a lot from the 3-point line, but when he does he needs to shoot better than he did last year. His overall shooting percentage was not good, either. If he would just make his shots, his scoring would come around to where we need it to be. But negatives aside, this young man is still a very nice point guard. We got a steal with him.

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