It made headlines all over the wider NBA media sphere when Boston Celtics veteran point guard dragged his teammates Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum’s names into a postgame media scrum after his team collapsed at a historic level against the Chicago Bulls on Monday. But, there has since been a general consensus among fans and analysts that the Flower Mound native was right about suggesting that the two All-Star forwards need to pass the ball more.
What if that assessment was not in fact correct? We have seen since that defensive attentiveness has played a major if not critical role in the team’s back-to-back wins against the Orlando Magic and Miami Heat since, adding some credence to Coach Nick, host of the popular podcast “BBall Breakdown” in a recent episode.
Watch the clip embedded below and decide for yourself with Coach Nick’s argument holds water that Smart’s perspective on the Celtics problems is not in fact the right one.
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