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Originally Posted by c_dog
That just exaggeration. Smith has a horrible dribble(worse than Marion) and worse jumpshot. People talk about how Shawn Marion can't create plays for himself and how he only scores on hustle plays, but Smith is even worse than Marion when it comes to offense.
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Which is why I said "Poor man's". That implied he was not as good.
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Deng isn't Randolph or Marbury. He doesn't have their off court problems, he plays good defense, and he doesn't talk smack off the court.
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That had nothing to do with them being mentioned in my post but if you wanted to remind everyone about the cons of those guys, go ahead.
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If Deng is less valueable because he's a good scorer then I wonder what you think about guys like Kevin Durant and Rashard Lewis. They're essentially the same players(except Deng has slightly less range) but Deng plays better defense.
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Rashard Lewis is what he is, a good scorer and rebounder, but I've never been a huge fan. Durant has a chance to be a different class of scorer than Deng or Lewis, which is why he's so lauded. And I never said Deng was less valuable because he's a good scorer I said Smith was more valuable because his skills are rarer, so I don't know what your point is.