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Round 3 Pick 120
Josh Smith AKA J-Smoove
Josh Smith is a supremely talented true 3 that occasionally has focus problem and poor shot selection. Paired with MJ I am hoping that Smith will take his game and maturity to the next level. He is an athletic freak with the ability to normally jump out of the gym. At only 22 years and already in the league for 4 years there is no reason to think that his game will not continue to steadily improve.
He has not shown any injury concerns having played 74, 80, 72, 81 games respectively. He has shown the ability to stay on the court and with Camby and Jordan forcing blocks and turnovers having a great open court finisher is a must and that is what Smith brings to the table. He is also an outstanding defender who will also trigger multiple fast breaks with his simply fantastic block numbers. He has shown signs that he is mildly ******ed continually shooting 3s when he is <20%, but his PER has risen each year in the league, climbing from 15.4 to 15.5 to 18.3 to an impressive 19.0 this past year.
Josh Smith has never had a true leader on any of his Hawks teams and Mike Woodson is an awful coach and with MJ he finally has a true leader to respect and answer to. Smith won the NBA Slam Dunk Contest his rookie year during the 2005 NBA All-Star Weekend. He averaged 9.7 points, 6.2 rebounds and 1.95 blocks per game for the 2004-2005 season and was selected to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team. For the 2005-06 season, Smith averaged 2.25 blocks per game, ranking seventh in the NBA.
After the NBA All-Star Weekend, he would continue his steady development. He finished 2nd in the NBA in total blocks, 4th in blocks per game and averaged 15.0 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 4.1 apg, 3.1 bpg and 1.0 spg after the All-Star break and his contribution helped the Hawks double their win total of 13 wins from the previous season to finish 26-56.
On March 3, 2007, Smith broke the 500 block mark, making him the youngest player to do so in NBA history. Smith ended the 2006-2007 season with 16.4 points per game, 8.6 rebounds per game, 3.3 assists, 1.4 steals and 2.9 blocks, dramatically improving on his previous season's stats. Leading the Hawks after Joe Johnson's season ending injury, Smith produced a career high 32 points and 19 rebounds in Johnson's absence. He eclipsed this mark on November 17, 2007 with a new career high of 38 points on the road against the Milwaukee Bucks.
Team So Far
G- Michael Jordan
F/C- Marcus Camby
G/F- Josh Smith