Dennis Smith Jr. Appreciation Thread

[Jack.Kerr]

How Dennis Smith Gets to the Next Level

Fizdale to Smith: "You need to get in a lot better condition."

Smith: "I can be in a lot better shape for sure."

Basically he's acknowledging that he never worked hard enough in Dallas.

Should make Mavs fans appreciate the trade more every day.

[DevinHarriswillstart]

Originally Posted by Jack.Kerr

How Dennis Smith Gets to the Next Level

Fizdale to Smith: "You need to get in a lot better condition."

Smith: "I can be in a lot better shape for sure."

Basically he's acknowledging that he never worked hard enough in Dallas.

Should make Mavs fans appreciate the trade more every day.

Def call BS on that one. Look at the videos of him training this past summer. He was doing some hard core push up drills that would make Rocky proud.

Making shit up just to feel better about the trade is pointless and silly. Smith might be out of shape do to time off the team, but he certainly hasn't remotely looked out of shape for the season.

[Jack.Kerr]

Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

Def call BS on that one. Look at the videos of him training this past summer. He was doing some hard core push up drills that would make Rocky proud.

Making shit up just to feel better about the trade is pointless and silly. Smith might be out of shape do to time off the team, but he certainly hasn't remotely looked out of shape for the season.

So his current (new) coach's assessment of his level of conditioning is BS?

Is Smith lying when he agrees?

Conditioning should be the easiest thing for a young 19, 20, 21-year old player to maintain. What's obvious is that he was coasting on raw athletic ability, and not doing enough to improve his conditioning or his skills.

Because if he wasn't working on his conditioning, you can bet that he wasn't working on the long ball either.

Starting to hope that the Nix get Kyrie (or Walker) so Smith can dribble off to Charlotte or wherever.