What Steven A. Smith thinks of Splitter

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Smith and Bayliss need to be sewn together in a human centipede loop.

Southpark reference?

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Actually he was soft the last few years, but like most players, he's gotten much better. That said, he hasn't had to go up against great athletic players. He struggles against those, but defends high skilled players well. I'm worried about how he'll play against Ibaka. Hopefully Clippers win bc the one athlete he plays well against is Blake Griffin.

I think he will fair better this time around vs Ibaka. Ibaka almost never posts unlike Dirk and L.A. His confidence should be sky high and as long as he stay fairly close to Ibaka he can hopefully limit some of those mid-range shots.

I'm a bit worried about Duncan and Splitter offensively vs OKC. Last time we played them, our offense had 0 spacing in part due to Duncans vanishing jumper and Splitters limited range. It makes it easier to trap TP.

Diaw can help deter that by posting at the 3pt line after screens. It keeps Ibaka from fully commiting unless he is willing to give up a 3pt attempt to a good shooter.