Joe Johnson Injury: Hawks Guard To Sit Out All-Star Game Due To Knee Injury

Plus points there.

*"While both coaches said Smith would, without question, make their team better, both do not believe he is an All-Star yet."
*"He takes long two-pointers, which is the worst shot in the game," “We hope he scores his first two shots, because we know he’ll keep shooting from out there.”
*"He’s one of those guys who whatever stats you put up and you say ‘that doesn’t surprise me,"
*"The greatest ability of the really great players is their dependability, that’s a huge separation point with Josh."

Josh Smith is pretty dependable. You can depend on that he’s never proven he can be a 50ppg post player. His best moments have not come against elite 1 on 1 PF defendse.

If you look at Synergy I’m sure it will tell you that. But I see it every game. His post moves vs height are hampered by his inability to see the rim.

If we make a list of what we want Smith to do we can go back and say. Wow he’s never done that against elite PFs.

At the same time you look at that list of what we want him to do and look at what Deng, and Iguodala have done and say he would have made the All Star game if we had him at the wing.

Josh’s low scoring game vs Miami was a function of A) not being able to score vs Bosh B) not being able to score vs Haslem C) not being a stretch 4.

Neither did Turkoglu, who became more of a passer than a shooter after a mesmerizing 17-assist performance on Jan. 8 in Dallas. Indeed, Turkoglu made just over 29 percent of his shots in the playoffs and couldn’t match the quickness and explosiveness of his Atlanta counterpart, Josh Smith.

Andre Iguodala made just 3-of-15 shots in Saturday’s victory, but he still nearly triple-doubled with nine points, eight rebounds and 10 assists.

Andre Iguodala played only 25 minutes vs. the Cavaliers on Saturday, due to the lopsided score and the efficient play of Philadelphia’s reserves.
Iguodala is averaging 35 minutes per game and Doug Collins simply took the opportunity to rest his multi-talented veteran. Lou Williams came off the bench for 19 points and five assists, while Thaddeus Young added 16 points and six rebounds.

Smith is responsible for a lot more than Iguodala and is still not shooting as bad as Iguodala.