Have you ever watched any of their show? I seriously doubt those two knuckleheads have actual NBA sources. How could we possibly be the ones asking for draft capital in a trade for Smart?
It depends who we're sending out. Plus, Smart has a big contract extension kicking in that isn't attractive to a team trading for him. Asking for draft compensation might also be part of the back-and-forth negotiation process.
The argument for Smart would be that he defends much better than Clarkson and scores better than Royce. He can also fit in different lineups. The argument against Smart is that he's a low 30%-range 3pt shooter. So he would probably hurt our spacing. I prefer Josh Richardson, tbh.
All that said, I think it's pretty clear that Ainge likes Smart, not only because he drafted him, but because he stuck by him ever since.
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