I've been harping about this a bit, but Trob is a midget. He must have put himself on a stretcher before he was measured because I've seen him next to Luke Walton and he was the same height if not shorter. 6'8" with shoes on a good day.
These are growing pains that need to be endured, I'd like him to stay aggressive, the good thing is that it seems that he got out of the sophomore wall, he's bringing the energy every night.
Good thing for us, Morey does not look at height alone. Wingspan and standing reach is more important. If you check his standing reach, he is just as lengthy as an average 6'10-11' player.
<a href="http://s293.photobucket.com/user/lcahmed/media/trobonstretcher_zps2c61b0e1.png.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm61/lcahmed/trobonstretcher_zps2c61b0e1.png" border="0" alt=" photo trobonstretcher_zps2c61b0e1.png"/></a> I don't see how this helps T Rob become 6'10" if he is really 6'6"
Smith has improved on his defense a lot as of late, he used to get lost in rotations and struggled to guard PnRs. Still really foul-proned, which will hurt us in the playoffs because he is our best PnR player to go along with Lin/Harden.
This. The type of fouls he makes can be adjusted and can be grown through and he will adjust as he gets more polished. He plays with a lot of intensity and shows confidence every night and doesn't go gun shy on his game when he does get foul calls like some players do.
Smith was a horrible defender at the start of the year. All he really brought was some rebounding and scoring. He has improved though in recent games but still is prone to commit fouls. That being said, he is coming along very nicely as a player.
He's just jumping too much to try to block the shot. They're pump faking him and then bumping him off when he jumps. He's in good position though. He'll settle down with experience.
