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<blockquote data-quote="PlayAZ" data-source="post: 1371430" data-attributes="member: 625229"><p>Smith will be okay, he will never be what we thought he was "sold" to us as. He won the award, the hype preceded him, and now it has caught up to him. Best case scenario for a career imo at Illinois is he becomes a "heady" Lucas Johnson type of player. Intangibles, better defense, occasional lift with offense, overall pest to play against, good to have though.</p><p></p><p>Not a knock on the kid, I think he was legit in thinking the whole Mr. B-Ball would help him here and his talent would shine through. He seems very shell shocked and nervous and almost boarder line pouting on most plays anymore. If I had ran roughshod through players in HS, and this happened to me, probably the same in game reactions as well.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, practice, move, defend, be a glue guy...he will never be the Mr. B-Ball talent he once was on this level or this team. Just one fans opinion, would be glad to be wrong though in this case.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PlayAZ, post: 1371430, member: 625229"] Smith will be okay, he will never be what we thought he was "sold" to us as. He won the award, the hype preceded him, and now it has caught up to him. Best case scenario for a career imo at Illinois is he becomes a "heady" Lucas Johnson type of player. Intangibles, better defense, occasional lift with offense, overall pest to play against, good to have though. Not a knock on the kid, I think he was legit in thinking the whole Mr. B-Ball would help him here and his talent would shine through. He seems very shell shocked and nervous and almost boarder line pouting on most plays anymore. If I had ran roughshod through players in HS, and this happened to me, probably the same in game reactions as well. Anyway, practice, move, defend, be a glue guy...he will never be the Mr. B-Ball talent he once was on this level or this team. Just one fans opinion, would be glad to be wrong though in this case. [/QUOTE]
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