I’m not sure it has much to do with the Stevens system thing. Smart is a career 36% shooter and sub 30% from 3pt. He’s a good passer but not an elite distributor. What teams are going to want to throw $12-15M at a bench guard who can’t shoot for shit? I doubt many teams, if any, view him as a starting-caliber player.He just isn't worth $16-20M/yr for multi-years to the Celtics or to the rest of the NBA. If he was don't you think he would have received at least one offer at half that?
This feels like IT4 all over again. Valuable in Brad's system then goes elsewhere and isn't nearly as good. The rest of the League is catching on to this.