If you remember, the Cs lost the lottery that year too. They drafted Jeff green and shipped him in a draft day package for Allen, which is what convinced a reluctant Garnett to waive his no-trade clause and come to Boston (a trade on which McHale and Ainge basically colluded).
Horizontal move for Smart. He might as well stay where he is.
I pretty much agree with this. He's clearly a smart guy with a good basketball mind who did a great job motivating hoosiers who, for the most part, had no legitimate NBA expectations or the egos that come with them. I'm not sure that his "something" will translate in the NBA, where managing egos is a big part of the job; and unlike someone like, say, Spoelstra, he won't have the benefit of apprenticing under a coach like Riley. But he's worth a shot to generate some good-guy good will while the Celts rebuild and likely suck for a while. If he works out, great. If not, he's not a bad place holder until they have some big pieces in place again.
