After 27 games with the New Orleans Pelicans, Ish Smith was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers, where his role and minutes each night were set in stone.
He had the green light for the 76ers, putting up nightly averages of 14.7 points on 14.8 shots, 7 assists, 4.3 rebounds and 2.6 turnovers in 32.4 minutes per game.
Smith certainly didn’t get much help from his teammates in 2015-16, particularly in Philadelphia, who had just one win when he was acquired on December 24th from New Orleans for two future second round draft picks.
The sudden injection of NBA talent to an important position on the league’s worst team seemed to surprise opponents.