Sometimes the best moves are the ones you don't make, and the Los Angeles Lakers just saved Milwaukee from what would have been another monumental blunder. Because by signing Marcus Smart to a two-year, $11 million deal after his buyout with Washington, the Lakers inadvertently protected the Bucks from chasing a faded star whose reputation far exceeds his current reality.
Smart barely played in the last two years and has shown significant signs of decline when on the floor, yet the Bucks were among the teams showing "serious interest" in the hyper-defensive guard, according to NBA insider Shams Charania of ESPN.