Jabari Smith is playing his best basketball entering Auburn’s postseason
and the potential No. 1 overall pick in this year’s NBA Draft, Smith is held to a higher standard. It had to be nothing but net or nothing at all.It was emblematic of the zone the freshman sensation has been in of late, playing his best basketball of the year at the right time for Auburn — with the postseason now here as the Tigers eye an SEC Tournament title and a deep NCAA Tournament run.
Yet Smith, the former five-star prospect and top-five recruit nationally, has made it look effortless at times. He finished the regular season averaging 17.1 point and 6.9 rebounds per game while shooting 44.2 percent from the field, 43.6 percent from 3-point range and 82.2 percent from the free-throw line. He led the team in usage rate and win shares , while posting a 90.4 defensive rating and an offensive rating of 118.2.
He has done that despite the best efforts of opponents, who have done everything to try to gameplan against the soon-to-be lottery pick. In the regular-season finale against South Carolina, the Gamecocks essentially ran a box-and-one against Smith, face-guarding the versatile forward to try to keep him from getting the ball.
“It shows that when everybody’s challenged, as you are at the end of the year, the cream will rise to the top,” Pearl said. “It just does. It does in tournament time; it just does. And I’m just telling you there’s a reason for that expression.”
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