I don’t know if this sudden explosion of back-to-the-basket proficiency and Josh Smith getting traded have anything to do with each other, but the timing is kind of funny. It has been known since the beginning of the season the SVG wants Andre Drummond to be a traditional post-up kind of center, and is willing to force the issue. Up to tonight, this experiment had not yielded satisfactory results.
Tonight was the night where everything changed. No more Josh Smith, clogging everything up with his ineptitude. Say hello, instead, to the Drummonator, just as happy to perform intricate post moves as he is to dunk it with fury.
Stay tuned for a night three months from now where everything changes for a second time, as Greg Monroe gets traded and Drummond shoots his free throws underhand.