Nuggets' Faried on Pistons' Smith: 'He shot them out of the game'

Josh Smith's penchant for taking - and often missing - bad shots is well known, which is why opponents are often more than happy to let Smith fire away.

In Wednesday's season opener against the Denver Nuggets, the Detroit Pistons forward scored 25 points, but needed 22 shots to get it done. Those 22 shots included 12 field goal attempts outside the paint and three 3-point attempts.

Smith is a career 27.9 percent three-point shooter who continues to show a complete lack of discipline and offensive awareness, and after the Pistons dropped their opener in Denver, Nuggets big man Kenneth Faried gave a pretty honest take.

"Josh Smith, we let him keep shooting," Faried said after the game in an on-court interview. "And he ended up with 25, but he still kept shooting. He shot them out of the game."

It wouldn't be the first time.

(H/T Pro Basketball Talk)