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Miami Heat star Bam Adebayo makes his case for why he should have been chosen over Marcus Smart and Rudy Gobert for the Defensive Player of the Year award over the last two seasons. “I guard 1-5,” Adebayo told Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks of his ability to defend all five positions on the court. “It’s not a lot of us. Me, Draymond [Green], Giannis [Antetoukoumpo]. Who else?” Adebayo […]
Boston Celtics’ Marcus Smart has made it. He parlayed a celebrated college career at Oklahoma State into a first-round draft pick. He’s made a space for himself on the Boston Celtics over the course of six years with the organization. But that’s not enough to escape the baked-in racism that comes with living in the […]
Marcus Smart was not happy after his team, the Boston Celtics, lost to the Miami Heat on Thursday night in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals. ESPN’s Malika Andrews reported that Smart was “screaming at someone in the Celtics locker room — or several people” after the game, which had a final score of 106-101, […]
Marcus Smart‘s recent criticism of NBA officials has reportedly cost him thousands of dollars. According to The Athletic‘s Shams Charania, the Celtics guard was fined $15,000 for comments made after Boston’s 119-112 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night. During his post-game interview, Smart expressed frustration over a controversial call involving Bucks star Giannis […]
Things got a bit tense at TD Garden after Tuesday night’s game between the Boston Celtics and Brooklyn Nets when Marcus Smart got into it with refs. During the heated exchange, Smart can be seen mouthing the word “pussy” to the refs while he was being held back. Marcus Smart seemed to be calmly talking to the […]
Though they will no longer be teammates, current Celtic Marcus Smart is still defending ex-Celtic Kyrie Irving, as if they’re once again slated to share the same locker room this upcoming fall. Smart presented his defense of Irving on Monday during an episode of ESPN’s The Jump, in which he admitted Kyrie didn’t play up […]
Kawhi Leonard‘s departure from the San Antonio Spurs last year certainly drew widespread coverage. After the team lost their Big 3 (Duncan, Ginobli, and Parker), Leonard was believed to be the team’s new centerpiece. However, one dramatic injury later, the Spurs agreed to trade him and Danny Green to Toronto in exchange for DeMar DeRozan and Jakob Poeltl. Now that […]
The time has come to write Celtics season post-mortems. Just don’t lay the blame for the underperforming team at Kyrie Irving‘s feet, at least not while you’re in earshot of Marcus Smart. Smart called the idea that Kyrie disrupted the team and could be blamed for the disappointing season “bullshit” in a candid talk with […]
Emotions ran high at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center. On Wednesday night, the 76ers took on the Boston Celtics. During the third quarter of the game, Celtics guard Marcus Smart got into an physical altercation with Sixers center Joel Embiid. The incident occurred at the 11:08 mark of the quarter, when Smart fell the floor after running into a hard screen […]
Marcus Smart celebrated his eight-figure payday in an unconventional way. Back in July, the 24-year-old shooting guard inked a $52 million extension with the Boston Celtics—a deal that apparently inspired Smart to hit up the studio. As pointed out by TMZ, the NBA athlete recorded a celebratory freestyle about the four-year contract. The rap is called “52M,” assisted by Trey Davis and […]
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