« Reply #30 on: March 15, 2023, 04:56:56 PM »
https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2023/03/why-celtics-marcus-smart-says-his-defense-has-been-mediocre-this-season.html
Good read. Seems Smart’s struggles this year (at least defensively) are part injury and part difficulty adjusting to the different officiating standard and uptick in scoring.
Don’t think it’s a coincidence that last year he won DPOY when the refs had an outlier year where they let a lot more go and allowed much more contact than usual. Unfortunately, it seems the NBA didn’t like that trend and went back to a major favoring of the offense.
Edit: I think the major ankle sprain he had in the Heat series (that he miraculously came back into the game with) is the injury that continues to linger for him. I remember the majority of us in the game thread thought he broke his ankle it looked so bad. Still amazed that he was able to even walk on it afterwards.
https://youtu.be/zhAzAV-GBg8
Then bench him
Agreed...Bench Him, we have been bad since he came back.
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