Insight into Marcus calling out the team...

[nickagneta]

Smart was the biggest problem in the starting lineup early in the season, said something dumb after a bad loss, and to his credit improved his play thereafter.

He didn't turn around the team unlike what many gave him credit for. He turned himself around.

I disagree.  All 3 of them turned their games around.  I agreed with Marcus' calling out the J's for being ball hogs.  They were.  And I think Marcus got better as well.  And, as far as Marcus doing it publicly, maybe he tried privately and they just wouldn't listen.  Most C's fans knew the J's were ball hogs.  And the idea that if you are not perfect, then you cannot criticize someone else?  BS.

This has been the narrative except the actual coach of the Celtics, Ime Udoka, says it wasn't true.

[Phantom255x]

Smart was the biggest problem in the starting lineup early in the season, said something dumb after a bad loss, and to his credit improved his play thereafter.

He didn't turn around the team unlike what many gave him credit for. He turned himself around.

I disagree.  All 3 of them turned their games around.  I agreed with Marcus' calling out the J's for being ball hogs.  They were.  And I think Marcus got better as well.  And, as far as Marcus doing it publicly, maybe he tried privately and they just wouldn't listen.  Most C's fans knew the J's were ball hogs.  And the idea that if you are not perfect, then you cannot criticize someone else?  BS.

This has been the narrative except the actual coach of the Celtics, Ime Udoka, says it wasn't true.

Yeah but what does he know about basketball and the Celtics compared to all of us on this forum or Reddit!

 

[BudweiserCeltic]

Smart was the biggest problem in the starting lineup early in the season, said something dumb after a bad loss, and to his credit improved his play thereafter.

He didn't turn around the team unlike what many gave him credit for. He turned himself around.

I disagree.  All 3 of them turned their games around.  I agreed with Marcus' calling out the J's for being ball hogs.  They were.  And I think Marcus got better as well.  And, as far as Marcus doing it publicly, maybe he tried privately and they just wouldn't listen.  Most C's fans knew the J's were ball hogs.  And the idea that if you are not perfect, then you cannot criticize someone else?  BS.

This has been the narrative except the actual coach of the Celtics, Ime Udoka, says it wasn't true.

Not sure what part you say the coach said isn't true, but if it's about the ball hogs, Udoka meant in that particular game, not that they weren't.

[jpotter33]

Smart was the biggest problem in the starting lineup early in the season, said something dumb after a bad loss, and to his credit improved his play thereafter.

He didn't turn around the team unlike what many gave him credit for. He turned himself around.

I disagree.  All 3 of them turned their games around.  I agreed with Marcus' calling out the J's for being ball hogs.  They were.  And I think Marcus got better as well.  And, as far as Marcus doing it publicly, maybe he tried privately and they just wouldn't listen.  Most C's fans knew the J's were ball hogs.  And the idea that if you are not perfect, then you cannot criticize someone else?  BS.

Agreed. Like everything in life it's somewhere in the middle. Everyone knew Smart needed to improve his playmaking and point guard play for others, but nobody can sit here with a straight face and not recognize the obvious "my turn, your turn" offense the Jays regularly engaged in early in the season, especially later in games.

All three of them needed to take a deep look in the mirror and commit to better, team basketball, and to their credit all three did.

[colincb]

The Ringer:

This is your mess. Fix it.

I don't think Udoka agreed with what Smart did.