What matters is you get your ice and shut the fuck up. French fries floating in there. It's incredible. Marcus Smart is a defensive dynamo, a vessel of suave and the Boston Celtics spirit animal. Shes working her ass off out here. I kid you not, 10 minutes later the ref makes a call against Marcus and all I hear is, Oh hell nah.. Nick is playing overseas. Ill take care of myself. He hits another three. Smart: Right afterward, its always, I love you. After they moved to Lancaster, Marcus at times would run to the corner of the 1500 block of Bluegrove Road and make futile attempts to get Michael to come back home. My mom and brothers are my heroes If I didn't change what I was doing, I would be dead or in jail.". Jeff Luster: Theyre going to be life-long friends, man. Kenny Boren, one of Smarts high school coaches and a regular on the AAU circuit: In Vegas, in between games wed go to Walmart and Im not going to say steal, because we put them back. With tough love, non-stop pranks and rough edges, the players, coaches and parents of Texas Assault were forever on the verge of a spat, but built unbreakable friendships. From sophomore to senior year there might have been one tournament where we didnt win the whole thing. To Marcus, his statistics are an afterthought; his teammates' statistics matter more. 1M; 0:23. He had transferred to Indiana from Garden City Community College in Kansas where he was a two-year standout and Jayhawk Conference Player of the Year. Smart spoke at length with USA TODAY Sports' Eric Prisebell about his journey: On playing in college with his best friend, Phil Forte. . I mean theyre drinking the whole night and theyre playing the whole night, and shes kicking everybodys ass on dominoes. There are two issues to untangle here Smarts true ability level and any progression in that skill against the inherent noise youll find in measuring with about 250-350 attempts per season. But, mainly, he stayed with one of us. I just waited to the next day. This might be over.. Marcus stands up and goes, We aint going nowhere. And we ended up just beating that ass in the second half. We were sitting there watching TV, acting like nothing happened. You have met Todd because you met Marcus. He is perhaps best remembered for hitting the game-winning shot in the 1987 NCAA championship game that gave the Indiana Hoosiers a 7473 victory over the Syracuse Orangemen. 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. Grab rebounds. And were playing the Wisconsin Gators or some shit like that. His son got it the worst. ", As a 9-year-old, nothing meant more to Marcus than family. I have more control over my emotions now. It was pages of just dogging Marcus Smart. You kind of play dead and then boom! I was like, I cant do this here. As the favorite muse of Weird Celtics Twitter, its possible that as much as 3.6 percent of the worlds digital data storage is currently devoted to Marcus Smart memes. "God had me on this Earth for a reason," Michael says. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Gray: Everybody on that team has done something successful. The best way to measure this is with the NBAs Second Spectrum player tracking matchup statistics, which are unfortunately only available for the past three seasons. It makes me feel bad. Sometimes you see yourself in your kids when they do certain things. Marcus said, Coach, lets build a wall and lets force them to the sideline. Im like, Huh? He was like, Were going to build a wall and just force them towards the sidelines. Everybody on our team got shoulder to shoulder in between their stack and the rim. If the Iditarod race inspired you, weve compiled a list of the best gear to keep your dog safe and happy throughout winter, as well as year-round. When fans see Marcus play college basketball now, racing up and down the court with an intensity few can rival, there is little evidence of that anger. He looks over at the coach. All advice, including picks and predictions, is based on individual commentators opinions and not that of Minute Media or its related brands. On January 15, 2022, Smart served one game as the Arkansas interim coach while Musselman was out with shoulder surgery. He played hard. "It feels like if you have a broken arm and you just want to scream," Marcus says of his anger. They were a big part of the road I chose to go down. Mar 16, 2022. Taylor Luster: The guys we were with made AAU the best time of our lives. From some stupid decision I decided to make, one stupid decision that I felt was good, that I felt was fun, it could have easily taken my life. Forte: Cuss words, F bombs, in each others face, you name it. The University of Hawaii football team will play its third road game in four weeks when it travels to southern California to face San Diego State, Saturday, Nov. 14 in Carson, California. Smart: You talking about a freak of nature. And you turn and run back down the floor. Like when we get married and have kids, we are still going to be in touch. Barrett, individually, scored six points on 2-of-8 shooting with one assist and one turnover. Im walking back in, 7 a.m. Not just football, but also with how he is carrying himself and conducting himself. That this was it. The things I do now, I am fully aware of. He called himself a bully, preying on the weak and strong. Johnathan Gray, teammate: I like to say we were the toughest guys in the state, probably in the country. Smart says the way he plays is a nod to his older brother, Todd Westbrook, a great shooter who was diagnosed with cancer at 15 and died at 33 in 2004. We just really enjoy playing with each other. The game will be televised on Spectrum Sports Pay-Per-View. So I took a picture with me elevating over a few people then watching him elevate over a few people, said Smart. Is this how I die? We were playing our first game and we started off slow, and at halftime we had this one coach (Rick Roberts) and his son (Ricky) and they were just They loved each other and thats how they showed it, going at each others heads. Gary Westbrook, his uncle who was rendered a paraplegic after being shot in the spine in a carjacking, came off his wheelchair to pound his chest to try to revive him before calling 911. When you go through things like that, there's only one way for you to be is humble. To Smarts credit, hes pretty patient with Our Cousin at least at first who seems to have confused puns with trash talk. And soon after, Marcus again was in a long hospital hallway, bracing himself for another ice cold foot to grasp, thinking all the while that he could lose a second brother in the span of a year. "Seriously, baby, what do you want?" If I don't do this, I'm a coward.' Nobody wanted him. He made less than 30 percent of his 3s in two seasons at Oklahoma State and then again across the first four seasons of his NBA career. Hes like, Coach Von, I just want you to know were going to walk in the championship game with our Nikes on. I say, Huh? He was like, Yeah. That earned my respect. Be cocky, but at the same time be humble in the process. You know? Ten years ago when the plane crashed, No.3 was one of the numbers worn by a player who died, and it was retired. They dont want to pass the ball and thats something that theyre going to learn., It caught me off guard for sure, Tatum said. All I kept thinking was, Am I going to die? Youd better get him. Marcus said, Nah, you aint got to come get me. They were a ragtag group that didnt look like much, but regularly won major tournaments and did so while bouncing from one altercation to the next. It was a fight every game, every day.. This AAU team helped shape Smart into the ruthless, uber-competitive player Boston Celtics fans have come to know. Losing Todd was a blow the family struggled to endure. Few know how his childhood fueled his competitiveness and shaped his self-effacing persona. You have to expand your vision and see. DARKO estimates that Smarts true 3-point shooting ability is that of roughly a 36 percent shooter which, coincidentally, is right around what hes shot the past two seasons on just over 700 attempts. And I said, Where did this come from? Shes like, Oh, baby. Big Phil Forte asked if Smart wanted to transfer to his sons school, Marcus High, in Flower Mound. In that stretch, the Flower Mound native has put up 11.9 Shed play all night if she could. I went to Flower Mound and Red Oak and wore No.3. According to ESPN, he was one of (at that time) four NBA players who had tested positive and volunteered to donate his blood for the research of possible treatments: Michael Joyner, an anesthesiologist at the Mayo Clinic, told ABC News that at least four NBA players who have recovered from the infection plan to donate blood for the National COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Project, an experimental treatment that could help high-risk patients recover from the virus. I want to hear good things. Its just, Red Oak was a very not diverse place. Just kill yourself.". There was a bit of controversy regarding the play of veteran Boston Celtics point guard Marcus Smart during the Celtics 110-88 win over the Golden State Warriors Copyright 2023. landofbasketball.com - All rights reserved. And I think he sees that. If there are things about veteran Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smarts game that he needs help with, trash talk probably isnt at the top of the list. I was seeing it. OK. Well see. Then I got into some trouble my freshman year. After six NBA seasons and a thousand meme-able screenshots, the edges of 3x Marcus Smart 2021-22 Panini Prizm Basketball Base Card 43 Boston Celtics. Im dead. And you know, hes funny, he never did anything. (Illustration: Adrian Guzman / The Athletic). Thats something I have always been working on, coming from my JUCO. Whats wrong with you? He just tested his limits on us because he knew he was stronger than us and could just bully us. Literally, man hunt. Marcus Smart delivers a no-look, over-the-shoulder dime. Get on up. That was us. You be different. When I needed information I would go to her. ", Fran Fraschilla, the ESPN analyst and Dallas resident who has watched Marcus play since the ninth grade, says, "It is very rare you see a young player with the countenance and knowledge of a 10-year NBA player If you're going into an alley fight, and you have the Incredible Hulk on your side, you feel pretty good. I know how I would like to be treated, so I treat others like that. So she hasnt moved. Life is not a game. The Knicks rookie had Smart as his primary defender for just over 32.4 possessions this season, on which New York mustered just 23 points (71.0 points per 100 possessions). Marcus Smart: I dont know how else to say it, but Im finally in the right position that fits me and helps the team., I would just like to play basketball, Smart said in November when asked about the Celtics late-game offense. His son was on a team Clyde was coaching. We want Marcus to know that nothings changed. 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