(Photo : Paul Rutherford/Getty Images) BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – Marcus Smart (#36) of the Memphis Grizzlies waves to the gang after a sport in opposition to the Boston Celtics at TD Garden on February 04, 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts.
The Boston Celtics labored onerous to win the 2024 championship. Unlike their 2008 title, once they created a brilliant workforce, the 2024 title took years to attain.
Unfortunately, not everybody who was there through the lengthy course of remained once they clinched the championship.
Many Celtics followers felt unhappy Marcus Smart, who was a Celtics for 9 years earlier than getting traded to the Grizzlies, was not there to rejoice with longtime teammates Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Al Horford.
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Smart feels the other. He is glad for his former workforce and former teammates.
However, if there’s one a part of the championship run that he doesn’t really feel nice about, it’s that he was unable to complete what he began with the Celtics.
Seeing his buddies lastly win the title they labored onerous for is a bittersweet feeling.
“I know everybody’s expecting me to be salty and s—, but there’s no hard feelings for them. Don’t get it twisted,” Smart stated throughout an look on the Tidal League’s Run Your Race podcast.
“It’s definitely tough because I was in the trenches with them, so to not be able to finish what you started with those guys is definitely tough.”
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The former Defensive Player of the Year is now extra centered on returning to the sport after lacking many of the 2023-2024 season in his first yr with the Memphis Grizzlies because of recurring accidents.
There is an opportunity he would possibly see himself in one other workforce because the offseason rolls.
Rumors have it that the Houston Rockets are eyeing him, opening the possibility for him to reunite together with his former Celtics coach, Imeh Udoka.
According to experiences, the Rockets will surrender their No. 3 general choose to land Smart.
If this goes by, Smart will see himself in the identical function he had with the Celtics years back-mentoring two younger scorers, Jalen Green and Jabari Smith.
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