In the sixth place in 2014, there was a rookie with a round-inch round face and black frame. He grabbed the doll of sina sports and shared his mood of being selected by Celtics with the fans.
What he said at that time was probably “nervous” and “excited”.
It may also be “longing” and “expectation”.
At that time, you and I could not define his style-although he promised to compare himself to Wade & Wei Shao.
But obviously, just looking at the data and University highlights, it is completely impossible.
Therefore, in the 2014-2015 season, his participation did not bring enough expectations to Celtic and his fans.
At that time, it was fine when Rondo didn’t leave, but when Rondo went to Dallas, the teenager played several starts, and people found:
He can be a point guard, but he will not initiate a split;
He can also be a shooting guard, but he can’t throw a three-point hit rate of 30%.
The sixth order of the hall. It may be in vain.
It was not until Anji got little Thomas halfway, and then the team stumbled and won several games that the fans realized:
“Oh? It seems that you can play a playoff game, right?”
In the 2015-2016 season, as little Thomas became the team’s eukaryote, he began to play from the substitute. We were looking forward to his offensive growth. As a result, the little fat dun threw a three-point hit rate of less than 25%, the next day, I smiled and threw another 8 three points.
But fortunately, the Celtics have made progress. This time they did not make the playoffs by sprint at the end of the season, but the real fifth in the east.
The result was also better, 2-4, which lost to Atlanta Hawks.
In the 2016-2017 season, this year was the best year A & B and the most glorious year for little Thomas.
As a result, in retrospect many years later, in addition to the difficulties of little Thomas’s “King of the fourth quarter”, it seems that the only thing left is the “crow flying” used for IT4 that the Harry stick journey “.
We have a saying, “three years old to see old.”
However, this three-year young man at that time had accumulated for three years. The three-point hit rate was falling, the two-point hit rate was falling, the mistakes were rising, and the assists did not move.
Therefore, whether he stayed with Owen for two years from 17 to 19 or kenba for two years from 19 to 21, he was basically a engineering-no matter how he looked, he could not be the master of the team, it can’t be the answer of the team. At most, it is a engineering.
The kind that does some dirty work and work hard, the kind that takes priority to be cannon fodder, and the one that takes the lead in charging the troops.
He often consumes himself and lights others up.
He did a lot of hard work, but he didn’t seem to have much credit.
He will reward himself, for example, a good rebound is not a point, for example, a good layup requires multiple pull rods, and for example, a basket without reason… But in fact, he did all his things well and found some comfort, which was also good. After all…
Everyone needs psychological comfort, doesn’t he?
And looking back, with this 9-year-old captain Engineering, entering the playoffs seems to be a common thing.
Besides, a master who has been working for 9 years has always stayed in the team. There must be his reasons and he has been recognized by many people.
For example, he and KG.
At that time in 2014, KG had joined Brooklyn, which was also KG’s home and the opening of the new season.
As a result, the Celtics, an olinik, and a him, were not at all beautiful as adults.
At that time, how many people were dissatisfied with the foul of KG, and the whole home fans asked the referee to blow t and let KG go to free throws.
However, he, with a piece of brute force, turned down and turned in one go, snatched the floor ball in KG’s hand, and helped Jeff Green to finish a quick attack dunk.
You are a little boy, aren’t you? Who is KG?
But after all that happened, Garnett looked down at him, and then both sides clapping device each other’s chest.
There was also the playoff of the 15-16 season, with the Celtics series falling 1-2 behind.
In the fourth game, Stevens laid a net for the Eagle forward, but he could only watch milsapp beat Salinger and Amir Johnson at the end of the day. The four sections were scattered 19 of the 29th, I got 45 points-there is a smell inside the pupil of death.
Then, he, Captain Engineering, went out.
He didn’t even have two meters, and he played against Milsap in the last three minutes of the fourth quarter and overtime.
4 times of defense, 1 time of hitting the frontier, 1 time of truncation, and 2 air ball behind.
He was wearing a pinch of yellow hair at that time and roared at home after Milsap finally became air ball. Wall, the all-star defender next door, praised the little defender wearing his own shoes loudly in the social media.
That is to say, from this day, people suddenly found that it seems that this defender is everywhere-floor ball, top defense… Over time, these things have been engraved in his DNA.
For example, you are still amazed: “Oh! Look! That ball is about to fly out of bounds!”
But every time the voice didn’t fall, he flew over with his yellow hair and put the racket on his opponent’s feet.
Later, he gradually grew up, and the shooting became better. He could also send out some beautiful assists. The yellow hair turned into braids and brought a little green. But he said that he didn’t say that dyeing green was his mother’s wish before he died, and what he liked most was to do the most thankless work on the court. What he needed, maybe it’s just a recognition from others.
Very fast, it is worth paying.
When the string of big locks with his name hung at the gate of the headquarters of puma.
When the great Gary Peyton stood behind him holding the DPOY trophy dedicated to the 75th anniversary, he took over another peak of the defensive defender, he also took the trophy won by Kevin Garnett 14 years ago.
This is his eighth year in Boston. Everyone always likes to say what I used to be like at that time, and then he recalled that he was still a little kid and KG was full of passionate physical contact at that time:
“KG laughed and said he did a good job. He was a little joking with me.”
“This is crazy, because he said to me when defending my foul ball, ‘Show me what you have. ‘”
“It means a lot to me. He will scare a lot of people. He said to me these show that I have won his respect. This is surprising and a great honor for me. Not many people can say that they have played against a Hall of Fame player. Garnett’s record on the court is amazing, especially what he did in Celtic.”
But when he was preparing for his great efforts, the third session of the Eastern finals in 2022.
He flew high and was ready to rush for the rebound. Then he fell to the ground, kicked his feet, and was pressed again.
He cried down, and the voice resounded through the stadium and echoed in everyone’s heart.
But as he said, as long as he can move, he will definitely appear.
Three minutes later, the garden was boiling. He moved his ankle in the passage of the dressing room and then ran towards the stadium.
Later, he appeared on the stage, replacing Pritchard, passing lorry and hitting the three-pointer in the bottom corner.
At that moment, he waved his fist to celebrate and enjoyed the tsunami that belonged to him.
Just this injury, he didn’t have the strength of his ankle in the finals. He could only play ball with his own experience, and then he was crowned with the reputation of “wiping the floor” by everyone, and this injury.
Not good until this year.
In 2023, he stood in the Eastern final with the team again. In the Garden Stadium, he sprained his ankle when he saw Tatum coming up and watched white sprained his knee in the second half.
At that time, the team failed to create miracles like last year and returned to the finals, which only became a blank.
But unexpectedly, the end of the ninth year became the countdown to his first departure from Boston.
On June 23, 2023, Beijing time, after a series of farces, he was the captain of engineering for 9 years and was traded to Memphis Grizzlies, becoming the experienced veteran needed by the Grizzlies. All this happened so fast that everyone could not calm down. It seemed that the nine years would soon disappear into the clouds of smoke in an instant.
As fans, sometimes we encounter some situations that are difficult to explain-just like he is not a super star, for example, we all know that we only talk about transaction value, he has made a good deal. However, his departure is still like the burrs on the rope. It seems that it is nothing to leave, but when it comes to it, it will make you feel too painful.
Just like Marcus Smart, I don’t know how you would judge him.
Maybe he made you mad when he shot three points above his head; Maybe he was confident that he would make some singles layups and foul your blood pressure; Maybe some of his inexplicable intentional foul made you confused…
But sometimes, he is like a self-heating battery, charging everyone with himself and shouting to all those who are angry:
Wake up! We are fucking competing!”
Then he went on stage and scored 11 three points-by the way, this person who used to hit only 25% of the three points was already the 4th in the Celtics young pioneer team history three-point record list. Continue to rob every ball right and wish to account for your life here.
In 9 years, smart loved Boston crazily. He even changed his social media position to “the greatest city in the United States” to describe Boston. In 9 years, the city also left everyone’s love and gratitude for smart. Even if it is traded, Smart will open a training camp in person to help the children in this city during the off-season.
However, this is the first time in nine years that he is not here as a Celtics player.
Marcus Smart.
He doesn’t seem to be able to describe it thoroughly in a few simple words, but if you let me choose a word, I will choose “sharp”-that is, the more we want to hold him tightly, the more he will hurt you, but every time we need him, he will still be the eldest brother on the court, who has the whole team behind him, become a strict self-discipline, become the heart and soul of a team.
Here, I want to end up with the stem that fans like to play most before:
Whether you are a Lun blowing or a rabbit blowing, at the end, you must be a just blowing☘
Marcus Smart, I hope everything goes well for you in Memphis in the future.
