"You play D the way it's supposed to (be played)," Gary Payton Sr. said to the Celtics guard in 2022. In 2022, when Marcus Smart—then with the Boston Celtics and now with the Memphis Grizzlies ...

Marcus Smart is revealed to be the 2021-22 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year at Celtics practice with a special guest appearance by Gary Payton.

Take a look back at every Kia Defensive Player of the Year award winner in ... Jackson Jr., Memphis Grizzlies (Voting) 2021-22 — Marcus Smart, Boston Celtics (Voting) 2020-21 — Rudy Gobert ...

Even though he now wears a Grizzlies jersey, Marcus Smart continues to leave his mark on the Boston Celtics, serving as a key ...

Marcus Smart received a mostly warm welcome when he returned to Boston once as a visiting player on Sunday, but there was one tense incident between the former Defensive Player of the Year and a fan.

The Grizzlies' veteran and the 2022 Defensive Player of the Year, Marcus Smart, is a big fan of Zach Edey and his connection with Ja Morant, as he said in an interview with Grant Afseth of ...

An ex-NBA Defensive Player of the Year could be on the move for the second time in as many years. Tim Bontemps of ESPN reported on Friday that Memphis Grizzlies guard Marcus Smart is a player to ...

During his tenure with the Boston Celtics, Marcus Smart was a fan-favorite. The former Defensive Player of the Year embodied what being a Celtic meant to the fanbase, especially those who have ...

Marcus Smart's arrival has been met with nothing but positivity ... scrappy Washington team needed. The former Defensive ...

The hardest NBA award to vote for is Defensive Player of the Year. You can decide what constitutes ... To me, that’s why Camby and Marcus Smart have DPOY awards. But Mobley is still the obvious ...

If I watch old tape, I watch Marcus Smart Defensive Player of the Year season and how he was able to be in the passing lanes.” Dyson Daniels on who he watches tape of defensively to improve his ...