Okay, here's your chance to voice your views on the Celtics Wolverine, Marcus Smart. Overpaid? Gunner? Trade him? Keep him? Cherish him? Here's what I wrote last December:
In the final year of his $52 million/4 year deal (2021-22 season), Marcus will earn 13.8M. Really? Doing some quick math, each of the 30 teams (on numbers alone) might expect to have 1.7 players in the top-50. Boston has four. Out of a possible 450 total players in the NBA, Smart is rated as being better than 413 of them.
That right! ESPN rated Smart the 37th-best NBA player in the League at the time, earning a paltry $13.8 million for the 2021-22 season.
Four Celtics are in the 11-50 range of ESPN’s NBA Top 100 rankings:
— Chris Grenham (@chrisgrenham) December 9, 2020
Kemba Walker (No. 48), Marcus Smart (No. 37), Jaylen Brown (No. 32) and Jayson Tatum (No. 11). (https://t.co/DlBDscB2WI)
Once again, from my December, 2020 article:
I see only two possibilities here. Marcus may be the most trade-able player on The Green's roster, based on ability, drive and money. Yet, the bromance between Danny Ainge and The Wolverine is such that I can't see that happening. A raise? That's what I see. Even in a tight-budget year, this man should see a significant bump in his earnings.
Apparently, the "bromance" also exists between Brad Stevens and Smart. Marcus reportedly has been offered a 4-year/$77 million deal, which equates to the "significant bump in his earnings" that I had broached.
In a league with very little continuity, seeing Marcus Smart re-sign after already playing 7 seasons in Boston would be awesome.
— Frosty Bias (@frostybias) August 6, 2021
Apparently, I am not alone in my thinking.
Smart v. Jrue Holiday playoffs against Nets...
— Anthony Merino (@tdubisMerino) August 7, 2021
Holiday ppg 15, rpg 5.4, apg 6.3
3% .261, ft% .727 minutes 40.1
Smart ppg 17.8, rpg 4.4, apg 6.0
3% .372, ft% .714 minutes 36.6
Don't get those eager to ship him out.
Okay! Here's your chance. Marcus is a love-him-or-hate-him type of player. You know my stand. What's yours?
Your opinion on Marcus Smart - his new contract offer (4-year/$77 million) - his trade-ability - his continued tenure with Celtics.
— Tom Lane (@CelticsSentinel) August 7, 2021
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