Marcus Smart Makes Bold Confession Reflecting On Celtics Departure.

 

Boston — More than seven months have passed since the Boston Celtics abruptly ended Marcus Smart’s nine-year tenure with the team by trading him to the Memphis Grizzlies in the offseason.

The Celtics stepped it up after a disappointing playoff run that culminated in a seven-game rollercoaster series loss to the eighth-seeded Miami Heat club. In an effort to retool the Celtics squad with a new look, Smart was selected among a select group of departees that included Jrue Holiday, Kristaps Porzingis, and others.

Able to set prejudices aside, Smart knows exactly where the ownership and front office were coming from.

Smart acknowledged, “If it were me, I’d make the same business decision as well,” prior to his return to Boston on Sunday night. “All I asked for was a heads-up or something as simple as, ‘Hey, you’ve been here for nine years,'” from the team. We would like to inform you of the current situation. Perfect. I am a businessman at the end of the day. That’s what it was, and the true source of the hurt.”There’s no animosity toward the organization, toward my teammates, or toward the coaching staff,” Smart continued. I’m grateful to have gotten the chance to play with those men because I adore them all.When Smart was selected with the sixth overall choice in the NBA draft in 2014, he joined Boston. Smart was a part of the Celtics’ rebuilding team at the time, which was led by Brad Stevens and lacking stars and looking for its next key player.