In light of JJ Redick's team struggling on defense, a Lakers trade pitch adds Grizzlies' Marcus Smart, the 2022 Defensive ...

In 2022, when Marcus Smart—then with the Boston Celtics and now with the Memphis Grizzlies—was chosen as the NBA Defensive Player of the Year, it was the first time a backcourt player had won ...

It's why a defensive ... year veteran would fit in perfectly with Mike Brown's scheme as the team looks to perfect the balance between going for a steal and getting caught reaching. Marcus Smart ...

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 ...

One of those players is Marcus Smart, who is fully healed from ... Now, with the Memphis Grizzlies, the former Defensive Player of the Year is ready to make his comeback. Smart is concentrating ...

Grizzlies will be missing two starters vs. Bucks after Desmond Bane (oblique) and Marcus Smart (ankle) were injured last ...

“And that’s almost certainly what they’d have to do to land Marcus Smart, their latest rumored ... in trading for the 2021-22 Defensive Player of the Year Award winner from the Memphis ...

The Los Angeles Lakers are off to an impressive start to the 2024-25 season, but the organization could attempt to replace their starting point guard with a pesky Memphis Grizzlies defender.

Two of the Grizzlies' best perimeter players were injured when Desmond Bane and Marcus Smart went down against the Nets.

Memphis Grizzlies Point Guard Marcus Smart recently praised the Dallas ... with whom he earned a 2022 NBA Defensive Player of the Year honor and 2019, 2020, and 2022 NBA All-Defensive First ...

The Grizzlies are looking like a fringe contender again but one key stat shows their elite defense may be a mirage right now.

"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 ...