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 ...

Clever steals, impressive blocks at the rim and loose-ball dives show why Marcus Smart was last season's Kia Defensive Player of the Year.

The Sporting News takes a look at the 2024-25 NBA Defensive Player of the Year odds, then identifies value in the futures ...

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 ...

The San Antonio Spurs second-year big man enters the ... and it finished No. 2 in defensive rating last season. We saw Marcus Smart – a guard – win this award on the Celtics, and it’s ...

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

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 ...

"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 ...