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 ...

On the ESPN show "NBA Today", Senior NBA Insider Shams Charania revealed the former Defensive Player of the Year guard Marcus ...

Memphis Grizzlies guard Marcus Smart has collaborated with PUMA on a budget-friendly basketball shoe for the new NBA season.

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

According to an NBA ... Marcus Smart. Smart came over from the Boston Celtics a summer ago in a trade. While his ex-teammates put together a championship-winning season without him, the former ...

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 ...

Marcus Osmond Smart is an American professional basketball ... Smart was named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 2022 and the Big 12 Player of the Year in 2013. He was honored with the ...

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

"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 ...

Since January, one player has stuck out as the ... shot-blockers on the best defense in the NBA. And he's a guard! Another great storyline! Marcus Smart won DPOY just a few years ago for the ...