Hours After $36,000,000 News and Shocking Trade, 29YO NBA Star?s Lifelong Plans Fall Apart As Per Reports

In the modern NBA, when you see some surprising out-of-the-blue trades going through, you can tell the offseason is in full swing. There have been many occasions when the NBA world got shocked by some unexpected trades such as Kawhi Leonard to the Toronto Raptors, Russell Westbrook to the Houston Rockets, and so on. With the Boston Celtics starting the offseason with a massive trade for a former All-Star, the NBA world was left stunned by who they gave up in the deal. However, they weren’t the only ones shocked by the proceedings.

While teams look to upgrade their rosters, there will be an uproar among fans when certain players are traded. Some trades get forced upon players’ demands, and in some trades, players are sacrificed for a better player or for rebuilding. In the Celtics’ case, it was the latter as per reports.

The Boston Celtics sacrificed their most loyal player on the team

As per the earlier reports, the 2023 Sixth MOTY Malcolm Brogdon was involved in a three-team trade with the Los Angeles Clippers and the Washington Wizards before the injury reports broke the trade. However, Boston included Memphis Grizzlies in the trade in place of the Clippers. The Celtics, desperate for an attacking big man, traded for Latvian star Kristaps Porzingis from the Wizards.

However, they let go of one of their most loyal players, who wanted to end his career with the 17x NBA champions, as per reports. After missing a chance at the NBA Finals, the Celtics had to make changes to the roster, and the price they had to pay was 29-year-old Marcus Smart.

With Smart gone from the Boston Celtics, the trio of Tatum-Brown-Smart is broken now. Porzingis opted into his $36 million contract before getting traded to Boston. The 2022 DPOY was reportedly “completely shocked” by the trade. One of the leaders of the team, Smart will surely be missed in Boston. But the question is, has the trade made them better equipped to win a championship?

Did Celtics really win the Marcus Smart trade?

The Boston Celtics fans had to face the harsh reality of seeing the 2022 DPOY Marcus Smart being traded to the Memphis Grizzlies. So, nobody actually knows if it is a win for Celtics.

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Marcus Smart wanted to end his career with the Celtics, but this is NBA, right? As Draymond Green said months back on his podcast, only a handful of players like Stephen Curry, LeBron James, Nikola Jokic, and more won’t be traded for a talent like Victor Wembanyama.

Anyone else in this league could be traded for the French sensation. Marcus didn’t get traded to make room for Wembanyama, but he was in hopes of improving the roster.

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