Marcus Smart has earned his reputation, mostly with quotes like this:
“I’m constantly telling these guys that a lot of games we win aren’t going to be pretty. If you’re trying to be pretty then this isn’t the game for you. You have to be willing to get your nose bloody and get dirty to win these games.”
Or plays like this:
This is the essence of Marcus Smart. This is why fans love him. This is why he’s one of the darlings of Weird Celtics Twitter. But there’s an underlying element to Smart’s game that makes all of this possible.