The Celtics won’t be the same after their decision to trade Marcus Smart to Memphis just before midnight last Thursday.
They’ve lost one of the league’s best defenders, as well as a team leader who had been in Boston for nine seasons.
They’ve also added the kind of low-post scoring threat that they’ve been lacking for while in 7-foot-3 Kristaps Porzingis, who also happened to shoot 38.5 percent from 3-point range last season.
Celtics forward Grant Williams said seeing Smart go is tough.
“It’s something that definitely hurts a little bit,” Williams told reporters on Tuesday.