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Sitting on the sidelines at the Charlotte Hornets practice floor, still dripping with sweat from a fun-yet-intense one-on-one battle with Jaylen Brown, Smart was more defiant than apologetic during his first chance to tell his side of the $50,000 dollar shove of Joel Embiid.
“It’s hard as a defender in this league, to play defense, unfortunately,” he began, his jovial post-practice mood shifting to serious as he recounted Tuesday night’s events.