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The deal is slightly higher than the four-year, $50 million extension offered by the team last October, an offer that Smart turned down, placing his value more in the $15 million per year range. And when Ainge stuck to the team’s $6.05 million qualifying offer early in free agency, Smart took the team’s lack of movement personally. But there was a lot going on in Smart’s life, most notably his mother’s treatment for bone marrow cancer.