WALTHAM, Mass. — It was after the lowest moment of Marcus Smart’s basketball career that LeBryan Nash learned just how strong his former college teammate is.
Smart and Nash both were players at Oklahoma State when, during a game at Texas Tech last February, the former shoved a fan sitting behind one basket. Smart was a highly ranked NBA prospect at the time, and the incident and resulting three-game suspension made national headlines.
According to Nash, Smart was despondent on the ride back to Stillwater.
“After it, on the bus, on the ride back home, how bad he felt,” Nash said Monday after completing a pre-draft workout with the Boston Celtics.