Marcus Smart is a potential trade candidate
One Memphis player to watch over the next week is guard Marcus Smart. League sources told me there has been plenty of discussion about the former Defensive Player of the Year in recent weeks.
Source: ESPN
What's the buzz on Twitter?
Lu Dort has taken the really jacked guy who flops belt from Marcus Smart - 11:17 PM
Payton Pritchard isn't Marcus Smart or anything, but it's rather amusing to watch opponents get a little freaked out when his aggressiveness and hustle make him a better defender than they expect. - 8:07 PM
More on this storyline
Damichael Cole: Marcus Smart isn’t practicing fully with the team yet. He’s doing individual. Still “week-to-week,” according to Taylor Jenkins. -via Twitter @DamichaelC / January 29, 2025
Smart continues to progress in connection with rehabilitation for a partial tear of the proximal extensor hood of his right index finger, which he sustained during the Grizzlies’ game against the Atlanta Hawks on December 21. Smart is considered week-to-week. -via NBA.com / January 10, 2025
Memphis has shown some cards around the league that it is looking into consolidation trades, as evidenced by the team's recent efforts to ship Luke Kennard and John Konchar to Brooklyn for Dorian Finney-Smith. But that would have been a much smaller deal than adding Marcus Smart or Brandon Clarke to the package as would be required for Butler. Smart and Clarke both rank as players Memphis values quite highly, sources said. -via marcstein.substack.com / January 8, 2025
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