The NBA trade deadline is in eight days and Jimmy Butler is still a member of the Miami Heat.Despite multiple team-imposed ...

Marcus Smart is revealed to be the 2021-22 Kia NBA Defensive Player of the Year at Celtics practice with a special guest appearance by Gary Payton.

Leave your questions, comments and concernsthrough this brief reader survey. Now, here's Prince J. Grimes. Marcus Smart and Gary Payton. Those are the last two guards to win the NBA's Defensive Player ...

Clever steals, impressive blocks at the rim and loose-ball dives show why Marcus Smart was last season's Kia Defensive Player of the Year.

"You play D the way it's supposed to (be played)," Gary Payton Sr. said to the Celtics guard in 2022. In 2022, when Marcus Smart—then with the Boston Celtics and now with the Memphis Grizzlies ...

"I understand what it takes," the former Boston Celtics guard said upon arrival in Memphis. The young roster's tremendous growth (before the cursed 2023-24 season) has led it to intense battles ...

Since Ja Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. emerged as All-Stars, the Memphis Grizzlies have been one of the Western Conference's ...

Marcus Smart got real on Zach Edey's effect on the Grizzlies' defense. Specifically, Smart recently explained how having Edey act as the defensive anchor this season will give the Grizzlies a boost.

MIAMI, FLORIDA - MAY 29: Head Coach Ime Udoka of the Boston Celtics talks with Marcus Smart ... the NBA Finals. Smart won the league’s Defensive Player of the Year award that year and has ...

Marcus Smart, traded to the Memphis Grizzlies after nine seasons starting for the Boston Celtics, has transitioned to a bench role due to injuries. He's embracing this change, mentoring younger ...