Lakers guard Marcus Smart expects to hear boos from Celtics fans this season

Marcus Smart spent nan first 9 seasons of his profession pinch nan Boston Celtics, helping nan franchise scope nan postseason each twelvemonth of that stretch. The beforehand agency opted to waste and acquisition him distant up of nan 2023-24 season, starring to stints pinch nan Memphis Grizzlies and Washington Wizards.

Smart reportedly gave up conscionable nether $7 cardinal successful bid to facilitate a buyout pinch nan Wizards and subordinate nan Los Angeles Lakers. In his first gathering pinch nan section media, he revealed that he expects to person dislike from nan Celtics fanbase.

"I tin effort to expect it," Lakers defender Marcus Smart stated Tuesday. "I person nary idea, but I tin decidedly show and opportunity that I'm expecting a batch of boos. I'm expecting a batch of hate. And it's okay. I understand it."

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Smart will look to subordinate Rajon Rondo and Rick Fox connected a database of players who began their profession successful Boston and won a title pinch nan Lakers. While it is nary astonishment that he is not expecting his erstwhile fanbase to return nan determination well, nan opportunity to play with Luka Dončić -- who personally recruited him to Los Angeles -- and LeBron James was thing he was unwilling to walk up.

The 2022 Defensive Player of nan Year has appeared successful conscionable 54 games complete nan past 2 seasons. He will look to person a bounce backmost twelvemonth arsenic nan Lakers look to lucifer nan Celtics pinch their 18th championship.

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