Great pickup. Hopefully he can keep it up

Lakers patented mandatory former Celtics player

There’s no world where we win game 3 without Marcus Smart. Whenever the momentum would shift towards the Rockets, it was almost always either a three or a stop/steal by Smart that would put us back into the game.

He stepped up big time this series. He’s got hustle, he’s good for the defensive cohesion of the team, he can carry the ball up the court, play make and hit tough shots. This might be a legacy series for him to ball out like this given his age and recent injuries.

Luka pushing before the season to get Smart behind the scenes seems like a genius play now.

Just a playoff gamer, the show is not the same without him

Been a great pickup for the Lakers 

Pains me that it’s for LA but love Smarf forever & delighted he’s shining again after a rough few years. Honestly it’s a perfect situation for him bc he knows he doesn’t have to be some kind of spiritual leader except through dirty work & hustle. 

Somehow, I’m rooting for them even if Fuck The Lakers. If we ended up with a Lakers/Celtics finals it’d be absolutely peak narrative depth/drama. Bron back against the boys who took him to 7 as babies a decade ago. Smart vs his old team. Luka vs the guys who waxed him in 2024. Lakers v Cs epic history as organizations. 

Shit it’s not impossible. There’s no question that if Bron & Luke both go supernova they could absolutely beat any given team in the west. Especially if Smart plays at his highest level & keeps shooting this well.

The storyline is Lebron but this man is 100% the MVP. He’s going off and absolutely carried them down the stretch with his intensity. Lebron was out of gas completely if not for that insane collapse the storyline would’ve been how lebron looked like he had no energy as he whiffed a layup and didn’t run back on defense then turned it over to Sengun for a dunk… instead a historic collapse changed it all 

Bron collecting washed up Celtics and turns them into gold

if you want a hypercompetitive playoff mentality, just add one marcus smart and stir. 

If the Lakers get Reaves and Doncic back, they could win it all. They look locked in. 

He’s been their best player

Hes just so smart, i get rondo vibes, always in the perfect position, thinking two moves ahead. Combined with kennard, who’s also pretty smart, you just have such a BBIQ imbalance in this series. I dont blame the rockets, they’re too young with no leadership.

Never thought I’d love Marcus Smart as much as I do. Already one of my favorite Lakers ever, I hope he retires here

He was defensive player of the year so not a surprise imo

he’s playing out of his mind on both ends. Cant remember a series where he was this impactful

Front office gets a lot of heat, but Smart and Kenard have worked out.

The critical steal that won the game, plus a great save to avert a potential loss due to Bron’s pass in OT pretty much is worth the contract already. His stats is like icing on the top, proving that Smart’s isn’t a “already done” player like many deemed him to be before last night’s game. Smart’s redemption arc has began

Max him

If reed is on him he can avg 20ppg each game just insane having to double term smart when reed is guarding him.

I love this man so much

Weird