Celtic and Smart reached an early renewal agreement. Smart renewed the Celtic contract with 77.1 million for 4 years, which is an average salary of 19.25 million. The contract is a full guarantee contract, and there is an incentive mechanism. Although the Celtics’ offensive core is Tatum and Jaylen Brown, Smart is definitely the heartbeat and spiritual leader of the Celtics.
The ability of the Celtics to renew Smart early is enough to prove that the Celtics recognize Smart, and Smart can be said to have made significant progress and playoffs in recent seasons. More reused. Smart entered the NBA through the draft in 2014 and began playing for the Celtics. He has been selected to the All-Defensive Team twice and is currently the top defender on the outside of the league.
This season's Smart can contribute 13+5.7+3.5 overall data per game in the regular season, especially in terms of passing. In this year’s playoffs, when Tatum was struggling to stand alone, Smart even stepped forward to fight the Big Three of the Nets. Although the Celtics were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, Smart definitely played. Own toughness.
The Celtics made minor repairs to their lineup during the offseason, introducing , Dunn and Richardson, and signing Kanter and Schlow De , coupled with the return of Jaylen Brown, the Celtics' strength is still at the playoff level in the East, and Smart is likely to become the team's starting point guard in the new season. Don't look at Schroeder and Richardson, but Smart's role cannot be replaced by others. When Smart is the point guard, he can partner with Brown ,Smart can provide a tough defense for the team, and Smart's passing ability has improved in recent seasons, and Schroder and Richardson do not have excellent passing ability. The Celtics' renewal of Smart also means that the core of the Celtics' future is mainly Tatum and Smart. Although Jaylen Brown plays more on the offensive side and his offensive ability is stronger than Smart, Brown is still far from the top level, and Smart’s attributes are extremely useful in the current small ball era, with excellent defensive ability. Decisive offense. Although his offense has been questioned and fluctuated, from the performance of this year’s playoffs, Smart will have a qualitative improvement on both offensive and defensive ends in the new season. Smart is also expected to be the most improved player award. Fight for.
And now Smart's position in the Celtics is second only to Tatum, even higher than Jaylen Brown. And Smart dares to break through without fear of physical confrontation, selfless, and dare to make all efforts to win, not just to score, grab rebounds, organize the team's offense, and participate in defense. As long as it can help the team win, Smart is always the first to take the lead. Do everything. This is Smart's own trait, and it's also what the Celtics like him. Being able to complete the contract extension is a win-win for both Smart and Celtic. In him, you can see the shadow of "gloves" and Payton, and Smart can now be said to be Celtic. The absolute soul of man!
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