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Marcus Smart Joins Rockets, Calls Lakers Offer 'Disrespectful'
Marcus Smart took a two-year, $12.4 million Rockets deal after calling the Lakers' offer "disrespectful" for failing to match his play or give the security he wanted.
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About Marcus Smart
Marcus Osmond Smart is an American professional basketball player for the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely considered one of the most accomplished and versatile defenders of his era, he has been selected to the NBA All-Defensive First Team thrice and was the NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 2022, becoming only the second point guard after Gary Payton to win the award. Smart played college basketball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
Everything about Marcus Smart →- Occupation
- basketball player
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- March 6, 1994