Marcus Smart sees no reason why the Memphis Grizzlies can’t be the NBA’s best defensive team this season.
It’s not just bold talk from a brash player. Smart knows exactly why Memphis traded for him in June., the 2023 Defensive Player of the Year, but Smart won that same award in 2022. That makes Memphis the first NBA team to pair back-to-back defensive players of the year since the award was first handed out in 1983."As a defensive guy coming on a team who thinks just like you and has guys such as Jaren in the same boat understand the defense and how important it is ...
"There’s one goal, and that goal is to win the championship," Kleiman said."That hasn’t changed. We haven’t wavered on that. We feel really good about the group that we have."He set franchise records averaging a league-best 3 blocks a game while blocking 189 shots last season. Jackson joined Hakeem Olajuwon, David Robinson and Ben Wallace — all NBA Defensive Players of the Year — as the only players to average 3.0 blocks and a steal a game.spent his summer with the U.S.
Asked how he can help Jackson, Smart joked he can keep his new teammate out of foul trouble. Though it’s no laughing matter; Jackson too often finds himself sitting out crucial minutes trying to avoid a final sixth foul — though he fouled out only four times last season.suspended for the first 25 games, Smart is expected to pull double-duty: running Memphis’ offense while helping on defense.
Smart cautions anyone questioning his abilities or whether he adds much to a team that earned the No. 2 seed in the Western Conference each of the past two seasons only to lose early in the postseason. He said he hasn’t lost his chameleon-like skills and is more than capable of doing whatever is asked of him.
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