What Marcus Smart’s Arrival Means For The Lakers
The Lakers picked up a major defensive piece with the arrival of Marcus Smart after a buyout from the Wizards. Trevor Lane breaks down what Smart’s arrival means for LA….
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34 Comments
He's great if he's healthy. Really hope he can stay healthy 🙏
Somebody tell Marcus Smart he needs to grow his hair back you made it to the NBA finals with your hair, remember what happened to Samson allowing that woman to cut his hair off you done let that woman cause you to cut your hair off referring to Boston. Jaylen Brown is another example, he won the NBA Championship with his hair. He cut his hair off the next year they went out bad. 👀
While the roster is still unbalanced, having Luka at the 1, Smart at the 2, Vando at 3, Bron at 4 and Ayton at 5 does give us some good perimeter and positional defence if all are engaged and healthy. With AR and Rui coming off the bench and then Jax/Goodwin/Gabe being the next 2 out of 3, might not even be a bad situation. Plus the expiring deals of Kleber and Gabe if needed, maybe we can cook
Smart played 34 and 20 games in the last two seasons. What's his health condition now??
Great move by the lakers cause a lot people thinks he’s wash but he’s not I feel he don’t well with younger guys cause before Tatum he was doing be with Isiah and those dudes and nobody face labron in the playoffs more than him so he have idea of his style
Love this to be the only piece needed for a ring but let’s be real, need some more
Great move
So great addition.. Smart additon
Another scapegoat for the lakers
They need to continue to re tool the rotation for us to be real contenders there isn’t enough firepower outside of the starting 5 but defensively things are looking better
This team is solid!
Reeves 6th man of the year
Bronny is a better shooter/scorer than Smart.
I truly think this move has put us as contenders and one more move will put us going deeper than last season
Trade to a real contender could not be more well earned and deserved. Lakers are loaded. Good luck to Bron-Bron, Smart Luka.
Another horrible signing, even worse than DFS. I knew when Finney Smith came that Knecht's minutes would be gone, now Smart who's even worse is going to take his place. Redick is too stupid to understand that with Luka and Lebron you need great shooters like Knecht surrounding them. Lakers are not and never will be a great defensive team with Luka, Lebron, and AR. They were supposed to play to their strength which is unstoppable half court execution with Luka and Lebron, but of course that only works when you put the right pieces on the floor. Knecht is the right piece, not DFS and most certainly not Smart.
The starting line up should include smart and reaves in the bench to lead the bench mob. 3 ball handlers on your starting line up is a recipe for disaster.
Well goodbye to Goodwin !
Not gonna get to happy about this until somebody actually shows up and wany to win a chip I like Marcus Smart as a player so I hope he brings that's same energy and more to the team because I Do feel with the player he is he deserves a ring go earn it
Good video!
We need Jerami Grant to compete for a title. That and another knockdown shooter.
Would be better if we still had DFS, but defensively a great move since we most DFS. Really tough defender who can be 3 & D for us. For sure will leave it all on the court every night. Hope he’s motivated now to win a title he lost out on being traded from Boston
Washington in tank mode lol
I’d start Ayton, LBJ, Vando, Luka, and Smart for a more defensive starting lineup. Bring AR off the bench to carry the 2nd unit offense. Especially in the playoffs. Please don’t start AR beside Luka this year, just please
Only issue is you can only play 5 at a time… I hope it works out.
Hopefully Marcus Smart follows the footsteps of his Celtics predecessors Fox, Shaw, Rondo, and Bradley to help bringing the Lakers banner #18. Love this type of video Trevor!
The sound effects are way too loud , especially when wearing earphones, otherwise a good video
But did Lebron send him a welcome text
Perfect fit for playoff basketball grit.
We need one more defensive dog out there on the wing before I feel confident enough to say where title contenders 💯. But smart move by the Lakers, I love this signing
Please retire already LeBron so the Lakers can start winning championships again !!!
it will be such a revenge story if we win a chip with him since he wasn’t part of Celtics championship.
So, Pelinka basically flipped Finney Smith for Ayton, the forward from the Kings, and Smart. Not bad. Give the guy credit when its due.
Oh man this is just the move we needed