Celtics notebook: Marcus Smart discipline still possible

Celtics notebook: Marcus Smart discipline still possible

BOSTON HERALD Steve Bulpett Sunday, January 28, 2018


OAKLAND, Calif. — The book is far from closed in the Marcus Smart matter. While the team is said to be satisfied with the explanation behind the Wednesday incident in which he lacerated his right hand, he could still face a fine and/or suspension.

According to league sources briefed on the situation, Smart’s story checks out. There was a broken picture frame in the bathroom in his Beverly Hills hotel room, and glass was indeed found in his hand, requiring stitches. The Celtic guard’s anger was apparently raised over pictures posted by a female acquaintance on social media — pictures that have since been deleted.

Smart received stitches in Los Angeles and returned to Boston, where doctors examined him and determined he could miss approximately two weeks. According to one NBA source, it is within the Celtics’ right to levy punishment, possibly matching a suspension to the number of games Smart is forced to miss with the injury.

Coach Brad Stevens has said any such most penalties would “most likely be handled internally.”

Gridiron influence

Steve Kerr has stepped outside the basketball box when preparing to lead the Warriors. He spoke extensively with Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and has a fondness, too, for Bill Belichick.

“I’ve never met Bill; I’ve admired him from afar,” Kerr said. “I met with Bill Parcells before I took the Warriors job. I tried to meet with as many coaches as I could. Pete was the one I connected with because I felt like he and I were the most alike.

“I’m nothing like Belichick. We don’t operate the same way, but I have tremendous respect for him. He’s had an amazing run, and everybody has to do it their own way. That’s what every coach that I met with before I began coaching, when I asked their advice, they all said the same thing, ‘Be yourself.’ You can’t come in and try to be somebody else. If you are yourself, your players will feel that genuine dynamic of what you’re doing. And then you can be honest and coach them, and they’re going to know your word is good and true. So we’re all different people.

“We all have to have our own coaching styles, but I’m like everybody else. I marvel at what the Patriots have done.”

Asked if he was surprised that Belichick was a big influence for Minnesota coach Tom Thibodeau, Kerr smiled and said, “For Thibs? No, not in the slightest bit.”

Adjust on fly

It’d be hard to find anyone who would have believed the Celtics would be in possession of the best record in the Eastern Conference this late in the season after watching Gordon Hayward go down with a fractured ankle on opening night.

While Kyrie Irving certainly feels for his fallen mate, he’s trying to maintain his focus.
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“I mean, I’m just being present, man, every single opportunity to go out there and play the game that I love,” he said. “Obviously us losing a very, very intricate part of our team was hard. But also on the flip side it gave opportunities to a lot of our young guys that I don’t think they expected it. I don’t think I necessarily expected it (or) the coaches. But I know that we were preparing for anything and whatever was going to happen.

“I think we’ve done a great job of just weathering that storm of just whoever’s available being ready to play and being ready to have the same consistency whether you’re a starter or whether you’re the 12th guy coming off the bench. It’s just you’ve got to relish in the opportunities when coach puts you out there to play.”

As for how the Celts continually find ways to get through adversity, Irving said, “By just trusting what we have going on and trusting in our leaders, trusting our commitment to demanding excellence out of one another. It’s tough to be consistent, and that’s what the great teams do, the great players do. And good teams are always trying to figure that out, how to take that next step to being considered great. And it takes a while, so you’ve just got to enjoy the process itself of going through things. When you’re going through it, it sucks sometimes and it’s going to be challenging.”

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OAKLAND, Calif. — The book is far from closed in the Marcus Smart matter. While the team is said to be satisfied with the explanation behind the Wednesday incident in which he lacerated his right hand, he could still face a fine and/or suspension.

According to league sources briefed on the situation, Smart’s story checks out. There was a broken picture frame in the bathroom in his Beverly Hills hotel room, and glass was indeed found in his hand, requiring stitches. The Celtic guard’s anger was apparently raised over pictures posted by a female acquaintance on social media — pictures that have since been deleted.

Smart received stitches in Los Angeles and returned to Boston, where doctors examined him and determined he could miss approximately two weeks. According to one NBA source, it is within the Celtics’ right to levy punishment, possibly matching a suspension to the number of games Smart is forced to miss with the injury.

Coach Brad Stevens has said any such most penalties would “most likely be handled internally.”

Gridiron influence

Steve Kerr has stepped outside the basketball box when preparing to lead the Warriors. He spoke extensively with Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and has a fondness, too, for Bill Belichick.

“I’ve never met Bill; I’ve admired him from afar,” Kerr said. “I met with Bill Parcells before I took the Warriors job. I tried to meet with as many coaches as I could. Pete was the one I connected with because I felt like he and I were the most alike.

“I’m nothing like Belichick. We don’t operate the same way, but I have tremendous respect for him. He’s had an amazing run, and everybody has to do it their own way. That’s what every coach that I met with before I began coaching, when I asked their advice, they all said the same thing, ‘Be yourself.’ You can’t come in and try to be somebody else. If you are yourself, your players will feel that genuine dynamic of what you’re doing. And then you can be honest and coach them, and they’re going to know your word is good and true. So we’re all different people.

“We all have to have our own coaching styles, but I’m like everybody else. I marvel at what the Patriots have done.”

Asked if he was surprised that Belichick was a big influence for Minnesota coach Tom Thibodeau, Kerr smiled and said, “For Thibs? No, not in the slightest bit.”

Adjust on fly

It’d be hard to find anyone who would have believed the Celtics would be in possession of the best record in the Eastern Conference this late in the season after watching Gordon Hayward go down with a fractured ankle on opening night.

While Kyrie Irving certainly feels for his fallen mate, he’s trying to maintain his focus.
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“I mean, I’m just being present, man, every single opportunity to go out there and play the game that I love,” he said. “Obviously us losing a very, very intricate part of our team was hard. But also on the flip side it gave opportunities to a lot of our young guys that I don’t think they expected it. I don’t think I necessarily expected it (or) the coaches. But I know that we were preparing for anything and whatever was going to happen.

“I think we’ve done a great job of just weathering that storm of just whoever’s available being ready to play and being ready to have the same consistency whether you’re a starter or whether you’re the 12th guy coming off the bench. It’s just you’ve got to relish in the opportunities when coach puts you out there to play.”

As for how the Celts continually find ways to get through adversity, Irving said, “By just trusting what we have going on and trusting in our leaders, trusting our commitment to demanding excellence out of one another. It’s tough to be consistent, and that’s what the great teams do, the great players do. And good teams are always trying to figure that out, how to take that next step to being considered great. And it takes a while, so you’ve just got to enjoy the process itself of going through things. When you’re going through it, it sucks sometimes and it’s going to be challenging.”

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If Smart is not being paid during his absence due to his injury he will feel the punishment.

wideclyde wrote:If Smart is not being paid during his absence due to his injury he will feel the punishment.

He is under contract so he has to be paid unless he is suspended without pay.  That does happen from time to time.  

I think a $25,000 fine sounds about right.  That is around 1/2 of his per game salary.

Marcus got caught up in a trick bag and because he is young and dumb he did not know how to handle the situation.  While some fans automatically assumed the incident was because he took and missed an ill advised 3 pointer at the end of the Laker game, it was not a very logical narrative.  Marcus in many respects was a victim.  He was a a victim of female influences with likely predatory intent.  He was a victim of his own lack of good decision making.  Marcus has to figure out how to exorcise his worse demon.  That demon is called anger.  Marcus seems to do things to inflict pain and suffering on himself.  He needs to stop doing that.  Behind the facade of toughness and invincibility lies a rather fragile human being that is just trying to figure stuff out.  I do not want to pick up the paper 10 years from now and read about Marcus getting arrested for armed robbery or assault and battery or some other violent act.  I'm praying for you Marcus.  I'm praying that you can find a piece of tranquility to help smooth out the wrinkles that life puts forth.

dboss

Yup, that was an unforced error of epic proportions at the worst possible time in a contract year approaching the trade deadline. He needs to pick up yoga or go see Dr. Bob Hartley.