Marcus Smart wins 2021-22 NBA Hustle Award

Marcus Smart wins 2021-22 NBA Hustle Award

HoopsHype
Mon, May 23, 2022, 1:41 PM·4 min read

Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart has been named the winner of the 2021-22 NBA Hustle Award, the league announced today. Smart becomes the first two-time winner of the Hustle Award after first earning the honor following the 2018-19 season.
Source: Brian Martin @ NBA.com

What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
Marcus Smart has won the NBA’s Hustle Award for the second time, the league announced. The award recognizes players for their work outside the box score, highlighting their performance in the league’s tracking data areas like deflections, box outs, etc. – 1:35 PM

Jay King @ByJayKing
The DPOY just racked up another honor. Marcus Smart has won the NBA’s Hustle Award for the second time in his career. – 1:31 PM


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Another well deserved award. The intensity of this team and their physicality is just not the same when Marcus misses a game.

dboss wrote:Another well deserved award.  The intensity of this team and their physicality is just not the same when Marcus misses a game.

I agree.

For those of us with who have been Celtic fans for a long time, Marcus is a real throw-back. I think he would have fit in well in earlier eras when it was a more physical game.