Marcus Smart

There was Al Horford and Robert Williams realizing how they could get more from each other. There were the Jayson Tatum/Jaylen Brown discussions on the road on ...

Smart had notably made statements early in the season on how the Celts had to be more willing to move the ball — a point, by the way, that Udoka is still hammering home regularly. They were 36-36 in 2020-21 and less than even that after New York. There were dire remedies being discussed on radio and TV, while opposing teams began circling the C’s to see if talent could be pried from the underachievement. But, you know, we always hear the saying: if you want something great, it’s never gonna be easy to achieve it. And it’s not about that. “It wasn’t about the last play again. Well, most of them anyway.