Marcus Smart used to die his hair green.
Maybe he just liked the color, but clearly, he enjoyed playing for the Boston Celtics.
So this latest chapter is especially wild.
Smart is going to join the Los Angeles Lakers.
For many Boston fans, it feels like traitorous behavior.
The Celtics took Smart at No. 6 overall in 2014 out of Oklahoma State.
He spent nine years in Boston as one of the best defenders in the league, a span that included a Defensive Player of the Year honor.
Smart suited up in 581 games for the Celtics, averaging 10.6 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.6 steals per game.
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Since then, Smart went to the Grizzlies and then the Wizards.
Those were chapters that the Celtics felt necessary. It had become time to move on from Smart to improve the roster.
But the Lakers? No one saw this coming.
Lakers-Celtics hasn’t been as much of a rivalry in the last decade, but it’s one of the most famous feuds in the NBA.
And now Smart, a known instigator, is on the other side of things..
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