Marcus Smart Screamed At Teammates During a Timeout
The Memphis Grizzlies are flat-out awful this season. They've started the year 3-13 and are one of the NBA's worst teams. Marcus Smart is one of the newest members of the Grizzlies, having landed in Memphis during the offseason. He's clearly fed up with the situation and he showed it Sunday night.
As the Grizzlies were in the process of getting hammered by the Minnesota Timberwolves 119-97, Smart couldn't stand it anymore. During a timeout, Smart -- who is out with an ankle injury -- got up and started screaming at his teammates. Among other things he yelled, "It's embarrassing, it's embarrassing" over and over.
Here's video:
During last timeout Marcus Smart screaming at his teammates “it’s embarrassing, it’s embarrassing” among other things. pic.twitter.com/fiKziJYOmG
— Alan Horton (@WolvesRadio) November 27, 2023
A still from the interaction:
marcus smart just gave the grizzlies bench one of the most passionate speeches i’ve ever seen a player give his team. said “this is f*cking embarrassing” several times, talked about how fans are paying to come watch them and they’re not even trying pic.twitter.com/sxv4pL3jis
— Molly Morrison (@mollyhannahm) November 27, 2023
I mean, he's not wrong.
Smart didn't choose the Grizzlies, he landed in Memphis when the Boston Celtics shipped him there over the summer as part a huge trade. The Celtics landed Kristaps Porzingis as part of a thee-team deal that also included the Washington Wizards. Pretty safe to say Smart wishes he was still in Boston.