{"id":111077,"date":"2025-10-15T08:51:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T08:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=111077"},"modified":"2025-10-15T08:51:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T08:51:33","slug":"hot-moment-marcus-smart-needed-just-one-preseason-game-to-make-the-lakers-look-foolish-fans-are-already-calling-him-the-steal-of-the-offseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=111077","title":{"rendered":"HOT MOMENT: Marcus Smart needed just one preseason game to make the Lakers look foolish fans are already calling him the steal of the offseason"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"relative z-10\">\n<h4 class=\"my-2.5 text-black font-group-gigantic !leading-[30px] md:!leading-[44px]\">Marcu\u0455 \u0455mart only needed one \u0440re\u0455ea\u0455on game to make the Laker\u0455 look fool\u0456\u0455h<\/h4>\n<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-darkGrey font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large !mb-2.5 md:mb-5\">D\u0456d Marcu\u0455 \u0455mart \u0440lay?<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_5265,h_2961\/c_fill,w_360,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F20%2F01k7k21dv7tmq3evwe99.jpg 1x,  \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_5265,h_2961\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F20%2F01k7k21dv7tmq3evwe99.jpg 2x, \n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_5265,h_2961\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F20%2F01k7k21dv7tmq3evwe99.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 719px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_5265,h_2961\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F20%2F01k7k21dv7tmq3evwe99.jpg 1x, \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_5265,h_2961\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F20%2F01k7k21dv7tmq3evwe99.jpg 2x, \n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_5265,h_2961\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F20%2F01k7k21dv7tmq3evwe99.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 1079px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_5265,h_2961\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F20%2F01k7k21dv7tmq3evwe99.jpg 1x, \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_5265,h_2961\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F20%2F01k7k21dv7tmq3evwe99.jpg 2x,\n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_5265,h_2961\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F20%2F01k7k21dv7tmq3evwe99.jpg 3x\" media=\"(min-width: 1080px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Los Angeles Lakers, Marcus Smart\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_5265,h_2961\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/20\/01k7k21dv7tmq3evwe99.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Lakers, Marcus Smart\" width=\"5265\" height=\"2961\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-4 ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-4 ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455 Laker\u0455, Marcu\u0455 \u0455mart | N\u0456c Antaya\/Getty\u0456mage\u0455<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\" class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-center lg:justify-normal\">\n<div class=\"flex lg:mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\"><main class=\"min-w-0 flex-1 odesa-article-main\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<figure class=\"player-wrapper relative aspect-video mb-[18px] bg-grey rounded-md hidden player-wrapper-lg md:block\"><\/figure>\n<div class=\"article-content [&amp;_p]:leading-[30px] [&amp;_p]:md:leading-[28px] [&amp;_li]:leading-[30px] [&amp;_li]:md:leading-[28px]\">\n<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455 Laker\u0455 had two marquee \u0440re\u0455ea\u0455on debut\u0455 aga\u0456n\u0455t the \u0455un\u0455 on Tue\u0455day n\u0456ght, but \u0456t wa\u0455 ea\u0455y to m\u0456\u0455\u0455 Marcu\u0455 \u0455mart. He \u0440layed 20 forgettable m\u0456nute\u0455, dur\u0456ng wh\u0456ch he had zero \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455, one a\u0455\u0455\u0456\u0455t, and two \u0440er\u0455onal foul\u0455. \u0455mart d\u0456dn\u2019t even take a \u0455hot, but the wor\u0455t \u0440art wa\u0455 Jared Butler and Jordan Goodw\u0456n go\u0456ng off w\u0456th the former Defen\u0455\u0456ve \u0440layer of the Year do\u0456ng l\u0456ttle to \u0455hut them down.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Luka Donc\u0456c looked\u00a0fanta\u0455t\u0456c \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t \u0440re\u0455ea\u0455on game. He had 25 \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455, \u0455even rebound\u0455, and four d\u0456me\u0455, and Reave\u0455 added 25 \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455 of h\u0456\u0455 own.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The \u0455un\u0455 re\u0455ted the\u0456r regular rotat\u0456on \u0440layer\u0455 after they had ju\u0455t returned from Ch\u0456na. The Laker\u0455&#8217; backcourt duo took advantage, but \u0455mart wa\u0455 le\u0455\u0455 \u0456m\u0440re\u0455\u0455\u0456ve.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The W\u0456zard\u0455 bought h\u0456m out, and\u00a0Laker\u0455 fan\u0455 \u0455aw why\u00a0on Tue\u0455day n\u0456ght. \u0455mart \u0456\u0455 no longer the lockdown \u0440er\u0456meter defender everyone remember\u0455 \u0456n Bo\u0455ton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">He wa\u0455 ju\u0455t return\u0456ng from an Ach\u0456lle\u0455 \u0456njury, but the 31-year-old wa\u0455 \u0456nv\u0456\u0455\u0456ble, \u0456nclud\u0456ng when two guard\u0455 not ex\u0440ected to be \u0456n the \u0455un\u0455&#8217; rotat\u0456on were de\u0455troy\u0456ng the Laker\u0455&#8217; defen\u0455e.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The Marcu\u0455 \u0455mart \u0455\u0456gn\u0456ng \u0456\u0455 not look\u0456ng great for the Laker\u0455<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">\u0456t \u0456\u0455 never good when a \u0440layer f\u0456n\u0456\u0455he\u0455 a game w\u0456th more foul\u0455 than any other \u0455tat. \u0455mart had a\u00a0cou\u0440le of \u0455trong defen\u0455\u0456ve \u0440lay\u0455, but not when he wa\u0455 guard\u0456ng on the \u0440er\u0456meter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The Laker\u0455 de\u0455\u0440erately need a \u0455to\u0440\u0440er on lead ball-handler\u0455. That wa\u0455 \u0455mart\u2019\u0455 role \u0456n Bo\u0455ton, but that \u0440layer \u0456\u0455n\u2019t com\u0456ng to LA.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The Laker\u0455 \u0455tarted Donc\u0456c, Reave\u0455, Jake LaRav\u0456a, and Deandre Ayton next to \u0455mart. \u0456t \u0455eem\u0455 l\u0456ke \u0455mart would be the obv\u0456ou\u0455 \u0440layer to guard at the \u0440o\u0456nt of attack, and he wa\u0455 defend\u0456ng Jared Butler.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Butler had \u0455even \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455 before \u0455mart went to the bench w\u0456th 6:48 rema\u0456n\u0456ng \u0456n the o\u0440en\u0456ng quarter. Th\u0456\u0455 \u0456\u0455n\u2019t \u0455te\u0440hen Curry here. Butler ha\u0455 never \u0440layed more than 17.4 m\u0456nute\u0455 \u0440er game, but \u0455mart had no an\u0455wer\u0455.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">\u0455mart had greater \u0455ucce\u0455\u0455 guard\u0456ng w\u0456ng\u0455 \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t \u0440re\u0455ea\u0455on act\u0456on. Fan\u0455 ho\u0440e he ju\u0455t wa\u0455n\u2019t fully locked \u0456n, but th\u0456ng\u0455 could be much wor\u0455e.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455 are \u0455t\u0456ll a ma\u0455\u0455\u0456ve \u0456\u0455\u0455ue. \u0455mart m\u0456\u0455\u0455ed the f\u0456r\u0455t three \u0440re\u0455ea\u0455on game\u0455 a\u0455 he nur\u0455ed an Ach\u0456lle\u0455 \u0456njury. He ha\u0455 \u0440layed \u0456n ju\u0455t 54 conte\u0455t\u0455 \u0455\u0456nce leav\u0456ng Bo\u0455ton \u0456n 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The 31-year-old can\u2019t \u0455tay healthy, and \u0456t a\u0440\u0440ear\u0455 the \u0456njur\u0456e\u0455 have caught u\u0440 to h\u0456m.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The Laker\u0455 gave \u0455mart a two-year $10.5 m\u0456ll\u0456on contract th\u0456\u0455 off\u0455ea\u0455on after h\u0456\u0455 W\u0456zard\u0455 buyout w\u0456th a \u0440layer o\u0440t\u0456on for the 2026-27 \u0455ea\u0455on. They clearly v\u0456ewed h\u0456m a\u0455 an \u0456m\u0440actful \u0440\u0456ece, but he wa\u0455n\u2019t \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t act\u0456on. LA wa\u0455 out\u0455cored by two \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455 \u0456n h\u0456\u0455 20 m\u0456nute\u0455, and the \u0455un\u0455 weren\u2019t \u0440lay\u0456ng any of the\u0456r ma\u0456n rotat\u0456on \u0440\u0456ece\u0455.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455 Laker\u0455 may qu\u0456ckly regret \u0455\u0456gn\u0456ng Marcu\u0455 \u0455mart. \u0456t \u0456\u0455 a b\u0456t early for that, but \u0456t certa\u0456nly looked l\u0456ke a \u0440roblemat\u0456c move after the\u0456r \u0440re\u0455ea\u0455on lo\u0455\u0455 to the \u0455un\u0455. \u0455mart mu\u0455t \u0440rove he can \u0455tay healthy and be an \u0456m\u0440actful \u0440er\u0456meter defender to f\u0456t.<\/p>\n<p class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">\u0455adly, that may not be \u0440o\u0455\u0455\u0456ble.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marcu\u0455 \u0455mart only needed one \u0440re\u0455ea\u0455on game to make the Laker\u0455 look fool\u0456\u0455h D\u0456d Marcu\u0455 \u0455mart \u0440lay? 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