Хьюстон Рокетс руу шилжсэн хамгаалагч Маркус Смарт Лэйкерсийн зүгээс ирүүлсэн гэрээний нөхцөлийг хүндэтгэлгүй хэмээн шүүмжилжээ.
Лос Анжелес Лэйкерсээс хоёр жилийн 10.5 сая долларын гэрээнээсээ татгалзсан Маркус Смарт багийн зүгээс ирүүлсэн шинэ санал түүний үзүүлсэн тоглолтод дүйцэхгүй байна гэж үзжээ. Тэрээр Хьюстон Кроникл сонинд өгсөн ярилцлагадаа өөртэй нь харьцуулахад хамаагүй муу тоглолт үзүүлсэн тоглогчдод илүү өндөр санал ирж байгааг онцлоод, багийн зүгээс хүссэн баталгаагаа авч чадаагүй гэв.
Смарт өнгөрсөн улиралд Лос Анжелес Лэйкерсийн сэлгээнээс гараагаа эхлүүлж, улмаар хамгаалалтын гол тоглогч болон плей-оффт гарааны тавд багтаж байсан юм. Тэрээр өнгөрсөн улирлыг 116.9 хамгаалалтын рейтингээр өндөрлүүлж, дунджаар 2.2 хамгаалалтын самбараас бөмбөг авалт, 1.4 бөмбөг таслалт, 0.4 хаалт хийсэн үзүүлэлттэй байлаа.
Төрсөн нутаг Техас руугаа буцаж, хуучин дасгалжуулагч Име Удокатай нэгдсэн Маркус Смарт Хьюстон Рокетстой хоёр жилийн 12.4 сая долларын гэрээ байгуулсан байна. Энэхүү гэрээнд тоглогчийн сонголт багтжээ. Үүний зэрэгцээ Лос Анжелес Лэйкерс баг Лука Дончич, Остин Ривз, Уокер Кесслер нарын төлөө 480 сая долларыг зарцуулаад байгаа бөгөөд зөвхөн Кесслерийг Юта Жаззаас 129.5 сая доллараар дөрвөн жилийн хугацаатай авсан байна.
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In an offseason when the Los Angeles Lakers had a near overhaul of their roster and were praised for giving out new contracts in every direction, former guard Marcus Smart felt differently.
After opting out of a two-year, $10.5 million deal he signed with the Lakers the year before, Smart told Varun Shanka of The Houston Chronicle, the offer he received over the offseason felt “disrespectful.”
“First off, I played so well that the offer that was ultimately given didn’t match the way that I played,” he said to the Houston Chronicle, “Especially when you see guys who played way worse than I did, the offers they’re getting. And then it wasn’t any security that we wanted that they were willing to do.”
Smart, a Texas native who grew up outside of Dallas in Flower Mound, is back in his home state with his former Boston Celtics coach, Ime Udoka, when he agreed to a two-year, $12.4 million deal that includes a player option with the Houston Rockets.
“They gave me an opportunity to be able to go out and try to get what I’ve earned,” Smart said to the Houston Chronicle, “And what I’ve been working my tail off to provide for my family is a decent-sized paycheck with obviously years on it, right? Or a big paycheck with less years, but to be able to have that option.”
The Lakers have committed $480 million towards Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves, and Walker Kessler.
Kessler was the Lakers’ big offseason acquisition when they acquired him from a sign-and-trade deal with the Utah Jazz for $129.5 million for the next four years.
Aside from adding Kessler, the team also added Collin Sexton by committing $19.2 million towards him for the next two years, $60 million to Quentin Grimes for the next four years, and $52 million to Sandro Mamukelashvili. All three of them have player options included in their deals.
When Smart originally arrived in Los Angeles, he expected to be a solid depth piece that would come off the bench last season, but he quietly emerged as a defensive anchor who was in the team’s starting five during the playoffs.
Smart finished last season with a defensive rating of 116.9, averaging 2.2 defensive rebounds, 1.4 steals, and 0.4 blocks per game.
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