Following an injury-plagued season with the Memphis Grizzlies, Marcus Smart is ready to get back to the old grind. He posted as much on his Instagram on October 11. Jaylen Brown wished his former teammate luck but managed to sneak a joke in.

Grizzlies swingman Marcus Smart, the 2022 Defensive Player of the Year, is a huge fan of what he’s seeing out of Memphis’ first round draft pick this year, as he mentioned during a recent interview with Grant Afseth of Sportskeeda.

Memphis Grizzlies guard Marcus Smart is entering his 11th season in the NBA. The first nine seasons of Smart’s career came with the Boston Celtics where he was drafted sixth overall in 2014. Smart appeared in 581 games (360 starts) for the Celtics,

Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown entered the NBA in 2016 alongside Philadelphia 76ers big man Guerschon Yabusele. Although they both find themselves in the league eight years later, their journeys to the 2024-25 season have been very different.

The 2024-2025 NBA season is starting, and fans are excited to see players back on the court after injuries. One of those players is Marcus Smart, who is fully healed from a finger injury that kept him from playing for most of the last season.