Marcus Smart clearly knew what was up when he walked onto the Auerbach Center practice floor Monday and saw Gary Payton standing next to an easel holding a blown up picture of a tweet the Celtics guard had posted on March 8.
“Somewhere in the fine print for winning this is… 𝚁𝚞𝚕𝚎 𝟺𝟽.𝟷𝙰 𝙽𝚘 𝙽𝙱𝙰 𝚐𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚜 𝙶𝙿 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚗 𝙳𝙿𝙾𝚈”
“That’s not true,” said the Hall of Famer, the last guard to win the award in 1996, as Smart looked on with a big smile while surrounded by teammates and coaches.
