On this day in 2014, Boston Celtics veteran guard Marcus Smart signed his $14.8 million rookie-scale contract with the team.
Drafted by the Celtics out of Oklahoma State with the sixth overall pick of the 2014 NBA Draft, the Flower Mound, Texas native was named to All Rookie Second Team in his inaugural season.
Crafting a reputation as one of the NBA’s most dogged defenders, the 6-foot-3 floor general would later make All-Defensive First Team in 2019.
Now in his sixth campaign with Boston, Smart has averaged 9.9 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4 assists and 1.6 steals per game over his career with the Celtics.
Speaking of signings, it was also on this date in 2010 that former Boston big man Semih Erden signed a one-year minimum deal with a team option on the next season afterward.
Erden would play 37 games for the Celtics, averaging 4.1 points and 3.9 boards per game before he was traded with Luke Harangody to the Cleveland Cavaliers for draft assets.
It is also the birthday of former Celtics forward Bob Duffy, born in 1922 in Columbus, Ohio.
He would play just six games for the team in its inaugural season of 1946-47, logging 1.3 points per game over that short stretch.
.jpg?w=600)
