Marcus Smart wore the Puma Fusion Nitro shoes during the 2021-22 NBA season. Smart started his career with Adidas before signing with Puma.
Marcus Smart : Puma | College stats | Contract
Smart is an American professional basketball player for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 6, 1994 Flower Mound, Texas, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Listed weight | 220 lb (100 kg) |
He played college basketball for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
Smart was drafted with the sixth overall pick in the 2014 NBA draft by the Celtics. He initially came off the bench for the Celtics before starting games regularly in 2018 and becoming the starting point guard in 2021.
He was named the NBA Defensive Player of the Year for the 2021–22 season, becoming only the sixth guard in NBA history to win the award.
Smart has also been named to the NBA All-Defensive First Team three times and is a two-time NBA Hustle Award winner, winning it in 2019 and 2022. He helped the Celtics reach the NBA Finals in 2022.
Marcus Smart puma
Since re-entering the performance basketball market in 2018, Puma has rapidly expanded its footprint in the NBA and WNBA.
The German company has snagged several exciting players and laced them up in excellent hoop shoes.
Puma has continued its conquest into the association by re-signing Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart to a multi-year footwear and apparel endorsement contract extension. The news was first reported by Nick DePaula of ESPN and Boardroom.
Smart started his career with Adidas before signing with Puma in 2019. In a 2019 interview with Sole Collector, Smart cited the brand’s authentic connection to hip hop as a reason he signed.
The Celtics made it all the way to the 2022 NBA Finals last year and will have their work cut out for them this season.
They will rely heavily on the reigning NBA Defensive Player of the Year to help get him there. You can bet that Puma will have Smart suited in the best basketball shoes they have to offer.
College stats
During his freshman year at Oklahoma State, Smart led the Cowboys to a 24–8 record and finished third place in the Big 12 behind Kansas and Kansas State. Smart averaged 15.4 points, 5.8 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per game and led the Big 12 in steals, where he recorded 99 and averaged 3.0 per game.
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Year
|
Team
|
GP
|
Min
|
Pts
|
FG%
|
Reb
|
Ast
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2021
|
BOS
|
71
|
32.3
|
12.1
|
41.8
|
3.8
|
5.9
|
|
2020
|
BOS
|
48
|
32.9
|
13.1
|
39.8
|
3.5
|
5.7
|
|
2019
|
BOS
|
60
|
32.0
|
12.9
|
37.5
|
3.8
|
4.8
|
|
2018
|
BOS
|
80
|
27.5
|
8.8
|
42.2
|
2.9
|
4.0
|
|
2017
|
BOS
|
54
|
29.9
|
10.2
|
36.7
|
3.5
|
4.8
|
|
2016
|
BOS
|
79
|
30.4
|
10.6
|
35.9
|
3.9
|
4.6
|
|
2015
|
BOS
|
61
|
27.3
|
9.1
|
34.8
|
4.2
|
3.0
|
|
2014
|
BOS
|
67
|
27.0
|
7.8
|
36.7
|
3.3
|
3.1
|
|
Career
|
|
520
|
29.8
|
10.5
|
38.2
|
3.6
|
4.5
|
Smart and the Cowboys earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament that year, clinching a #5 seed in the Midwest Region. During the first round of the tournament though, the Cowboys were eliminated by the #12 seed Oregon.
On April 17, 2013, Smart held a press conference in the student union at OSU and announced that he would not declare for the NBA draft and instead, return to OSU for his sophomore season. His 99 steals set a freshman record in the Big 12.
On November 19, 2013, Smart tied an OSU single game scoring record with 39 points leading his #7 Oklahoma State Cowboys past #11 Memphis.
During his two seasons at Oklahoma State, Smart averaged 16.6 points, 5.9 rebounds and 4.5 assists in 33.1 minutes per game.
On April 7, 2014, Smart declared for the NBA draft, forgoing his final two years of college eligibility.
Contract
Marcus Smart signed a 4 year / $76,487,996 contract with the Boston Celtics, including $76,487,996 guaranteed, and an annual average salary of $19,121,999.
| Contract: | 4 yr(s) / $76,487,996 |
| Average Salary: | $19,121,999 |
| Guaranteed at Signing | $76,487,996 |
| Signed Using: | Veteran Extension/Bird |
| Free Agent: | 2026 / UFA |
In 2022-23, Smart will earn a base salary of $16,607,142 and a incentive bonus of $600,000, while carrying a cap hit of $17,207,142 and a dead cap value of $16,607,142.
The league’s leader in dimes was Trae Young, but we’ll set him aside since he made rookie scale money ($8,326,471). The No. 2 man, Chris Paul, served up 702 assists against a $30,800,000 salary, or $43,874.64 per assist.