Following the Boston Celtics’ victory over the Pelicans at the end of January, a repetitive gesture from shooting guard Marcus Smart, grabbing his right hand, He notably caught the attention of journalists during the press conference. “Are you okay? Have you been injured?”asked one of the accredited persons who were in the press room, a question that led to a rather striking confession from the player.
“The truth is that if, I have discomfort since the incident with that photo frame,” Smart revealed. This success took place 4 years agoin January 2018, when the result of a anger out of frustration, the player hit the glass frame, break it into small pieces, some of them lodged between the muscle and the skin of his right hand. “I still have pieces of glass from that day in my hand,” the player added.
Smart at that time had to make a decision could well stop completely and undergo an intervention to clear your hand of crystals, or continue playing with these shards inside of his body, which would become a high probability of suffering consequences during the rest of his career. “The doctors told me that it would cause more problems to try to remove the crystals, so I still have crystals inside.”
After the incident, Smart missed 3 weeks of competitiona fairly low number for what could have happened: “I’ve been told I was lucky I didn’t cut some ligaments and tendons that would have caused me to retire.” The player confirms that if those sequels that the doctors warned about appear on a regular basis: “I play with pain, and there are times when I can’t feel my hand,” the escort confessed.
Marcus Smart after his injury in 2018
The incident
It all happened in January 2018, after a losing streak of play for the Boston Celtics, on a tour of away games. Smart, known in the NBA for his strong character, hit a glass frame of the hotel where the Celtics were staying with his right hand, causing several cuts that at first seemed minor.
Behind this, the decision of the medical team and Smart was not to intervene, since operating on the hand in those circumstances entailed a certain risk of leading to a more serious and lasting injury, which in the long run has had chronic side effects.