First to the Floor podcast: taking a Marcus Smart-sized victory lap

On this episode, the First to the Flooring guys are joined by Barstool Sports’ Dan Greenburg, aka Greenie, to speak concerning the Raps win, probably the most nerve-racking components of each Celtics recreation, and, most significantly, Marcus Good. This in all probability isn’t information, however Good is having the perfect season of his profession. He’s averaging 12 factors, 3 rebounds, and a gaudy 7.6 assists per recreation. After a slip on the defensive finish to begin the season, he’s again to selecting pockets, bullying bigs, and commanding the ground.

The stats bear this out fairly clearly. He’s at profession highs within the following stats: subject purpose proportion, true taking pictures, efficient subject purpose proportion, assists per recreation, help/turnover ratio, and help proportion. These stats vary from extraordinarily necessary to critically necessary for a place to begin guard. For the primary time in his profession, he finds himself within the top-10 within the NBA in assists per recreation. Regardless of being firmly in the midst of his prime at age 28, Good has taken one other bounce as a participant.

At no level has that bounce been clearer than the three^rd quarter of the Raptors-Celtics recreation on Monday night time. Toronto was firmly in charge of the sport by the second quarter, pushing their result in 13 earlier than the Celtics whittled it to six at half. Then, Marcus Good and Jayson Tatum took over, 3 for 4 from the ground, 4 assists, 1 steal, zero turnovers, and a +17 — not a nasty 12 minutes of recreation time. We acquired classic Marcus in each means attainable, whether or not it was diming up Jaylen on a damaged play:

Working a picture-perfect pick-and-roll with Tatum:

Utilizing his persistence and craftiness for a simple 2 after which drawing a cost on the opposite finish:

And naturally, an ill-advised step again three that in some way goes down:

Any controversy surrounding the Celtics in the previous couple of years often centered round Marcus. Whether it was punching a picture frame out of frustration and almost ending his profession or calling out the Jays for not passing enough, it’s been a wild experience with Good. It’s additionally one I don’t wish to get off of anytime quickly. Enjoying the perfect ball of his profession, it’s time for Good to take a victory lap — he’s earned it.

Take a take heed to First to the Flooring the place we focus on Good’s ascendance at size in addition to a bunch of different enjoyable stuff with Barstool Sports activities’ Greenie. Thanks for listening!