Mr. Mike Gorman, hello, sir.

Good morning.

It is nice to talk to you, and we will discuss some Thanksgiving things in a bit,

because everyone loves to hear about what's going on with you.

But first thing I want to ask you is when do they tell Marcus Smart to quit shooting?

Well, you know, the crazy, if you look at the box code, you know, I know. I know. I know. And we don't think that he's a guy who shouldn't be on this team. We know his value and we know that the team is better than the four. Yeah, imagine what his plus minus would be if he never shot. It would be like a hundred. It's infuriating, isn't it? I mean, because he's so good and he needs to be out there, obviously, for that unit to work as well as it does. But, I mean, there was a play the other night at the end of the game where it was like all five, it was like, everyone just passed the ball. It was like, Tatum had it. And then he passed it to Kyrie, who passed it to Horford. and it somehow ends up in Marcus's his hand, and he's the one who shoots it. And it just makes you want to pull your hair out, because his shot selection, or just shots. He's a horrible shooter. But wide open threes, he can't get that. Yeah, then it came against Dallas, yeah. You know, he made a big three at a big time the other night. He did, but he had to chuck up about eight of them to get it. I think it was nine. He did. I agree.

I agree.

But, again, I, a big three at a big time the other night. He did, but he had to chuck up about eight. I'm going to get it.

I think he was nine.

He did.

I agree. I agree. But, again, a lot of people think plus minus is bogus. I think it's a pretty good step myself. And it's a measure of what you contribute. He needs to be on the floor for the Celtics to be who they are. Can you tell me why? I know that there's, you know, you can see defensively what he does,

but is there something else that we're not seeing that makes him so valuable to that unit that scores so much?

I think he intimidates guys on other teams, and he just gets physical with everybody.

He raises the physicality.

I don't like that word that much, but he does raise the physicality of the game.

And he might be the only guy, I can recall the NBA, when he dies for a loose ball,

is not looking to call time out.

He's looking to make a pass from the floor.

And he's done that on numerous occasions, and got Celtics baskets at big times,

made that great save the other night to keep the ball alive.

Again, it's really cliche like to say he does all the stuff that doesn't show up in the stat sheet, but he is kind of the poster boy for that.

Is there, and this is once again, we're talking about a team that's 160 in a row.

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