Marcus Smart might be the most beloved player on the Celtics, as he’s now one of the longest tenured players in Boston and his aggressive style of play, particularly on the defensive end, has endeared him to the Celtics faithful.
At the very least, he’s the favorite player by Boston’s online posters, as the collective known as Weird Celtics Twitter has made Smart — aka Smarf — their greatest posting muse. Smart is well aware of this, and recently held a contest for WCT to show off their Smarf photoshop skills, with the winner getting an autographed copy of the most retweeted one.
I’m lovin’ all these pics ha ha. Let’s have some fun. Post yours in this thread. Make sure u made em. One with the most rt and fav action gets some autographed swag from me. Here’s my favs so far. pic.twitter.com/lgiQuJhJGb
— marcus smart (@smart_MS3) July 24, 2019
A lot of good Twitter art out there. Thanks to all who had some fun. The winner is right here with over 400 rt/L action. Shoot me a contact and I’ll autograph that art for you. 🔥🔥 https://t.co/WlwusHK9hC
— marcus smart (@smart_MS3) July 26, 2019
On Monday, Smart made an appearance on The Jump and naturally Rachel Nichols had to ask him about Weird Celtics Twitter and what it’s like having such a devoted, even if strange, fan base. Smart said they are definitely weird and there’s some odd stuff out there, but explained that sometimes it’s the “pick up” he needs in the form of a laugh during a tough day.
https://twitter.com/chrisgrenham/status/1155929918573703168
The social media age has made things quite different for athletes in how often they see and hear criticism from random fans, contributing to a concern that social media is causing athletes to be less happy, but this is a reminder that sometimes there’s some good that can come from Twitter, even if in the form of bizarre photoshops.
This has never been more true. Hell yes @smart_MS3 hell yes @Riffs_Man pic.twitter.com/7bcmsWRbbv
— fraser ramon (@SteveMerkle9) July 29, 2019
