Marcus Smart's heart was clearly in the right place. His grasp of history, however? A little off.
The Celtics' guard responded to a young basketball player's plea for advice on Twitter with some great words of wisdom ... until the very end. That's when Smart used Presidential-based comparison that had history teachers everywhere squirming.
The slight to John Adams was met with swift (and somewhat hilarious) responses.
John Adams reading this like pic.twitter.com/J8PvQlF5LI
— Starting Point Guard Marcus Smart (@designer_smarf) September 17, 2021
Thomas Jefferson loves this post pic.twitter.com/7Pq2Cd6iJm
— Starting Point Guard Marcus Smart (@designer_smarf) September 17, 2021
Marcus Smart roster pic circa 1797 pic.twitter.com/DysHuo7gNb
— S.A. (@SAhabibii) September 18, 2021
After the wave of responses to the well-meaning tweet, Smart finally weighed back in ...




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