After a whirlwind NBA trade deadline, Marcus Smart has finally been able to take stock of his new life as a member of the Washington Wizards. The Wizards acquired Smart from the Memphis Grizzlies in the final hour of last month's NBA trade deadline.

Washington Wizards Guard Marcus Smart has a chip on his shoulder. Here is why he plays the game with something to prove.

Life in the NBA can be challenging when you don't have a ton of experience on your side. Can you imagine college teams playing NBA teams on a nightly basis? The

Marcus Smart and Khris Middleton aren’t here just to mentor the young Wizards. They’re also to lead by example.

It took 57 games for the Washington Wizards to hold a team under 100 points this season. Marcus Smart and the Wizards held Brooklyn to 12 points in the fourth quarter of their 107-99 victory over the Nets on Monday night.

Playing in just his third game with the team out of the nation's capital, Smart took a fourth-quarter charge while guarding Brooklyn Nets forward Trendon Watford—and drew a foul. He then proceeded to get himself off the floor with a kip-up and fired up the Washington crowd.

He thought he had just seen the Toronto Raptors seal a comeback victory Saturday night with Jamal Shead’s buzzer-beater. His floater banked in, prompting chaos at Scotiabank Arena. The Raptors mobbed Shead as the Wizards put their hands on their knees, collapsed to the bench or began trudging to the locker room.

Who would have told Marcus Smart just two years ago that he would end up playing for the team with the worst record in the entire NBA. After eleven seasons split between Boston and Memphis, the trade he was involved in last season's transfer market closed He sent him to the Washington Wizards,

Kyshawn George scored 23 points, Alex Sarr added 21 and the Washington Wizards edged the Utah Jazz 125-122 on Wednesday night.