Boston.com · Aug 18, 2023
The burning question: What will the Celtics look like when Marcus Smart returns in February?
Celtics fans will no doubt shower Marcus Smart, long regarded as the heartbeat of the team, with adulation when he returns for the first time to TD Garden on Feb. 4 as a member of the Memphis Grizzlies.
The NBA schedule-makers, anticipation-building rascals that they are, are going to make you wait.
The Memphis Grizzlies will not visit TD Garden in the coming season until Feb. 4, the 49th game of the full 82 on Thursday’s freshly-revealed 2023-24 Celtics schedule.