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Your Morning Dump... Where Marcus Smart wins the Red Auerbach award

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump.

I assume this award is given out on the criteria of “do a lot of good things for people and basketball”, but I tried to brainstorm how a player could best bring the spirit of Red into the modern day. You know, that grit. The edge. I didn’t come up with much, but here’s what I got:

-Cut off the WiFi to the visitor’s locker room

-Smoke cigars indoors – this is a two-for-one because it’s not socially acceptable anymore, but is still symbolic of Red’s legacy, and is smoking is officially cool again in contrast with Juuls

-Run a fast break off a made free throw (Please, Celtics, play with urgency.