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Marcus Smart burdened to prove his Luka Doncic play wasn’t a trick

There were two players Luka Doncic described as the 'biggest headaches' of his NBA career: Marcus Smart and Herb Jones. One of the two is now his Los Angeles Lakers teammate. That comes with the responsibility of Smart proving to Doncic that the Lakers superstar did not get it wrong.

Doncic made those comments when speaking to Jason Gay of the Wall Street Journal. It was clear the generational talent wanted Smart to be causing headaches for others when Doncic recruited him to join the Lakers this offseason following his buyout from the Washington Wizards.