{"id":427650,"date":"2023-06-22T19:27:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T19:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=427650"},"modified":"2023-06-22T19:27:06","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T19:27:06","slug":"marcus-smarts-fans-are-furious-at-espn-for-posting-his-blue-haired-photoshopped-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/marcus-smarts-fans-are-furious-at-espn-for-posting-his-blue-haired-photoshopped-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Smart&#8217;s Fans Are Furious At ESPN For Posting His Blue Haired Photoshopped Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to some sources, the Celtics acquired star big Kristaps Porzingis from the Wizards in a three-team deal that also involved the Celtics&#8217; longstanding veteran point guard Marcus Smart being sold to the Grizzlies.<\/p>\n<h2>Marcus Smart&#8217;s Fans Are Furious At ESPN For Posting His Blue Haired Photoshopped Picture<\/h2>\n<p>Soon after the trade was announced, ESPN SportsCenter&#8217;s social media account tweeted a picture of Smart with blue hair and a Memphis uniform that had been photo-shopped.<\/p>\n<p>NBA followers who are familiar with the background of Smart&#8217;s green hair with the Celtics are aware that he colored it in honor of his late mother, who always wanted Smart to have green hair as a Celtic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Marcus Smart was \u2018shocked\u2019 by Boston trading him <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMarcus loves Boston. He thought he was going to retire there. He wanted to retire there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(Via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamHimmelsbach?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AdamHimmelsbach<\/a> ) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lzOq1Z3ore\">pic.twitter.com\/lzOq1Z3ore<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/1671930392092327949?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Before Game 6 of the NBA Finals against the Warriors in June, Smart explained the importance of his green hair.<\/p>\n<p>In a video posted by the NBA on Twitter, Smart stated, &#8220;[My mom] always loved my hair [and] the things I was doing with it, from the braids to letting it grow out.&#8221; &#8220;And I began to colour it, which she really enjoyed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Celtic through and through.<\/p>\n<p>The first glimpse of light after the Paul Pierce and KG trade.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Marcus Smart. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5Y3VGAgIFP\">pic.twitter.com\/5Y3VGAgIFP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Celtics Junkies (@Celtics_Junkies) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Celtics_Junkies\/status\/1671890033379512323?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>She frequently expressed a desire to see me wear green, but because she went away, she was never able to do so. I thus said, &#8220;For her, I&#8217;m going to go ahead and dye it and see what it looks like,&#8221; as we began our playoff run. Everyone adored it, therefore it is now somewhat of here.<\/p>\n<p>Smart\u2019s mother died in 2018 after a battle with cancer at the age of 63.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ngl if you know the reason to why Marcus Smart dyed his hair green this is absolutely disrespectful\u2026 media needs to do better <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rLRA9hCmxP\">https:\/\/t.co\/rLRA9hCmxP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud835\udd87\ud835\udd94\ud835\udd93\ud835\udd8a\ud835\udd98\u200b\ud83e\uddb4 (@Demar305) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Demar305\/status\/1671745611727532034?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the responses to the tweet, which slammed ESPN&#8217;s social media crew for publishing the manipulated image of Smart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Not gonna lie] if you know the reason to why Marcus Smart dyed his hair green this is absolutely disrespectful\u2026 media needs to do better,\u201d one user tweeted in response to the image.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FINAL TRADE DETAILS:<\/p>\n<p>Celtics receive: Kristaps Porzi\u0146\u0123is, 2023 &amp; 2024 first-round pick<\/p>\n<p>Grizzlies receive: Marcus Smart<\/p>\n<p>Wizards receive: Tyus Jones, 2023 second-round pick <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d4nW7tjlhH\">pic.twitter.com\/d4nW7tjlhH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1671733585865494529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another added, \u201cChanging the hair color to blue is nasty knowing the true meaning of why he dyed it in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor those who don\u2019t know, Marcus Smart dyed his hair green in memory of his mother, who passed away,\u201d one user wrote. \u201cSo changing it to blue is a bit off putting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Yankees Owner Hal Steinbrenner\u00a0Is Confused With How Upset Yankees Fans Are With Team\u2019s Struggle\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/yankees-owner-hal-steinbrenner-is-confused-with-how-upset-yankees-fans-are-with-teams-struggle\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Yankees Owner Hal Steinbrenner\u00a0Is Confused With How Upset Yankees Fans Are With Team\u2019s Struggle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to some sources, the Celtics acquired star big Kristaps Porzingis from the Wizards in a three-team deal that also involved the Celtics&#8217; longstanding veteran point guard Marcus Smart being sold to the Grizzlies. Marcus Smart&#8217;s Fans Are Furious At ESPN For Posting His Blue Haired Photoshopped Picture Soon after the trade was announced, ESPN [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":418958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[2011,9904,9903,9902,2215],"class_list":["post-427650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-marcus-smart","tag-marcus-smart-espn","tag-marcus-smart-fans","tag-marcus-smart-hair","tag-nba-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}