On January 12, Beijing time, the NBA Grizzlies officially announced that the team's guard Smart retired due to an injury in the last game with the Mavericks, and then an MRI examination showed that the right ring finger was seriously injured and will be out of the regular season for at least 6-8 weeks, and the specific return date is undecided!
Smart was sent to the Grizzlies in a three-way trade involving the Grizzlies, Wizards and Celtics in the summer of 2023 in the offseason, and he has been sidelined this season due to injury.
So far in the regular season this season, Smart has started 20 games, averaging 28.5 minutes per game, scoring 13.5 points + 2.5 rebounds + 4.1 assists + 1.9 steals + 0.3 blocks, shooting 42.0% from the field, 29.0% from three-point range, and 78.0% from the free throw line.
The Grizzlies have had a lot of disasters this season, their center Adams was injured early and reimbursed for the season, forward Clark was seriously injured and could not return, guard Morant was injured again shortly after returning from a 25-game ban due to a gun incident, and now Smart is also out for 6-8 weeks with a right finger injury. The Grizzlies currently have a record of only 14 wins and 23 losses, ranking 13th in the West, and they have basically announced that they are out of the playoffs this season!