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Message: [QUOTE="triaddukefan, post: 3620361, member: 378"] Perhaps at first, but ...... [MEDIA=twitter]1284442798763040770[/MEDIA] [URL='https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2020/07/marcus-smart-on-new-duke-womens-coach-kara-lawson-were-excited-for-her-were-proud-of-her-and-we-love-her.html']Marcus Smart on new Duke Women’s coach Kara Lawson: ‘we’re excited for her, we’re proud of her, and we love her’[/URL] Kara Lawson was given a choice when she joined [URL='https://www.masslive.com/celtics/']the Boston Celtics[/URL] staff. She could pick any player on the team she wanted to work with over the course of the season. She chose Marcus Smart. “This is why our bond has been strong, she had the option to work with anybody,” Smart told reporters on a Sunday afternoon video conference. “When she told Brad the reason why, she just liked the way I play my whole game. So that really hit home for me and it meant a lot.” The two built a tight bond right away, which makes Lawson’s decision to take over the Duke Women’s Basketball program a little bittersweet. Losing someone who’d built a great rapport with not only her assigned players, but the rest of the team, is a little sad for the Celtics. Even so, everyone on the team seems more excited about her opportunity than upset to lose a valued member of the staff. [/QUOTE]