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Boston Celtics point guard Marcus Smart posted an emotional tweet earlier this month, noting that his mother, Camellia, had passed away after a battle with myelodysplastic syndrome — a form of cancer caused by abnormalities in the blood-forming cells in bone marrow.
Smart, now 24 years of age, recently opened up about his mother's passing in an interview with The Athletic. Though she's gone, the Texas native says he's happy for the time they spent together.
“I’m happy enough and blessed enough to be able for her to see me make it for the years that she had,” Marcus Smart said. “When I said (I would let her) rest, I didn’t know it would be eternally. But she’s in a better place and she ain’t got no more worries. So I’m happy.”
Smart and the Celtics agreed to the terms of a four-year, $52 million deal in July. Though his mother was suffering at that time, he says the contract brought a bit of joy to his family.
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Smart appeared in 54 with the Celtics during their 2017-18 regular season campaign, racking up averages of 10.2 points on 36.7 percent shooting from the field (30.1 percent from beyond the arc), 4.8 assists, 3.5 rebounds, and 1.3 steals in 29.9 minutes per outing.
Losing a loved one is tough, especially a parent. However, Smart takes comfort in the fact that the Celtics organization is standing by his side.
“I don’t think it’s really ever easy to lose your loved one, especially your mother, but like I said, I have a great supporting cast,” Smart recently told Nicole Yang of boston.com.
