Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart wants to become a better offensive player this season.

In an interview with A. Sherrod Blakely of NBC Sports, Smart said he plans to assert himself more on the offensive end this 2019-20 campaign.

“This year I want to be more aggressive on the offensive end, as much as I am on defense, Smart said.

The defense-first guard added he also wants to become a consistent spot-up shooter for the Celtics.

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“Just like guys like Kemba [Walker] and Jayson [Tatum] and those guys open things up for me because of how they shoot the ball, if I’m knocking down shots it’ll do the same for them and that makes us a lot more dangerous of a team,” he said.

The Celtics are coming off a disappointing 2018-19 season that saw them get ousted in the second round of the playoffs. Boston had one of the most talented rosters in the Eastern Conference, but they failed to capitalize as the veterans failed to co-exist with the younger guys on the team.

As the Celtics look to put that season behind them, they are once again going to test the youngsters. Aside from Kemba Walker, Smart, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown will play a key role in whether they succeed this season or not.

It wasn't long ago when the Celtics took the star-studded Cleveland Cavaliers to a winner-take-all Game 7 in the Easter Conference Finals. The team wants to replicate their success from a couple of years ago, and they hope that this season will be the start of something special.