Thursday evening in a game against the Houston Rockets, Boston Celtics guard Marcus Smart ball-faked so well, it got the cameraman!

Marcus Smart is once again having a wonderful season as a vital part of the rotation for Stevens. This season he's averaging 7.2 points, 2.9 rebounds a game, 4.2 assists while shooting 37.9 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from beyond the arc.

Smart plays some of the most intense and passionate defense in all of basketball. His scrapping even gets him easy baskets as well. He's the kind of energy player every team needs on their bench.

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The Celtics have a plethora of players who make their depth some of the best in basketball. Off the bench, the Celtics have at least three players who could be starting on an NBA team. That depth gives them versatility, and sometimes it's too much for Brad Stevens to handle.

So many rotations and different kind of lineups to run is wonderful until unhappy players aren't getting the playing time they think they deserve.

This has been an issue for the Celtics lately, and it even caused a postgame meeting that lasted over a half-hour. Their chemistry needs to be improved, sooner rather than later. Gordon Hayward had struggled coming back from injury, but the main problem was Jaylen Brown and Terry Rozier trying to freelance offensively and ruining the flow of the offense.

The Celtics are 20-13 on the season and currently sit in the 5th spot in the NBA's Eastern Conference. They will play next against the Memphis Grizzlies this upcoming Saturday at the FedEx Forum.