Celtics' Marcus Smart: My injury could have been worse
Celtics' Marcus Smart says lacerated hand could've ended season had glass not missed tendons
Marcus Smart returned to practice after missing Boston Celtics final 11 games before All-Star Break.
Smart punched a glass picture frame out of frustration last month.
Per ESPN, Smart detailed how doctors pulled a large shard of glass from his palm that narrowly avoided shredding two tendons near the pinky on his shooting hand.
"[Doctors] said the two tendons that ran along the pinky area, the main tendons, and literally the glass was sitting right in between them. So, [the doctors said],'You should go play the lotto or something because you missed your tendons,'" Smart said. "They don't understand it. They don't really see how. So I thank God for that every day. It could have been worse."
What would have happened if glass had cut the tendons?
"I probably would have had to have surgery," said Smart. "I would have been done for the year."
Smart punched a glass picture frame out of frustration last month.
Per ESPN, Smart detailed how doctors pulled a large shard of glass from his palm that narrowly avoided shredding two tendons near the pinky on his shooting hand.
"[Doctors] said the two tendons that ran along the pinky area, the main tendons, and literally the glass was sitting right in between them. So, [the doctors said],'You should go play the lotto or something because you missed your tendons,'" Smart said. "They don't understand it. They don't really see how. So I thank God for that every day. It could have been worse."
What would have happened if glass had cut the tendons?
"I probably would have had to have surgery," said Smart. "I would have been done for the year."
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