NBA OFFICIAL RULE BOOKRULE NO 3: Players, Substitutes and Coacheshttps://official.nba.com/rule-no-3-players-substitutes-and-coaches/Section III—The Captain
A team may have a captain and a co-captain numbering a maximum of two. The designated captain may be anyone on the active list who is in uniform, except a player-coach.
The designated captain is the only player who may ask an official about a rule interpretation during a timeout charged to his team. He may not discuss a judgment decision.
If the designated captain continues to sit on the bench, he remains the captain for the entire game.
In the event that the captain is absent from the court and bench, his coach shall immediately designate a new captain.
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Though I cannot find the information, an NBA Captain is usually the longest-tenured player, or the best player.
He's usually chosen by the Coach. And, there can also be 1 Co-Captain.
Marcus Smart, is in fact, the longest tenured Celtic. And IMO, the de facto Captain, as he's becoming more mature.
However, Kemba & Smart can be Captain & Co-Captain. Kemba just got here, though.
http://www.layups.com/10-attributes-of-a-good-team-captain/cloverleaf wrote:Triple7 wrote:cloverleaf wrote:I really don't get this "Marcus as captain" thing from Blakely. Smart at this point appears to be a bench player who is just maybe getting his own behaviorial issues under control. He is unlikely to ever be even a top-3 player on a legit contender. Kemba doesn't deserve this insult. Tatum needs to continue to emerge as a young leader on the floor. JB unlikely to take it well. Better to hold off for another year if needing to do this at all, but I really don't see the point. Seems more divisive than unifying.
https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/celtics/blakely-smart-should-be-captain-celtics?int
Like Blakely really knows what’s happening behind closed doors. If we want to have a successful team, our best player should have a definite role on leadership. Kemba is our best player right now, he should take that leadership role on the team. Smart of course could also be a veteran leader. More like a Draymond, Haslem type of leader.
Agreed, and he is probably among a few who especially after last year realize they need to step forward a bit more on leadership this year. Apparently already well respected, and if he does come off the bench he could be the de facto D/bench leader while Kemba is the de facto O/starters leader. But no need to push it more than what he is and does naturally.
cloverleaf wrote:Andrew McCeltic wrote:cloverleaf wrote:I really don't get this "Marcus as captain" thing from Blakely. Smart at this point appears to be a bench player who is just maybe getting his own behaviorial issues under control. He is unlikely to ever be even a top-3 player on a legit contender. Kemba doesn't deserve this insult. Tatum needs to continue to emerge as a young leader on the floor. JB unlikely to take it well. Better to hold off for another year if needing to do this at all, but I really don't see the point. Seems more divisive than unifying.
https://www.nbcsports.com/boston/celtics/blakely-smart-should-be-captain-celtics?int
Eh, if we weren’t a captainless team the top options would be Smart and Kemba. Smart was by far the best player last year at saying the right things to the press, so he probably has the same aptitude in talking to his teammates. Apart from a couple of incidents of “behavioral issues” he also leads by example better than anyone we’ve had - unselfish, relentless defense, dives on the floor, never quits..
As I posted above, Kemba is probably the de facto captain of the O/starters, Smart of the D/bench. But putting that title on Smart at least this year, given all the dynamics, would probably be a bad, insulting and divisive idea.