2010-11 Statistics
- PPG
- 11.5
- RPG
- 4.20
- APG
- 2.1
- EFF
- + 11.77
Born: Sep 9, 1985
Height: 6-6 / 1.98
Weight: 220 lbs. / 99.8 kg.
High School: St. Benedict's Prep (NJ)
Years Pro: 6
sobota, 12 marca 2011
niedziela, 6 marca 2011
J.R Smith Returns to Action
Following a string of three games where he played a total of one minute, Denver Nuggets guard J.R. Smith played 19 minutes tonight.
The Breakdown
Smith finished with 11 points and 3 assists. Let's hope Smith is now out of George Karl's doghouse and can return to his regular sixth man role.
sobota, 5 marca 2011
J.R
J.R. Smith certainly remembers, and who can blame him? Just days after being dumped from the team that drafted him, the frightfully underrated shooting guard was once again exchanged for pennies on the dollar.
Let's recall. In the summer of 2006, after his second year in the league, Smith was traded by the New Orleans Hornets to the Bulls in return for Tyson Chandler. The Bulls, looking to raise enough funds to land Ben Wallace, then wrapped Smith (and his modest rookie contract) in a blanket and dropped them in a basket on the Pepsi Center steps before ringing the doorbell and running off into the night.
In the three years since, Smith has put himself to work making regular appearances as the Nuggets' most explosive scorer while bravely forgetting the life he left behind in Louisiana and Chicago (all seven days of it!). Not bad for a 23-year-old with the ink of 7-11 nightshift attendant.
Fast forward to 2009 where, as if therapeutically, Smith quells the thought of those who came to doubt him with spontaneous bursts of offensive ingenuity; bursts of 11-triples-in-one-game and the slightly more melodramatic I'm-going-to-dunk-so-hard-I-destroy-myself. Consider them coping mechanisms, like Wolverine's mutant rage or the maniacal scheming of Lex Luthor.
It's a tough life but someone has to live it and Nuggets boss George Karl cautiously watches on. As one would expect from the union of any coach and cast-aside, the relationship has not been without incident. Many recall the infamous 2007 media conference in which Karl swore that Smith's post-season poppycock would be no more. He benched him the very next game.
While questions of his attitude and basketball IQ remain, those of his talent have long been erased, swallowed up in the 43-point wrath he unleashes on a United Center crowd last season; dwarfed by an historic showdown with Kobe Bryant in the 2008 playoffs.
Yet the two colliding views of Smith, of excellence and of frustration, continue to clash despite his best efforts and the success they bring his ball club. Whether or not his offensive feats will ever eventually trump his perceived intangible shortcomings remains to be seen. Until then, his conflicted soul wanders the American Rockies busting fools and dropping daggers.
If you listen closely in the Denver silence you can even hear the mountains whisper, "Howard Eisley? Seriously?"
J. R in High School
Before attending high school, Smith attended Millstone Middle School and graduated in 1999. From there, he moved on to Steinert High School and McCorriston High School before transferring to Lakewood High School. Smith played high school basketball for the first time at Lakewood High School. He would later transfer to Saint Benedict's Preparatory School and play basketball there as well. During his career there, he would average over 27 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. In the fall of 2003, Smith signed a letter of intent to play at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
J.R Smith Shoes
Stylish wise, this Nike Zoom Flight Club is definitely one of Nike’s best basketball sneakers. This pair also has a slick design that would perfectly fit whoever wears it. This pair of basketball sneaker is created by using a combination of perforated leather that is dominantly seen on the upper with nubuck on the back area and smooth leather on front.
This version that was seen on J.R. Smith includes a dominant gray color way that has accents of white on front, Nike logo on the back, and on the Nike swooshes on the side, and light blue on the collar and on the outline of the swooshes. This pair also includes an ankle strap and zipper on the shoelaces for style, fitting, and support. This sneaker is also finished with a blue speckled midsole combined with white outsole.
This new color way of the Nike Zoom Flight Club is expected to be available on the first day of April. This pair will cost approximately $110.00.
piątek, 4 marca 2011
J.R. Smith
Earl Smith III, known as J. R. Smith (born September 9, 1985, in Freehold, New Jersey), is an American professional basketball player currently with the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association.
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