JR Smith

[gaitano]

JR Smith, role model. Stay in school kids.

 

[gaitano]

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[B Mac]

Despite his bad break with the team, I still remember his time in Cleveland fondly. His redemption story was so great.

Unfortunately, most casuals only think of him dribbling out the clock and use that to tip him apart. We dont win a championship without JR. Happy to see him fulfilling another lifelong goal.

 

[Cassity14]

Despite his bad break with the team, I still remember his time in Cleveland fondly. His redemption story was so great.

Unfortunately, most casuals only think of him dribbling out the clock and use that to tip him apart. We dont win a championship without JR. Happy to see him fulfilling another lifelong goal.

I'm with you. I honestly forget the game 1 gaffe until I see it brought up because there was simply no way the Cavs were winning that series anyway. Their roster in 2018 was closer to 2007 than 2017 in terms of overall quality. It spoiled a great individual game from LeBron (in my opinion, probably the best game he's ever played), but that was it.

I remember how much fun it was to watch him in 2015 all the way until Kyrie went down and he was overwhelmed with responsibility and then again in 2016 far more because he was such a key part of those teams. Factor in Shumpert's disappearing act after his new contract, and JR was even more instrumental in the Cavs maintaining their title contention.

Most importantly, he embraced the city incredibly well. So many guys from that era are going to be loved forever because of it, especially JR.

 

[Alec]

Him wasting LeBron’s 51-8-8 against by far the best team ever assembled will always bother me. Thanks for the good memories. And that horrible one.

 

[LennoxLewis]

Anytime someone mentions JR negatively, I tell them watch the start of the 2nd half of game 7 and leave me alone. JR was awesome here.

 

[Cassity14]

Anytime someone mentions JR negatively, I tell them watch the start of the 2nd half of game 7 and leave me alone. JR was awesome here.

His time with LeBron and Kyrie was such a unique blend of being a no hesitation gunner and a guy willing to do the dirty work.

Since I re-watch parts of those runs every year, one thing that stands out the more I watch is just how good the screens he set were. You could tell in 2016 that he and TT were also in the camp of daring refs to call an illegal screen, but where Golden State did it often to free guys up off the ball, TT and JR did it to physically force the desired matchups on the ball handler.

 

[PIP]

Every championship team needs a little bit of crazy….

Here’s our crazy….

 

[2 For The Brew]

I remember JR’s very emotional presser the night he won the title and how humble he was and apologetic to so many people including his parents. The look on his father’s face was very moving. How happy his father must be to see his son go back to school and excel.

 

[AllforOne]

Him wasting LeBron’s 51-8-8 against by far the best team ever assembled will always bother me. Thanks for the good memories. And that horrible one.

But George Hill (who missed the free throw in the first place, the one that would have given the Cavs the lead with four seconds to go) gets a free pass?

 

[AllforOne]

Anytime someone mentions JR negatively, I tell them watch the start of the 2nd half of game 7 and leave me alone. JR was awesome here.

Let's make it easy for those people:

 

[prf100]

Let's make it easy for those people:

JR Swish!

 

[jjvors]

I'm with you. I honestly forget the game 1 gaffe until I see it brought up because there was simply no way the Cavs were winning that series anyway. Their roster in 2018 was closer to 2007 than 2017 in terms of overall quality. It spoiled a great individual game from LeBron (in my opinion, probably the best game he's ever played), but that was it.

I remember how much fun it was to watch him in 2015 all the way until Kyrie went down and he was overwhelmed with responsibility and then again in 2016 far more because he was such a key part of those teams. Factor in Shumpert's disappearing act after his new contract, and JR was even more instrumental in the Cavs maintaining their title contention.

Most importantly, he embraced the city incredibly well. So many guys from that era are going to be loved forever because of it, especially JR.

I'm a little startled JR gets all the blame for that loss because of his end-of-game blunder. People forget George Hill and Lebron missed free throws in the 4th quarter. The whole team did. One more free throw made and we win that game.

 

[prf100]

I'm a little startled JR gets all the blame for that loss because of his end-of-game blunder. People forget George Hill and Lebron missed free throws in the 4th quarter. The whole team did. One more free throw made and we win that game.

It was the fucking reversal of a Lebron And 1 layup to a charge on Lebron that fucked the game.

Eat that ass: turns out my memory is ass. It was a charge on KD when the Cavs had a 2 point lead that was changed to a blocking foul on Lebron. Went from the Cavs getting the ball up 2 with under 40 seconds left, to a tie game. And IT WAS A CHARGE.

 

[jjvors]

It was the fucking reversal of a Lebron And 1 layup to a charge on Lebron that fucked the game.

Yeah, I avoid blaming referees for any bad calls they make and focus on what's in our control--our free-throw shooting.