<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/knicks-news-carmelo-anthonys-hilarious-lebron-james-response-jr-smith-iman-shumpert-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Carmelo Anthony’s hilarious LeBron James response to Knicks’ JR Smith, Iman Shumpert trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Knicks-news-Carmelo-Anthony-s-hilarious-LeBron-James-response-to-JR-Smith-Iman-Shumpert-trade.jpg"></figure><h1>Carmelo Anthony’s hilarious LeBron James response to Knicks’ JR Smith, Iman Shumpert trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-26T14:43:55-08:00">November 26th, 2:43pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-26T14:43:55-08:00">November 26th, 2:43pm</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-tie-eye-popping-franchise-record-in-nuggets-demolition">New York Knicks have gotten off to a solid start</a> to the 2024-25 NBA season, currently sitting at 10-7 after Monday evening’s dominant road <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-og-anunoby-new-career-high-win-vs-nuggets">win over the Denver Nuggets</a>. The Knicks have come a long way since the end of the Carmelo Anthony tenure in the mid to late 2010s, in which the team was the laughing stock of the NBA.</p><p>The end of the Knicks’ competitive days with Anthony at the helm really began when the team traded away both JR Smith and Iman Shumpert to the Cleveland Cavaliers midway through the 2014-15 season. Recently, Shumpert stopped by Anthony’s 7 PM in Brooklyn podcast, and Anthony shared <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1861508433679122894" rel="noopener">his candid reaction</a> to the Knicks’ front office’s decision when it happened.</p><p>“I told Bron, ‘oh, that’s what we’re doing?'” joked the former Knicks star. “When it happened, the only thing going through my mind is Bron. I know this is a chess game… I can use Shump and JR to go win a championship. That’s why I flipped out in the locker room.”</p><p>Shumpert then described his account of Anthony’s reaction.</p><p>“In that room, all you hear is just boom, boom, water splashing,” said Shumpert.</p><p>“You do not touch this nucleus right here,” said Anthony. “I don’t give a f*** what you do. I said ‘yo, y’all can’t say s*** to me. Do you know what the f*** y’all just did? You’re going to send them to him?… Y’all don’t give a f*** about me. This s*** is nasty. This put them over the top.”</p><p>The trade with the Knicks paid almost immediate dividends for the Cavaliers, as both played a crucial role in Cleveland’s demolition of the Eastern Conference bracket of the postseason before the team’s plethora of injuries ultimately caught up to them in the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors.</p><p>However, both Smith and Shumpert played a large part in helping the Cavaliers secure their first NBA championship the following season in a rematch vs Golden State.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Knicks effectively fell off of a cliff after the departure of Smith and Shumpert that year, ultimately finishing the season with a dismal record of 17-65 after an injury to Anthony sidelined the Knicks star for the rest of the year.</p><p>While he may be able to laugh about it now, Anthony was clearly not happy with the Knicks’ front office at the time for trading away arguably his two most reliable teammates that season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Carmelo Anthony’s hilarious LeBron James response to Knicks’ JR Smith, Iman Shumpert trade

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/news/cavs-news-jr-smiths-nsfw-message-iman-shumpert-2015-trade-cleveland');   ga('set', 'title', 'JR Smith’s NSFW message to Iman Shumpert after 2015 trade to Cavs');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.cavsnation.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/CAVS-NATION-Cavs-news-JR-Smiths-NSFW-message-to-Iman-Shumpert-after-2015-trade-to-Cleveland.jpg"></figure><h1>JR Smith’s NSFW message to Iman Shumpert after 2015 trade to Cavs</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-03T12:48:44-08:00">November 3rd, 12:48pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-03T12:48:44-08:00">November 3rd, 12:48pm</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson joined ClutchPoints and Cavs Nation in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Cavs News</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-news-cleveland-undefeated-start-eye-popping-stats">Cleveland Cavaliers have gotten off to a red hot start</a> that has <a href="https://cavsnation.com/news/cavs-donovan-mitchell-mvp-endorsement-richard-jefferson">Donovan Mitchell as one of the early frontrunners for the league MVP</a> award, particularly after his game winner on Saturday evening on the road against the Milwaukee Bucks. The Cavs are currently one of just two undefeated teams remaining (Oklahoma City Thunder) after starting the season 7-0, and the team is looking to usher in its first real era of prosperity since the second LeBron James stint ended in 2018.</p><p>Speaking of that LeBron James era, two of the key pieces on those mid-2010’s Cavs teams were guards JR Smith and Iman Shumpert, each of whom was brought in from the New York Knicks via trade during the 2014-15 season. Now, Smith <a href="https://x.com/NightcapShow_/status/1852831439584149663" rel="noopener">is recalling why</a> Shumpert was initially hesitant to embrace the trade, via the Nightcap Show with Shannon Sharpe and Chad Ochocinco Johnson.</p><p>“We had a private flight to go to Cleveland the next day. I’m sitting there with Shump, and Shump was like ‘damn, they don’t believe in us?’… I said, Shump, listen, I don’t know what you’re talking about bro, but pipe that s*** down. We’re about to go win the ship… just relax, just let it happen.'”</p><p>The Cavs were struggling (at least relative to their sky high expectations with the big three of James, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Love) around the time they traded for Shumpert and Smith, but that acquisition allowed the team to turn around their season and ride that momentum all the way the NBA Finals, where they bowed out to the Golden State Warriors in six games in a series that both Love and Irving missed the majority of.</p><p>The following year, the Cavs would secure the number one seed in the Eastern Conference and once again bulldoze to the Finals, where they knocked off the Warriors after overcoming a 3-1 deficit. Both Shumpert and Smith played a critical role in that playoff run, as well as the Cavs’ next march to the Finals the following season.</p><p>The Cavs now are looking to create the franchise’s first real run of prosperity without LeBron James on the roster, and Donovan Mitchell reiterated his commitment to doing so by resigning with the team this past offseason on a massive contract extension.</p><p>Still, it’s always nice to reminisce about the glory days of yesteryear in which both Smith and Shumpert were torching opposing defenses.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

JR Smith’s NSFW message to Iman Shumpert after 2015 trade to Cavs

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/iman-shumpert-honest-reaction-knicks-karl-anthony-towns-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Exclusive: Iman Shumpert’s honest reaction to Knicks’ Karl-Anthony Towns trade');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iman-Shumpert-on-Knicks-trading-for-KAT.jpg"></figure><h1>Exclusive: Iman Shumpert’s honest reaction to Knicks’ Karl-Anthony Towns trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-07T20:26:06-07:00">October 7th, 8:26pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-07T20:26:06-07:00">October 7th, 8:26pm</time><address><a>DJ Siddiqi</a>DJ Siddiqi is a features writer for ClutchPoints, with over 13 years of experience covering the NFL, NBA, and NCAA Football. Siddiqi has bylines at Forbes, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report, and Heavy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Exclusive</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Iman Shumpert is a supporter of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-news-karl-anthony-towns-first-message-fans-after-trade">New York Knicks’ trade for Karl-Anthony Towns</a>. Although the former Knicks first-round draft pick <a href="https://x.com/FirstTake/status/1841507836372660591" rel="noopener">expressed concern over</a> how the Towns/Jalen Brunson pairing will work in crunch time during a recent appearance on First Take, he believes the Knicks are better off following their acquisition of the four-time All-Star.</p><p>“I think him and [Julius] Randle together would have been nasty, but I totally get that’s the only way you can do the trade,” Shumpert said while speaking on behalf of his new ESPN+ series, Taking One For The Team, which debuts on Oct. 16. “I think KAT fits really well with that team. I think he fits well with the personalities, the willingness to share. I think with Brunson, there’s something about that that I really like. I don’t know why I like it yet. With these Knicks, you can’t speak too early.</p><p>“We have to make sure we add the right coaching plays and then the coaches stay put, we got a lot of stuff going on in New York. But I’m very excited about this pick and roll coming with those two just because KAT understands spacing and he’s able to stretch the floor as such a big target for Brunson,” Shumpert continued. “He’s got good hands and he can finish giving Brunson that in a scaled-down version because Julius was a little more than a triple-threat player than a smooth combination of a pick-and-roll that we’re used to.”</p><p>Brunson and Randle did well as a pairing together over the past two seasons, helping lead the team to back-to-back semifinals appearances after the team missed the playoffs in eight of the nine prior seasons. However, it became clear that Randle’s crash-to-the-hoop style wasn’t the best fit for Brunson’s playmaking style. Shumpert argues that Towns’ game is a better fit for Brunson than Randle was.</p><p>“Julius breaks it off a little bit more to go downhill,” explains Shumpert. “And I think that KAT and Brunson will have better chemistry in that world — they’ll be more Stockton and Malone than the pick-and-pop and somebody drive it.”</p><p>“They had the pick and roll Melo syndrome, where it’s like Melo from 18 feet. My boy needs nine seconds, we going downhill,” Shumpert continued. “That’s how Julius goes. I think that Brunson gives KAT the ability to get downhill off of somebody having to play catch up and KAT doesn’t get that too often. But when he does, he’s really successful.”</p><h2><b>Knicks go all-in with Karl-Anthony Towns </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Karl-Anthony-Towns_6cc749.jpg"><figcaption>Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Towns made his Knicks preseason debut on Sunday in the team’s 111-109 victory over the Charlotte Hornets. He posted 10 and four rebounds along with a deep three-pointer, <a href="https://x.com/NBA/status/1843039632382181840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1843039632382181840%7Ctwgr%5E649b1a42bddad5f7ddd3d0cfa4b812210e4374d4%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cbssports.com%2Fnba%2Fnews%2Fkarl-anthony-towns-makes-knicks-preseason-debut-what-to-know-about-new-yorks-new-look-lineup%2F" rel="noopener">showing off his shooting touch</a>.</p><p>Although Randle has technically averaged more assists per game than Towns over their careers — 3.7 to 3.2 — the latter is much more efficient overall than the former. Towns has shot 52.4% from the field, 39.8% from beyond the arc and 83.9% from the charity stripe over his career. By comparison, Randle has shot 47.0% from the field, 33.3% from beyond the arc and 74.8% from the free-throw line.</p><p>“I think with who they have playing the perimeter, I think as long as they got somebody that can knock down shots, that KAT has available, he can also make that pass,” Shumpert said. “He can make that rotational pass, he can make that hook pass in the strongside corner, he’s able to do that by going downhill I’m excited to see that pick and roll. I don’t want to speak too early and jinx them. I’m not going to say too much, but excited about the Brunson-KAT pick-and-roll.”</p><p>When asked if the Knicks are better off with Towns compared to with Randle, Shumpert didn’t hesitate.</p><p>“Yes,” Shumpert said of the new-look Knicks. “Because the styles fit so much better. “</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/exclusive-iman-shumpert-lebron-james-steph-curry-team-up-cheating');   ga('set', 'title', 'Exclusive: Iman Shumpert says LeBron James-Steph Curry team-up would be ‘cheating’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Iman-Shumpert-on-why-LeBronCurry-shouldnt-team-up.jpg"></figure><h1>Exclusive: Iman Shumpert says LeBron James-Steph Curry team-up would be ‘cheating’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-07T07:08:49-07:00">October 7th, 7:08am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-07T07:08:49-07:00">October 7th, 7:08am</time><address><a>DJ Siddiqi</a>DJ Siddiqi is a features writer for ClutchPoints, with over 13 years of experience covering the NFL, NBA, and NCAA Football. Siddiqi has bylines at Forbes, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report, and Heavy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Exclusive</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Iman Shumpert loves both LeBron James and Stephen Curry, but he doesn’t think they should team up. Shumpert was teammates with James <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/cavs-news-david-griffin-reminisces-powerful-moment-cleveland-won-2016-championship">when the Cleveland Cavaliers won a championship</a> during the 2015-16 season — a win that occurred over the Curry-led Golden State Warriors.</p><p>James and Curry have long been rivals, matching up against each other in the NBA Finals during four consecutive seasons (2015 through 2018), with the Curry-led Warriors winning three of those and the James-led Cleveland Cavaliers winning once. James and Curry have also matched up in the 2021 play-in tournament and during the 2023 Western Conference semifinals, with James’ Los Angeles Lakers winning both of those matchups.</p><p>The longtime rivals recently teamed up for the first time together at the Olympics, with both emerging as the leading stars of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/stephen-curry-olympics-takeaways-after-leading-team-usa-to-gold-medal">Team USA’s latest gold medal victory</a> despite being the oldest players on the roster with James at 39 years old and Curry at 36 years of age. The duo’s chemistry together gave hope that both veterans could team up one day on an NBA team before they wrap up their careers.</p><p>However, Shumpert — who was teammates with James from 2015 through 2018 — explains why that should never happen.</p><p>“They better not,” said Shumpert when asked about the prospect of both stars teaming up in a one-on-one interview on behalf of his new show, Taking One For The Team. “I’m making the announcement to them — ya’ll better not. On Team USA, we loved it, laughed it up. Don’t do that. It’s not cool. I want ya’ll to be arch-enemies. That’s just what it is.”</p><p>The 34-year-old former shooting guard explains that he didn’t like it when Kevin Durant teamed up with Curry to lead the Warriors to two NBA championships in 2017 and 2018 — and he wouldn’t support it if James and Curry did the same.</p><p>“KD already ruined it and he went over there with Steph so they couldn’t be arch enemies,” says Shumpert. “That hurt everybody’s heart. ‘Bron, don’t do that. Don’t hurt us all. We’re all going to cry and then we’re going to watch it and then when we watch it. We might enjoy it, I will enjoy the hell out of it, that one-three pick and roll. I’m going to enjoy that a lot. But don’t do that. That’s not fair.”</p><h2>Could a LeBron James and Stephen Curry team-up happen?</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Stephen-Curry-and-LeBron-James-sharing-a-laugh-on-Jan.-27-2024.jpg"><figcaption>Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Although both LeBron James and Stephen Curry are towards the tail-end of their careers, they remain top 10 players in the game. James is coming off of a <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/jamesle01.html" rel="noopener">25.7 point-per-game season</a> with a career-high efficiency of 41.0 percent from beyond the arc while appearing in 71 games — his highest since the 2017-18 season. Meanwhile, Curry is coming off of a season in which he averaged 26.4 points per game with 357 treys, leading the NBA in 3-point field goals for the eighth time.</p><p>However, neither James’ Lakers nor Curry’s Warriors appear anywhere close to contending for a championship. The Lakers were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs last year while the Warriors failed to qualify for the postseason.</p><p>While James and Curry face the prospect of ending their careers with four rings apiece and not much of a chance for a fifth ring, Shumpert is still against the idea of the two stars teaming up.</p><p>“That’s cheating,” says Shumpert. “It’s literally cheating. One-three pick-and-roll with LeBron and Steph. Good luck. Good luck, guys. Please God, don’t do that. That’s cheating.”</p><p>Stephen Curry is currently under contract through the 2026-27 season while LeBron James holds a player option for the 2025-26 season. Considering Curry appears to be destined to end his career with the Warriors and James is looking forward to playing the remaining years of his career with his son, Bronny James, this potential star duo appears to be more of a dream scenario than anything else.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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Siddiqi has bylines at Forbes, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report, and Heavy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Exclusive</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Iman Shumpert is a fan of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-jj-redick-hired-head-coach-after-dan-hurley-fiasco">Los Angeles Lakers hiring JJ Redick as head coach</a>. While the move was met with a lot of criticism due to Redick possessing zero coaching experience and because of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-lebron-james-reveals-why-he-started-podcast-with-jj-redick">his close friendship with LeBron James</a>, Shumpert — who matched up against Redick multiple times during his playing career from 2012 through 2021 — explains why it made sense for the Lakers to hire the 39-year-old former NBA shooting guard.</p><p>“I think it’s very easy to gain the trust of the team knowing that he’s been through it,” says Shumpert in a one-on-one interview on behalf of his new show, Taking One For The Team, which will debut on ESPN+ and Hulu on Oct. 16. “He runs through a wall, he’s in your face. He doesn’t back down and he gets to work and he does his job. I think knowing all that, the integrity of a coach is so meaningful in the NBA and then he gets an opportunity,</p><p>“I know there’s been controversy and everything, I like JJ. There’s certain people that I’m not about to do the whole get into the argument and barbershop talk. I played against the man, I’ve heard the man speak. I’m really excited to see what he does with a basketball club.”</p><p>Redick made his name across 15 years in the NBA, mostly serving as a sharp-shooting role player for a number of contending teams, including the Orlando Magic at the start of his career and the Los Angeles Clippers and Philadelphia 76ers towards the end of his playing tenure. Redick once <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/r/redicjj01.html" rel="noopener">averaged 18.1 points per game</a> during the 2018-19 season and led the NBA with a 47.5% three-point shooting efficiency during the 2015-16 season.</p><p>“I think JJ Redick has an incredible basketball mind,” says Shumpert. “I always loved watching his analytics work. Having him as an analyst is great. I think he gives a fair critique. I think he defends the players and protects the players as much as possible. And I think that he speaks the truth. So knowing that and knowing that combined with how he was as a player, people don’t know, but JJ is pretty tough as a player.”</p><p>Shumpert describes what it was like matching up against Redick during their playing careers,</p><p>“He’s pretty in your face, he’s chippy,” says Shumpert of Redick. “He’s not a regular shooter and he’s just going to be quiet. He’s actually an asshole when he plays ball. But when you know that and you’ve seen somebody’s body of work and then you see how fair they are, how professional they are on that TV, I think it is very easy for somebody to believe that.”</p><h2><b>Lakers are rolling the dice on JJ Redick as head coach</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/JJ-Redick.jpg"><figcaption>Jonathan Hui-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The idea of the Lakers hiring a head coach with no prior coaching experience isn’t unheard of. Multiple coaches such as Steve Kerr and Jason Kidd have gone on to have superb careers leading the sidelines of teams, with Kerr winning four championships and Kidd recently leading the Dallas Mavericks to an NBA Finals appearance.</p><p>However, there are also duds, such as when the Brooklyn Nets hired Steve Nash. Nash had a respectable 94-67 record, but the team never advanced past the semifinals despite featuring stars such as Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving. Nash was fired at the start of his third season. Meanwhile, Derek Fisher of the New York Knicks also flopped, going 40-96 as coach before being fired in the midst of his second season.</p><p>We’ll see how Redick fares in his first season in Los Angeles, but it’s clear it’s the toughest job with the most pressure of any head coaching gig in the NBA.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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