<!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', '/jr-smith-hilarious-nba-cup-bonus-admission');   ga('set', 'title', 'JR Smith’s hilarious NBA Cup bonus admission');   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/2024/05/Check-out-J.R.-Smiths-incredible-1.1-million-car-collection-with-photos.jpg"></figure><h1>JR Smith’s hilarious NBA Cup bonus admission</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-17T08:50:02-08:00">December 17th, 8:50am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-17T08:51:35-08:00">December 17th, 8:51am</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Former NBA shooting guard JR Smith is still pretty much on brand. Asked about what he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/thunder-news-isaiah-hartensteins-plans-for-money-from-nba-cup-winnings">would do with the money if he were to win the NBA Cup</a>, the 39-year-old Smith did not hesitate to give a blunt answer.</p><p>“If it’s an extra 500K, I’m blowing it,” Smith said during a recent episode of “Run It Back.” It wasn’t even calculated.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“If it's an extra 500K, I'm blowing it; it wasn't even calculated.” </p><p>J.R. Smith on what he would have done with the extra 500K bonus from winning the NBA Cup 😂</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/RunItBackFDTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RunItBackFDTV</a>)<br> <a href="https://t.co/NTQb2RKIUW">pic.twitter.com/NTQb2RKIUW</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1868786062568640928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 16, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Each of the players on the NBA Cup-winning team this year would <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-cup-prize-money-how-much-players-make-for-winning-title-as-bonuses-increase-in-2024/" rel="noopener">actually get a little more than $500,000.</a> The winning team’s players stand to pocket a dizzying total of $514,971.</p><p>The NBA Cup is far from a prestigious tournament yet, given that it is only in its second year of existence. However, the money seems good enough to motivate players to take November and December games more seriously. Even if the losing team in the NBA Cup Championship game will still walk home with a large sum of $205,988 each. Those who were eliminated in the quarterfinals portion of the tournament get $51,497 while teams who made it to the semifinals have players guaranteed at least $102,994.</p><p>Going back to Smith, his candid answer about his idea of spending half a million dollars in prizes for winning the NBA’s in-season tournament is something that can be said to be expected from him. He was always an interesting player with his wild ways and off the court during his playing days. For what it’s worth, during his NBA career that spanned 16 years, Smith <a href="https://www.spotrac.com/nba/player/earnings/_/id/2296/jr-smith" rel="noopener">collected over $90 million of earnings</a> in salaries alone.</p><h2>Bucks, Thunder to duel in 2024 NBA Cup Championship game</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Bucks-superstar-Giannis-Antetokounmpo.jpg"><figcaption>Benny Sieu-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Milwaukee Bucks and the Oklahoma City Thunder are the last two teams left standing in the 2024 NBA Cup tournament. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bucks-news-darvin-ham-talk-of-nba-world-after-nba-cup-win-vs-hawks">Bucks went undefeated in Group B with a 4-0 record</a>. They defeated the Orlando Magic in the quarterfinals before taking down the Atlanta Hawks in the semis to earn a spot in the championship game.</p><p>The Thunder, on the other hand, topped Group B with a 3-1 record. Oklahoma City took down Luka Doncic and the Dallas Mavericks in the quarterfinals then blew out the Houston Rockets in the semifinals portion of the tourney.</p><p>The NBA Cup Championship game between the Bucks and the Thunder will take place this Tuesday at t T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas at 8:30 p.m. ET.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

JR Smith’s hilarious NBA Cup bonus admission

<!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', '/lakers-news-darvin-ham-scapegoat-take');   ga('set', 'title', 'JR Smith drops Darvin Ham Lakers’ ‘scapegoat’ take');   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/Lakers-news-JR-Smith-drops-Darvin-Ham-scapegoat-take.jpg"></figure><h1>JR Smith drops Darvin Ham Lakers’ ‘scapegoat’ take</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-11-08T11:42:44-08:00">November 8th, 11:42am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-11-08T11:42:44-08:00">November 8th, 11:42am</time><address><a>Malik Brown</a>Malik Brown is a multimedia reporter based in Atlanta who covers the Hawks and Dream for ClutchPoints. Malik has worked in entertainment and sports, and he specializes in the NBA and NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Lakers</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Lakers are now 4-4 after starting the season strong at 3-0, and some people still don’t believe in what the team can do, even after hiring JJ Redick. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/los-angeles-lakers-darvin-ham-fired-lebron-james-anthony-davis-rob-pelinka">Darvin Ham was fired</a> in the offseason, as it seemed like he was the main problem for the Lakers’ shortcomings the past two years, but J.R. Smith believes that <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1854955691133251644" rel="noopener">it wasn’t his fault</a>.</p><p>“Darvin Ham was a scapegoat,” Smith said. “What are you supposed to do with that roster? Cam Reddish was coming off the bench, I felt like he could be better for sure. I feel like his game is the type where you can definitely have the opportunity to run a second unit, but you got to develop some more. Pick and rolls and mature your game a little bit. But other than that their bench [is] nonexistent… They got [LeBron James] trying to be 2005-06 Bron. He still going out there putting up crazy a– numbers. [Anthony Davis] plays when he plays, but that ain’t enough.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">“Darvin Ham was a scapegoat… What are you supposed to do with that roster?… They’re bench [is] nonexistent… They got [LeBron James] trying to be 2005-06 Bron… That aint enough.”</p><p>Do you agree with J. R. Smith? 🤔</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/WatchPlayback?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WatchPlayback</a>)<a href="https://t.co/uirI5taVCH">pic.twitter.com/uirI5taVCH</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1854955691133251644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Lakers technically have the same roster from last season, with the addition of their rookies and Redick. As the season goes on, it will be interesting to see if the team looks any better than the past two seasons with a new coach, and if that was really the problem instead of the talent.</p><h2>Doc Rivers backs up Darvin Ham after Lakers firing</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Darvin-Ham.jpg"><figcaption>Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Milwaukee Bucks head coach Doc Rivers brought Darvin Ham back to the bench after he was fired from the Lakers, and he didn’t understand why they fired him. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bucks-news-doc-rivers-delivers-makes-no-sense-rant-lakers-firing-darvin-ham">Rivers was asked about Ham</a> before the start of the season and how it’s been working with him.</p><p>“It’s been great. First of all, he’s been here even longer than me. He knows things that I didn’t know. He has relationships with the players. Another guy that can trust,” Rivers said. “Trust is so important for players. And more importantly, he deserves it. I’m not going to get into the whole thing that happened there, but he took a team to a Western Finals, and then the following year, he won the in-season tournament, which they say we should have a lot of value on, and then they release him. It literally makes no sense, but it happens. It happens to all of us. It’s part of what we do. But Darvin Ham’s a coach, he should be on the sidelines, and I wanted him next to me.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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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

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A devoted Orlando Magic fan, he deftly balances fervent fandom with insightful reporting, possessing a keen eye for compelling narratives.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Minnesota Timberwolves made a bold move this offseason, trading <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/timberwolves-finalizing-shocking-karl-anthony-towns-trade-with-knicks">Karl-Anthony Towns to the New York Knicks in exchange for Julius Randle</a>, Donte DiVincenzo, and Keita Bates-Diop.</p><p>The decision, which followed their first Western Conference Finals appearance in over 20 years, has already drawn criticism from former NBA player JR Smith, who voiced concerns about the trade’s impact on Anthony Edwards.</p><p>“Bro, they literally just killed Ant momentum with that trade,” Smith <a href="https://x.com/therealjrsmith/status/1848911016744075427?s=46" rel="noopener">said on X</a>, formerly known as Twitter, referring to Edwards, the Timberwolves’ rising star.</p><p>The Timberwolves, who opened their season with a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/timberwolves-news-anthony-edwards-tough-admission-explains-loss-to-lakers">110-103 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night</a>, struggled to find their rhythm with the new-look lineup. Edwards led Minnesota with 27 points, six rebounds, and three assists, while Randle contributed 16 points, nine rebounds, and four assists.</p><p>DiVincenzo added 10 points and two steals off the bench. Despite these efforts, Minnesota fell behind by as much as 19 points early in the game and couldn’t recover.</p><p>Smith expanded on his concerns later, <a href="https://x.com/therealjrsmith/status/1848916053029454107?s=46" rel="noopener">highlighting the potential mismatch</a> between Edwards and Randle’s playing styles.</p><p>“That’s obvious… just like spacing and needing the ball. No knock to Randle cause he’s really good but his game doesn’t fit with Ant and the dynamic of what got them going last season,” Smith wrote. “I watch from a player perspective you watch as a fan. It’s a little confusing but it’s a difference.”</p><h2><b>JR Smith voices concerns regarding Timberwolves’ KAT trade</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Anthony-Edwards-5-drives-against-Los-Angeles-Lakers-forward-Rui-Hachimura.jpg"><figcaption>© Jason Parkhurst-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>The Timberwolves’ trade marked a significant shift following their success last season with Towns and Edwards playing key roles in their deep playoff run. Now Minnesota faces the challenge of integrating Randle and DiVincenzo into a system that was built around Edwards’ athleticism and Towns’ versatility.</p><p>Smith’s comments reflect growing concerns over how these changes may impact Edwards’ development and the team’s overall chemistry. With this early-season loss to the Lakers, the Timberwolves have yet to prove that the trade will pay off as they look to build on last year’s playoff success. Of course, one game proves nothing.</p><p>Anthony Edwards remains the focal point for Minnesota, but as Smith pointed out, the team will need to find a balance that allows him to continue growing as the franchise’s leader.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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