Rumor Alert: J.R. Smith Has A Real Drug Problem.
JR Smith says it’s his fault Knicks are down in series
The Knicks have been struggling in the second round against the Pacers, and now JR Smith, the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year is taking the blame.
Hoopsvibe's quick call: While Smith's production has significantly declined against the Pacers, he's not solely to blame.
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JR Smith parties with Rihanna after Knicks win
JR Smith was spotted partying it up at a club after the Knicks win Tuesday night - and this time, he was kickin' it with R&B superstar Rihanna.
Hoopsvibe's quick call: Got to give Smith some credit for having that work hard play hard mentality.
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Top 5 Most Tattooed NBA Players
There's so much ink in the NBA, it could power a space shuttle to the moon and back eight times.
HoopsVibe Very Quick Call: So many weird tattoos, so little time.
There are so many players with bodies full of ink, it's difficult to narrow the field down to just five. And with each passing minute some NBA player, at this very moment, is probably getting inked up. The explosion of tattoos in the NBA over the last 10-15 years is in no doubt due to two people- Dennis Rodman and Allen Iverson.
Rodman was the first player to sport multiple tattoos, unabashedly, on the court. Iverson took a cue from Rodman and continued the trend, to the point now where roughly 70% of NBA players have tattoos.
Wilson Chandler
Chandler had several tattoos when he joined the league in 2007, and since then he hasn't slowed down at all. A big fan of comics (Juggernaut of X-Men fame), cartoons (Beavis and Butthead of all things, next to Master Shake from Aqua Teen Hunger Force) and rap music (an Eazy-E piece), Chandler has dedicated a portion of his body to each. Check out this article for the full break down.
JR Smith
Smith is filled to the brim as far as tattoos go, with some even now spilling out onto his ears and close to his face. Smith had around 70 tattoos "before I lost count." Smith actually said about tattoos that he "hated them" when he was younger, and told himself "he would never get like this." He seriously has no more room to add anything.
Chris Anderson
Speaking of a guy with no room left for tattoos, Chris "The Birdman" Anderson is in the same spot. In a lot of ways Anderson was a head of the game as far as body art and he has spawned a lot of imitators. I was on board until the "Free Bird" neck tattoo, the color in that thing was just too much. I had to put a pic of a young Anderson so you can see how far he has come, tattoo wise.
Monta Ellis
Ellis' stomach tree is probably the most noted stomach tattoo in the NBA. Gilbert Arenas' was for a while, and Kevin Durant's selection of tattoos is pretty close, but nobody beats Ellis.
Dorell Wright
About five years ago, Wright was an afterthought in the category of "most tattooed NBA player." But now, he is easily one of the most tatted.
If Larry Bird had started playing in the NBA during the last decade, what would he have a tattoo of? Here's an idea:
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J.R. Smith Tells Kids He’s Going To Kick Jeremy Lin’s Ass
Smith tells a group of kids he's going to kick Jeremy Lin's ass.
HoopsVibe's Very Quick Call: J.R. repping everything we love to hate, mostly just him being a douche.
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What Knick Is Rihanna Now Dating?
The queen of red hair and sultry singing is now dating an NBA baller.
HoopsVibe Very Quick Call: We give this relationship ... hmmm, about 15 minutes.
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J.R. Smith on staying in Denver: ‘It’s just maybe not my fit’
Nuggets guard J.R. Smith said there's a "strong possibility" he won't sign with the Nuggets this summer as a free agent, expressing frustration Thursday after the Nuggets went down 0-2 against Oklahoma City in the playoffs. "There's a strong possibility as of right now," Smith said. "It's not going the way I planned it to go. It's a tough situation. I want to be here, I love the fans and everything about the city. It's just maybe not my fit."
JR Smith on future with Nuggets: ‘I don’t know where I stand’
Still, he wonders what the future holds. I'm in a tough situation," Smith said. "They don't really know what they want to do, as far as what direction they want to go in — if they do (trade) Melo or if they don't. So it's tough for me in my position because I don't know where I stand. So, you just have to keep playing it out and see how it looks."
J.R. Smith steals the show against Miami Heat
HoopsVibe’s Very Quick Call: You can criticize his attitude, but you can’t criticize his talent.
Once again, J.R. Smith has produced a highlight reel play, turning heads with an improbable reverse lay-up in the Denver Nuggets’ blow-out win against the Miami Heat.
Watch the clip and get at us with thoughts in the comment box below.
--Oly Sandor.
Chauncey Billups: ‘I want Melo to be a Nugget’
Rumor: Miami Heat out of Rudy Fernandez and JR Smith sweepstakes
The Heat are unlikely to swing any trades from now until the start of the season, writes Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. J.R. Smith and Rudy Fernandez are available on the NBA trade market. Winderman writes that the Heat don't have many trade chips.