JR Smith

JR Smith
Player information
Full name	Earl Joseph Smith III
birthday	9th September 1985 (age 34)
place of birth	Freehold Borough , New Jersey , United States
size	198 cm
Weight	102 kg
position	Shooting Guard / Small Forward
High school	Lakewood, New Jersey
NBA draft	2004 , 18th pick , New Orleans Hornets
Club information
society	Los Angeles Lakers
league	NBA
Clubs as active
2004–2006 New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets 2006–2011 Denver Nuggets 2012–2015 Zhejiang Golden Bulls ( CBA ) 2012–2015 New York Knicks 2015–2019 Cleveland Cavaliers Since 2020 Los Angeles Lakers 0
1 As of July 1st, 2020

Earl Joseph Smith III (born September 9, 1985 in Freehold Borough , New Jersey ), known as JR Smith , is an American basketball player who was active for most of his professional career in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is currently under contract with the Los Angeles Lakers .

Professional career

New Orleans Hornets (2004-2006)

Without going to college, Smith signed up for the NBA draft straight out of high school . In the 2004 draft , he was selected 18th by the New Orleans Hornets . In his debut season in the NBA, he averaged 10.3 points, 2 rebounds and 1.9 assists , making him one of the hopes in New Orleans, who were the third worst team in the league in the 2004/05 season . His best game to date he had against the Memphis Grizzlies on March 26, 2005, in which he contributed 33 points to the victory of his team.

In his second season, Smith could not build on the good performance of the previous year. He had developed too little; his defensive weakness was criticized by coach Byron Scott . In the middle of the season he found himself more on the bench than on the field. As a consequence, he was transferred to the Chicago Bulls in the 2006 break together with PJ Brown in exchange for center Tyson Chandler .

Denver Nuggets (2006-2011)

The Bulls in turn sent the Shooting Guard to the Denver Nuggets a little later without Smith playing a game for the team.

As a player in the Nuggets, Smith took part in the Sprite Slam Dunk Contest during the NBA Allstar Weekend 2009 , where he replaced the injured Rudy Gay , but was eliminated in the first round. On April 13 of the same year he reached new career highs in the home game against the Sacramento Kings with 45 points and eleven three-point throws .

Zhejiang Golden Bulls (2011-2012)

After his contract expired in the summer of 2011, Smith moved to the Zhejiang Golden Bulls in China due to the NBA lockout . On February 17, 2012, his China adventure was over and the New York Knicks signed him for a year.

New York Knicks (2012-2015)

Smith as the Knicks player

In the course of the 2012/13 season, Smith established himself as a top performer coming from the bank and played a major role in the successful performance of the Knicks. He was honored with the NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award for his achievements . He then extended his contract with the Knicks for three more years.

In January 2015, Smith was transferred from the Knicks to the Cleveland Cavaliers . The Knicks were far outside the playoff places at this point and were able to save valuable wages with this trade.

Cleveland Cavaliers (2015-2019)

In game two of the 2016 first playoff round against the Detroit Pistons , Smith scored 21 points from 3-point throws alone. Smith set a playoff record: Robert Horry (1997 with the Los Angeles Lakers ) and Danny Green (2014 for the San Antonio Spurs ) also scored 21 points from the triple line.

In 2018, Smith and LeBron James' Cavaliers team made it into the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors for the fourth time in a row . At the intermediate result of 107: 107 in the first game, George Hill missed a decisive free throw, Smith got the rebound and ran back to the center line with 4.7 seconds remaining, mistakenly thinking the Cavaliers were in the lead. The Cavaliers lost the game in overtime with 114: 124 and had to admit defeat to the Warriors in the following three games.

Los Angeles Lakers (since 2020)

On July 1, 2020, the Los Angeles Lakers announced that they had signed Smith as a substitute.

Achievements and Awards

• 1 × NBA Champion : 2016
• 1 × NBA Sixth Man of the Year : 2013
• 1 × CBA Scoring Champion: 2012
• 1 × CBA All-Star : 2012
• 1 × McDonald's All-American Game Co-MVP: 2004
• 1 × Second-Team Parade All-American: 2004

statistics

Legend
GP	Matches played ( Games Played )	GS	Games from the beginning ( Games started )	MPG	Graduated minutes per game ( Minutes per game )
FG%	Throw rate from the field ( field goal percentage )	3P%	Throwing quota three-point throws ( 3-point field-goal percentage )	FT%	Free throw rate ( free-throw percentage )
RPG	Rebounds per game ( rebounds per game )	APG	Assists per game ( assists per game )	SPG	Steals per game ( steals per game )
BPG	Blocks per game ( blocks per game )	PPG	Points per game ( points per game )
	NBA championship		Season best per player	FAT	Career record

NBA Regular Season

season	team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2004-05	New Orleans	76	56	24.5	.394	.288	.689	2.0	1.9	.7	.1	10.3
2005-06	New Orleans	55	25th	18.0	.393	.371	.822	2.0	1.1	.7	.1	7.7
2006-07	Denver	63	24	23.3	.441	.390	.810	2.3	1.4	.8th	.1	13.0
2007-08	Denver	74	0	19.2	.461	.403	.719	2.1	1.7	.8th	.2	12.3
2008-09	Denver	81	18th	27.7	.446	.397	.754	3.7	2.8	1.0	.2	15.2
2009-10	Denver	75	0	27.8	.414	.338	.706	3.1	2.4	1.3	.3	15.4
2010-11	Denver	79	6th	24.9	.435	.390	.738	4.1	2.2	1.2	.2	12.3
2011-12	new York	35	1	27.6	.407	.337	.709	3.9	2.4	1.5	.2	12.5
2012–13	new York	80	0	33.5	.422	.356	.762	5.3	2.7	1.3	.3	18.1
2013-14	new York	74	37	32.7	.415	.394	.652	4.0	3.0	.9	.3	14.5
2014–15	new York	24	6th	25.8	.402	.356	.692	2.4	3.4	.8th	.2	10.9
2014–15	Cleveland	46	45	31.8	.425	.390	.818	3.5	2.5	1.4	.4	12.7
2015–16	Cleveland	77	77	30.7	.415	.400	.634	2.8	1.7	1.0	.3	12.4
total		839	295	26.9	.423	.375	.734	3.2	2.2	1.0	0.2	13.2

NBA playoffs

season	team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2006-07	Denver	4th	0	11.8	.273	.000	1,000	2.3	.5	1.0	.3	4.5
2007-08	Denver	4th	0	27.0	.535	.318	.833	1.8	1.8	1.0	.0	18.3
2008-09	Denver	16	0	27.2	.454	.358	.543	3.3	2.8	1.1	.3	14.9
2009-10	Denver	6th	0	26.5	.368	.355	.875	3.8	1.7	.7	.3	11.2
2010-11	Denver	5	0	15.2	.356	.429	.727	2.0	1.0	.4	.0	9.8
2011-12	new York	5	0	35.0	.316	.179	1,000	2.6	2.2	1.2	.2	12.2
2012–13	new York	11	0	31.9	.331	.273	.721	4.7	1.4	1.0	.5	14.3
2014–15	Cleveland	18th	4th	31.1	.403	.359	.700	4.7	1.2	0.9	.6	12.8
2015–16	Cleveland	21st	21st	34.8	.436	.430	.619	3.2	1.4	1.2	0.2	11.5
total		90	25th	29.3	.399	.352	.713	3.5	1.6	1.0	.3	12.6

CBA (Chinese Basketball Association)

Year	team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2011-12	Zhejiang Golden Bulls	32	8th	36.4	.517	.478	.758	7.4	4.1	2.5	.1	34.4

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Others

Smith wore jersey number 23 during his time with the New Orleans Hornets , based on his idol Michael Jordan .

Web links

Commons : JR Smith  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files

• JR Smith - player profile on NBA.com
• JR Smith - player profile on basketball-reference.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2005-06 New Orleans / Oklahoma City Hornets Roster and Stats. In: basketball-reference.com. Retrieved May 4, 2020 . 
2. ^ Nuggets 'Smith to replace Memphis' Gay in Dunk Contest . NBA.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 10, 2009. 
3. ↑ https://www.sport1.de/tv-video/video/nba-finals-mega-aussetzer-von-jr-smith-kosten-cavaliers-den-sieg-in-game-1__JVH_zzvGriv8hS8mPNte31jIdXJ5vyR4
4. ^ Lakers Sign JR Smith. Retrieved July 1, 2020 . 
5. ↑ JR Smith Stats