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Report: JR Smith Was Fined Over $1 Million By His Team in China

Found February 22, 2012 on SLAM Online:
PLAYERS: J.R. Smith
TEAMS: New York Knicks

JR Smith’s time in the Chinese Basketball Association, not too surprisingly, was fraught with all sorts of drama. Smith also, reportedly, lost out on quite a bit of money. From NIUBBALL (via NetEase): “According to a report published by NetEase, Smith had US $1.06 million deducted from his salary over the course of the season for missing practices. Most of the missed practices came during pre-season while his team, Zhejiang Chouzhou, was getting ready for the start of the regular season. The sum was deducted from his salary, a final number that represented about one-third of his total salary. Zhejiang Chouzhou general manager, Zhao Bing, said that the team was simply enforcing a clause in Smith’s signed contract and that the team gave him ample warning throughout. ‘This was the arrangement when he came to the team,’ said Zhao. ‘Every practice we let him know. If he expressed to us that he wasn’t going to come to practice, we’d tell him that in accordance with our contract, we’re ded...
Original Story: http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/...
1 Comment:
  • an inner city dude who came from a single parent upbringing who knows nothing about the important things that'll get him through life----responsibility for his actions and so on----and that single parent is more often than not , his maternal grandmother----------------what else is america for ? ? ?

    we've got a country to be proud of , don't we-------that's what a "typical blck" is
    by fargoer   February 22, 2012   Reply   Options  
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