J.R. SMITH RUMORS & GOSSIP

The NBA Awards Show airs tonight on TNT, as fans will finally find out who will take home the hardware from the regular season. And sure, it might be anti-climactic to find out who was the league's regular season MVP two weeks after the end of the NBA Finals, but at least there is real drama surrounding the Association's most prestigious individual accolade. Thunder star Russell...

Dennis Smith Jr. will forever look at June 22, 2017 as one of the best days in his life. For that was the day when he officially became an NBA player when the Dallas Mavericks selected him ninth overall. But what was Smith doing on November 5, 2012? He was a few weeks short of his 15th birthday, so he was maybe planning a party. Oh, and he also sent out a tweet, which started making...

With the ninth pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, the Dallas Mavericks select Dennis Smith Jr., PG, NC State   Player: Dennis Smith Jr. is perhaps the quintessential boom-or-bust prospect in the NBA Draft this year. A hyper-athletic point guard, Smith can explode to the rim like few others and finish even among traffic. He can stroke the ball as well, scoring from all three levels. Defensively...

  Prior to the 2017 NBA draft, the New York Knicks are making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Ever since Phil Jackson has become the team president, that has become a norm to have the Knicks trending on the bad side. If there is one thing Jackson has done right in his tenure as Knicks president, it has been his selection of draft picks. The good fortune of his drafting should...

J.R. Smith is having some issues with social media. His latest issue came on Wednesday, when someone posted that he was leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers on Facebook. It was quickly deleted, but not before it could be screen grabbed. Smith quickly took to Twitter to clarify that he was not leaving the Cavs. Now, if this sounds familiar, it should. Shortly after the Golden State Warriors...

The social media gods continue to clown Cleveland Cavaliers guard JR Smith.A mysterious message appeared Wednesday on Smith’s verified Facebook account and was quickly deleted. Predictably, the post caused a mini-stir, but Smith promptly took to Twitter to set the record straight himself. If this storyline sounds familiar for Smith, it's because a similar incident happened to Smith...

Monday night, the first televised NBA Awards show takes place. Finally, some two months after the end of the 2016-17 NBA season, we'll find out who takes home MVP, Rookie of the Year, Executive of the Year, Sixth Man, Coach of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year and more. However, the annual honors bestowed on players, coaches and executives alike leave something to be desired...

JR Smith has quite an interesting take on the relative greatness of these Golden State Warriors.Addressing the media on Thursday, the Cleveland Cavaliers swingman was asked if the Warriors were the best team he has ever faced. He dropped this great response, per Rob Mahoney of Sports Illustrated. It was Blair Academy in New Jersey where future NBA players Deng and Villanueva ran...

The Cleveland Cavaliers may have blown a lead late in Game 3 of the NBA Finals on Wednesday night, but that doesn’t mean they have lost faith.JR Smith sent a tweet after the game in which he said “Cavs in 7.”: Smith quickly deleted the tweet, but when it comes to the internet, nothing is ever forgotten.Cleveland was down 3-1 in the NBA Finals last year and won it all in 7,...

The Cleveland Cavaliers need to do everything possible to avoid a 3-0 series hole against the Golden State Warriors in Game 3 of the Finals Wednesday evening.Losing by a combined 41 points in the first two games has placed Cleveland behind the proverbial eight-ball. Not only is this team in a major hole, it really has not been competitive as of yet. It’s also led to speculation...