| 01 May 2007
(Boulder-CO) According to this article on www.espn.com, J.R. Smith is going to be benched by Coach George Karl for not following what was a designed play for either Carmelo Anthony or Allen Iverson with 25 seconds remaining in game four. George Karl said, “I just love the dignity of the game being insulted right in front of me”, in a statement regarding Smith’s two three-point attempts with the second being from nearly 45 feet from the goal.
My opinion is that J.R. Smith, despite making huge strides this year both in maturity and basketball IQ, is still not a player that understands what, how, and when to do certain things on the basketball court. Honest mistakes aside and forgiven, I still feel that his half-assed backwards pass was a turning point not only in game three, but also in the series, and that since his defense has been, shall we say, lacking the decision to pull Smith’s minutes is warranted.
An interesting side note is J.R. Smith is 0-12 from downtown this postseason.
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