Comedy story of the week comes from New York’s JR Smith. It turns out that JR Smith feels like he should be the leader of the New York Knicks according to SLAMonline.
“Be a leader,” Smith said in an interview on Thursday at his foundation’s annual golf fundraiser. “We’ve got so many younger guys around. A lot of the older guys left within the last two years. So be more of a leader and help out.”
“Just ‘show instead of say’ and stuff like that,” Smith, speaking at his fundraiser for the J.R. Smith Youth Foundation at Eagle Ridge Golf Club, said when asked about his leadership approach. “’Sheed [Rasheed Wallace], J Kidd [Jason Kidd] — those guys led by example and that’s what I’m going to try to do.”
“Absolutely. We should be,” Smith said (when asked about the Knickerbockers being a Playoff squad.) “We should have been one last year. This year, definitely.”
This is laughable. I don’t know where to start.
Firstly, the Knicks will not make the Playoffs. Secondly the fact that he thinks any young player would be willing to look up to him is mental to say the least.
Why can he not accept his position. He clearly is not the leader. Carmelo is, if JR Smith Wants to be a leader, he first has to buck up his play and then the leadership will come in time. Can’t just say you want to be and “poof” it happens. It doesn’t work like that.
