I’ll give you this. JR Smith has looked half decent in this early season. But nevertheless, he’s JR Smith and that boy can be hot one day and cold as ice the next.
So when I heard the news that the Indiana Pacers had talks with Phil Jackson and the Knicks to trade away JR Smith. I was thinking. Are the Pacers that bad? The New York Post covered the possibility.
One of president Phil Jackson’s big decisions this season is whether to trade J.R. Smith, and the club had recent conversations with the Pacers regarding ex-Knick Chris Copeland, according to a league source.
Smith is getting more used to the triangle’s flow after a brutal preseason in which he called it “a struggle.’’
After shooting 2-of-8 in the season opener, Smith scored 11 points with seven assists Thursday in Cleveland but regressed Sunday, as he finished with seven points on 3-of-7 shooting with four turnovers and two assists in the Knicks’ 96-93 victory. The Knicks have a logjam at shooting guard with Iman Shumpert and Tim Hardaway.
Chris Copeland is an alright bench player. I’d be surprised if this ever picks up steam.
Believe it or not. But JR Smith is better than Chris Copeland. But that’s only because JR has been in the league longer.
