J.R. Smith on the Trading Block, Should the Bulls pursue him?

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The news isn't surprising considering J.R. Smith has lost his biggest supporter with the Denver Nuggets.

A source close to the situation said the Nuggets are looking to trade the erratic Smith, who is entering the final year of a contract that will pay the shooting guard $6.03 million.

There have been trade rumors before about Smith since he joined the Nuggets in 2006, but they have lacked validity since Mark Warkentien, once Denver's vice president of basketball operations, was adamant about not trading Smith. But Warkentien's contract was not renewed earlier this month and Smith's biggest supporter was gone. It was Warkentien who acquired Smith in 2006 from Chicago for the low price of two second-round picks and the non-guaranteed contract of Howard Eisley, who was waived.

It might be a surprise if Smith is still with the Nuggets past the February trade deadline. The Nuggets might not want to risk losing him for nothing as a free agent next summer and he has yet to show enough in his time with Denver for team officials to believe he deserves a lucrative new contract.

Smith finished second in voting in 2008-09 for the Sixth Man Award but he regressed last season. While his scoring average went up slightly to 15.4 points per game, he shot just 41.4 percent, including 33.8 percent from three-point range.

Smith has butted heads regularly with Nuggets coach George Karl, but in Game 6 of last spring's 4-2 first-round playoff loss to Utah, Karl was not with the team due to a form of throat cancer. With assistant Adrian Dantley in charge, Smith sat at the end of the bench late in the season finale and sulked.

For now Denver's higher priorities are finding at least one front office replacement for Warkentien and vice president of player personnel Rex Chapman -- also let go earlier this month -- and figuring out the Carmelo Anthony situation. Anthony has yet to decide if he will sign a three-year, $64.7 million contract extension that ıs on the table, and the Nuggets are pondering what they might want to do if Anthony continues to stall or decides against the offer.

But Smith is on the trading block. And Warkentien is no longer around to push for him to stay
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Source: J.R. Smith on Trading Block -- NBA FanHouse

what do you guys think, should we go after him?
 

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I dont know if we want that drama on the squad.
 

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he is a nutcase but can shoot and is athletic.

only thing i worry about him is that he can be a clown.
 

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exactlty, I dont know if we should bring that to the team.
 

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That's fine, I'll take my risk with his "clown-ness" he's a hell of a ball player and exactly what this team needs.

I was VERY pissed when we originally let him go for nothing.
 

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yeah I do want the Bulls to get rid of Johnson, so that would be fine.
 

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thats kinda what I was thinking. Not that JJ is bad, but his body type is awkward for the NBA.
 

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JJ, and a 1st
 
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Honestly...who gives a sh!t about him? Has he done anything in his career that makes him stand out or make him look like a literal true team star? Answer is NO. Lol

GM's want a hyped attitude as much as any of them. Smith would wouldn't be fun to deal with. He's a negative mindset type of player. Childish attitudes shouldn't fly with any franchise. Bulls are better off skippin' on him.
 
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The Bulls can send JJ to D-League. IMO there is no sense in trading him, just for the pure fact of getting rid of him, to bring on a headcase like JR. It's not like JJ is anywhere near being a locker room problem, he's just a sloppy fouling machine.
 
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lmao - why do some of you guys actually want this guy on this team? He's athletic and can shoot? Hell, I'm athletic and can shoot. Doesn't mean I'm worth anything on the ball court. He doesn't like to pass, takes shots WAY too early in the shot clock, doesn't play defense, skips game plans because, "He's Open"....ugh...

He is one of those guys that you kind of root against, just b/c he doesn't play the game the right way.
 

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lmao - why do some of you guys actually want this guy on this team? He's athletic and can shoot? Hell, I'm athletic and can shoot. Doesn't mean I'm worth anything on the ball court. He doesn't like to pass, takes shots WAY too early in the shot clock, doesn't play defense, skips game plans because, "He's Open"....ugh...

He is one of those guys that you kind of root against, just b/c he doesn't play the game the right way.
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Except.... that he's averaged 15+ ppg the past two years as a career 36% three point shooter.
 
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Except.... that he's averaged 15+ ppg the past two years as a career 36% three point shooter.
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You know what that means? He takes too many shots. For his career, he's less than 75% from the line for his career (worse last year)...which means he's not scoring all his points from there. The dude has averaged over 12 shots a game the last two seasons combined for those 15 ppg.

That guy is not worth $6M a year, and will not mesh well on this team. We've got a shooter in Korver already...don't need this kid jacking up shots.
 
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J.R. Smith is one of the most talented players in the league... but he's also the prototypical selfish NBA players. He takes horrible shots. In fact, I can't think of another player who takes worse shots who actually gets any playing time...
 

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ok guys. we don't want jj right? well why should we expect another team to want him for a legitimate talented piece???

you have to give up talent to get talent
 
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