During the Knicks 90-86 loss to the Celtics, their SHOOTING guard and Mr. I Never Saw a Shot I Didn’t Like J.R Smith had only one shot attempt the entire game. Of course everyone knows that’s highly unlike him and wondered what transpired to make this happen. Well according to a source it’s because of a heated exchanged that occurred between him and coach Mike Woodson.
via New York Daily News.
According to a team source, Woodson admonished Smith for poor shot selection during the Bulls game and then became upset over something Smith said on the bench. Woodson waited until after the game to express his disappointment with Smith’s attitude and reminded the volatile shooting guard that he’s been his strongest advocate for the past two seasons.
“Mike said that after all I’ve done for you I can’t have you talking back to me like that,” the source claimed. The same source added that Smith made a lewd comment that angered Woodson….
Saturday night, Smith scored two points, making just one shot on eight attempts in 24 minutes, and appeared to be benched in the fourth quarter of a 111-106 win over the Hawks at the Garden.
Here’s JR’s shot chart. I know, not pretty at all…
