Tuesday, April 27th, 2010 at 10:30 am  |  46 responses

Is J.R. Smith Right About Denver Being Selfish?

J.R.’s venting on Twitter following the Nuggets’ Game 4 loss in Utah led to a mini-referendum on the team’s ability (and willingness) to share the ball. The Denver Post reports from practice: “The Nuggets had just 13 assists in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series against the Jazz. But Smith, perhaps more than any other Denver player, is known for jacking up bad shots. Smith did not make himself available to the media Monday at the Pepsi Center. Asked about Smith’s tweet, Nuggets interim coach Adrian Dantley appeared uncomfortable. ‘What do you want me to say? That he shouldn’t have made that comment? I don’t know. He shouldn’t have made that comment,’ Dantley said. Nuggets guard Chauncey Billups was asked about the tweet and said: ‘It’s frustrating to lose, and people can say what they want, but at any rate, when we win, we win together. I don’t think we’ve been specifically selfish.’ After the backlash began to build Monday, Smith tweeted: ‘yo i got the twiiter goons on my back!’ For the series, J.R. is 15-for-44 from the field.”

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  • http://slamonline.com Bryan Crawford

    JR Smith saying the Nuggets played selfish is like Lindsay Lohan calling somebody a crackhead, right?

  • http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/2010/04/the-post-up-home-stretch/ Mike

    jr smith calling his team selfish is like Shaq critizising his team’s free throw shooting

  • http://www.sovainmag.com SoVain

    Hey, people are hired to monitor the updates. But he’s right

  • The Philosopher

    It’s over this year for Denver.

  • http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/2010/04/the-post-up-home-stretch/ Mike

    JR Smith calling his team selfish is like Michael Richards calling somebody racist

  • http://slamonline.com Ben Osborne

    Pot, meet kettle

  • J-Killer15

    Way too many punchlines are available for this comment. I rather not partake in throwing jokes around, but JR Smith has some nerve calling his team selfish.

    JR SMITH?!?!?!?!?

    MR. I’m running to the Playoff sign to shoot a 40 ft jumper and when I get the rebound I’m going to repeat this process until I make the shot, but if I make the shot then I’m going to repeat this process until I get on a hot streak, but if I get cold I’m going to repeat this process until I’m hot…

    I like JR, but hearing this comment from him…Enough said.

    Yeah my English teachers never taught me how to avoid fragment & run-on sentences.

  • JoeMaMa

    It’s like Tim Duncan calling someone an awesome champion of a robot.

  • blazersaint

    IF ANYONE KNOWS ABOUT BEING SELFISH IT WOULD BE JR SMITH

  • http://nicekicks.com MeloMan

    Jr wants to talk about selfish?? Thats like Kobe calling someone a rapist

  • http://slamonline.com Bryan Crawford

    Low blow, MeloMan.

  • The Champ

    Lol @ Meloman!

  • http://www.slamonline.com/online/nba/2010/04/the-post-up-home-stretch/ Mike

    That’s cold MeloMan

  • boogster

    ha, its like lebron telling someone, you are not a king, having won nothing.

  • riggs

    its more like pot meet pothead

  • funkdoc

    That’s like Redman telling Method Man to stop smoking weed

  • http://www.google.com rushmelo

    LMFAO!

    hilarious
    meloman!!!!!!

    getting to the Point

    J.R Smith is one of the most talented players in the NBA on the offensive end.
    BUT
    he is one of the worst when it comes to decision making
    youre team down TWO
    40 FT Jumper to take the lead
    Cant be called a good shot when your’e Center is Wide Open and your team leader has a hot hand
    a Champion veteran point to take things in control
    JR SMITH PLEASE GROW UP
    YOUR’E NOT IN YOUR ROOKIE SEASON
    WHERE 3PT’S AND 360′S WILL BE ENOUGH
    YOU NEED THE W’S TO SHOW

    Play as a unit and whoop the jazz
    PLAY TO WIN
    !
    GO NUGGETS!

  • http://www.hoopsvibe.com/features/overdribbling chiqo

    that’s like… eh, there’s enough of that already. imma chill.

  • Papa Smurf

    Damn, MeloMan shows no mercy

  • Ronald

    Denver has never been a high assist team, doesn’t exactly make them selfish. Just the way they play, loads of one-on-one sets.

  • Robb

    That’s like MeloMan telling someone to use his brain.

  • rico

    JR Smith calling his team selfish is like Slam Magazine calling Dime Magazine “sold out”.

  • http://www.realcavsfans.com Anton

    Allen Iverson’s fault.

  • http://Www.lkz.ch Darksaber

    Made the kettle comparison on Twitter then came here to see Riggs absolutely owned it with the “pothead” comment. Laughed my butt off (i followed Earl Smith for about 4 days, then gave up, his tweets areeven more nonsensical than Serena’s).

  • http://Www.lkz.ch Darksaber

    It’s also like Jesse calling Eldrick a disgrace. (what, too soon? Naaah)

  • Sparty’s Law

    I read the headline and really wanted to write something funny, then I read MeloMan’s comment and decided no more humour was required. But if I had to add to the conversation I would say something along the lines of, JR Smith calling his team selfish is like Kevin Garnett calling someone an d*ickhead.

  • ab_40

    twitter = wack especialy for dumb folks who don’t have their emotions in check

  • matt

    there comes a point in every nuggets game where jr will either shoot the nugs in to, or out of the game. game 1 vs jazz he won it for them. 2,3,4 he lost it.

  • Sparty’s Law

    @Matt – so true. Some nights he looks like the best player on the floor and other nights you just cringe every time he touches the ball.

  • http://www.stuffwhitepeoplelike.com Tarzan Cooper

    Nuggs playd poorly as a whole, jr isnt the single reason they lost

  • mems

    JR Smith calling his team selfish is like Allen Iverson telling his team they need to practice

  • BEEZIE!

    Roffle at Earl Smith calling anyone selfish. That’s like Melo telling LaLa that she’s beautiful

  • http://djsfklrf.com Jukai

    Anton wins!!!

  • MikeC.

    I think there’s one thing we can all agree on: when JR has managed to shoot himself into the game and heats up, he is damn fun to watch. The only problem is that by the time he’s microwaved himself into a zone, he’s shot his team out of the game and then needs his hot streak to shoot them back in.

  • http://www.springbored.net letsmotor

    lol mems. best one.

  • Noel

    Like Dwight telling his team they need to stay out of foul trouble

  • Brown14

    It’s like like Fisher telling Farmar to stop Westbrook penetrating

  • Sporting-Lisbon-Blazers

    like reggie miller telling someone: “youre annoying as sh1t”

  • gigaman

    lol @ darksaber

    its like stan van gundy telling their team to chill out

  • gigaman

    *his*

  • ABIMATOR

    Like Dirk calling his teammates “soft”

  • Holiday

    Really the reason they can’t hang is that Dantly can’t coach! Especially against a basketball Icon like J. Sloan, pretty much they needed Karl to even compete. but it would have been a great series, Go Jazz!

  • Holiday

    It’s like Melo calling somebody else that punched a guy from behind and ran, a coward! Oh and they need a real coach like Karl to compete, Dantly can’t coach!

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    It’s like Ron Artest telling Dennis Rodman to stop copying him.

  • the_baller20

    No J.R No. Melo just has to do everything on the court because nobody else on the team wants to pick the slack. So YOU are being selfish J.R for even saying that stupid comment.

  • Lucas

    This is what happens when Karl isn’t around to manage these head cases.

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