Nuggets interested in trading J.R.

[TheSpursFNRule]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=5486098




Denver Nuggets guard J.R. Smith is on the trading block, according to an AOL FanHouse report.

Smith, a six-year veteran, is entering the last year of a contract that will pay him $6.03 million this season.


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Though Smith has been mentioned in trade rumors before, a source told AOL FanHouse that the Nuggets' sudden willingness to move the shooter is tied to the team choosing not to renew the contract of vice president of basketball operations Mark Warkentien.

Warkentien has been one of Smith's largest supporters within the organization, the source said, having orchestrated the deal that brought Smith to Denver in 2006 via a trade with the Chicago Bulls.

Smith was runner-up for the 2008-09 Sixth Man Award but regressed last year, averaging 15.4 points per game on 41.4 percent shooting.

Smith has had issues in the past with Nuggets coach George Karl and was seen visibly sulking on the bench as the team was knocked out in the first-round of the NBA playoffs by the Utah Jazz this spring.

His brash behavior was also on display following a Game 4 loss to the Jazz, as Smith called out his teammates on Twitter saying, "You play selfish you lose selfish that's all I'm saying about the game!"

Smith is the latest Denver player to reportedly have a limited future with the team as sources told ESPN The Magazine's Ric Bucher earlier this week that Carmelo Anthony will likely part ways with the franchise.

[BRHornet45]

sons any team should be smart enough to see the stop sign on this one.

[eisfeld]

Some team will be stupid enough to take him. My bet is on NY or NJ

[Ashy Larry]

Denver would still lead in tattoos per capita ......

[IronMexican]

I'd still do a Sasha trade for him.l

[Darthkiller]

the bobcats should trade for him. they need scoring badly.

[Darrin]

Joe Dumars trades Greg Monroe and Ben Wallace for JR Smith, making it the first team with no player over 6-10.

[Ashy Larry]

I'd still do a Sasha trade for him.l


This would be the best time to do it since Denver has no GM ........ DO IT MITCH

[himat]

This would be the best time to do it since Denver has no GM ........ DO IT MITCH

JR? Do you guys really need him?

PG-Fisher, Blake, Vujacic
SG-Kobe, Shannon Brown, Vujacic
SF-Ron Artest, Matt Barnes, Walton, Ebanks
PF-Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom, Caracter
C-Bynum, Theo, DJ

I mean I think Vujacic adds some poise and stable shooting. If you got JR I think LA would become a team with loads of talent (even though they are already stacked) but at the same time have too many nutcases.

Yeah I know Phil and Kobe will keep them in line blah blah blah. But I really feel like JR is not a risk worth taking. He would be behind Kobe and Artest in the rotation anyways. And who says he does any better than the tough boy (Barnes) and the athletic freak (Shannon Brown)?

[Ashy Larry]

Sasha has had one good year..... 2007-2008. Was a contract year. Other than that, he's pretty much been what the Lakers didn't think he'd be.

you can take DJ off that list and with the Lakers offense, they really don't need a true PG. I'd love a possible lineup of .....

Smith
Bryant
Artest
Odom
Gasol

That would be a pretty good defensive and athletic lineup ...... and if there's one person who could keep hs head in the game, it's Phillip

[himat]

Sasha has had one good year..... 2007-2008. Was a contract year. Other than that, he's pretty much been what the Lakers didn't think he'd be.

you can take DJ off that list and with the Lakers offense, they really don't need a true PG. I'd love a possible lineup of .....

Smith
Bryant
Artest
Odom
Gasol

That would be a pretty good defensive and athletic lineup ...... and if there's one person who could keep hs head in the game, it's Phillip

I'm all for trusting the headcases at times because usually they have a lot to give. Rasheed Wallace was one of the best power forwards in the game and he was great for us in Detroit. Ron Artest is one of the best defenders in the game and look what he did last year. JR Smith is just really athletic. Doesn't seem like something I would take the risk on.

But if this did happen I would trust Kobe at point more than JR. :lol

[hater]

question is, what metro area will allow this animal to obtain a driver's license?

[dbestpro]

question is, what metro area will allow this animal to obtain a driver's license?

That is why NY is the best place for him. He can ride the subway and blend right in.

[TinTin]

His brash behavior was also on display following a Game 4 loss to the Jazz, as Smith called out his teammates on Twitter saying, "You play selfish you lose selfish that's all I'm saying about the game!"

:lol

[j.dizzle]

The Knicks or Nets would be a perfect fit for his dumbass. Low basketball IQ, doesnt try half the time, can score 30 pts any given night, big city with a lot of rappers to drink & smoke blunts with haha etc....btw LOL Denver, it took them this long to figure out how low IQ their team really is..Same goes for Melo, he might be a great offensive player but he takes many plays off on defense & doesnt strike me as the leader type. His wife Lala wants no part of Denver either, shes in NY/LA most of her time kicking it with Kim Kardashian & all her celeb friends.

[dbestpro]

With the appearance that Melo will be on the way out qt the end of next year which team will be in rebuilding mode first the Spurs or Nuggets?

[Ashy Larry]

I'm all for trusting the headcases at times because usually they have a lot to give. Rasheed Wallace was one of the best power forwards in the game and he was great for us in Detroit. Ron Artest is one of the best defenders in the game and look what he did last year. JR Smith is just really athletic. Doesn't seem like something I would take the risk on.

But if this did happen I would trust Kobe at point more than JR. :lol


I think for the Lakers, a deal would never go down because Denver's not that stupid to deal with the Lakers and two, there's no way they're taking Luke Walton's God awful deal.

But having Smith come off the bench as Bean's back up would be awesome. Between Fish, Bean and Phil, he'd be a model citizen. Phil would constantly fuck with this dude. That right there is enough to put him on the squad.

[Red Hawk #21]

Smith playing PG? The other 4 guys would be asking for the ball while Smith launches 3 Pointers with plenty of time remaining on the shot clock. Is that really what you want to see?

[DaDakota]

JR Rider part two...will be out of the league in a year or so......just a complete idiot....would not want him anywhere near my favorite team.

Cancerous moron !

DD

[picc84]

They should have traded him after he drove for a layup over Melo's motionless body.

[Basketballgirl25]

Some team will be stupid enough to take him. My bet is on NY or NJ

you just mean Knicks are stupid enough, Dallas might be stupid enough to as well:lol, Nets aren't that stupid though:toast

[BRHornet45]

Sons I'm surprised none of you caught my comment

[Venti Quattro]

Why do Lakers fans even want JR Smith? We already have Matt Barnes.

[Latarian Milton]

none is gonna buy this shit though. no one wants such an asshole who murdered his friends, the friends he used to do hoodrat stuff with.

[Basketballgirl25]

The Knicks or Nets would be a perfect fit for his dumbass. Low basketball IQ.

If your talking about IQ, maybe he should go to the Heat, they got some stupid players there in what the players say at times:toast