<div class="quote_poster">Quoting phiLA:</div><div class="quote_post">i wouldnt worry much about jr smith. he will get better, and mark my words. remember when kobe first came into the league? how much shots he was missing? just look at a him now. with a couple of years under his belt, i feel that jr will turn into a very special player.</div> Kobe Bryant works extremely hard and is dedicated to basketball. I remember reading in an article about him. JR Smith is one of the last to come to practice and one of the first to leave.
j.r. 16 pts in the 4th quarter, he the only one that stepped up in the 4th since both byron scott and doc rivers didnt really use their starters. that was pretty impressive, he was aggressive at times