<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">J.R. Smith Not Going To Participate In Summer League 3rd July, 2006 - 8:45 am [imgl]http://realgm.com/images/nba/4.2/profiles/photos/2006/Smith_JR_noh.jpg[/imgl]The Times-Picayune - The Hornets wanted guard J.R. Smith to participate with the team's summer league team, but according to The Times-Picayune Smith expects to be traded and as a result will not be participating. With the Hornets coming to terms with guards Peja Stojakovic and Bobby Jackson, playing time for Smith appears to be scarce. Smith already spent a lot of last season in coach Byron Scott's doghouse, and with Scott signing an extension a few weeks ago it's apparent there will be no coaching change in New Orleans any time soon. "If a trade happens, it happens," Earl Smith, JR's father, said. "It doesn't matter to us really, but he's not playing in summer league. Why play if he's going to be traded?" [READ] Related Links</div> Source
Another bad move on his part. Although, I understand where he is coming from since he will be traded, but it’s really unprofessional to handle it the way he is handling it. In house business should stay in house. Now his dad is getting involved the whole Smith family seems full of themselves. I really don’t know what happened to JR I remember watching a special during his rookie season about how his parents where keeping him humble not letting him buy big cars, and get full of him self, etc. Well what happened?
