We won't have to wonder how J.R. Smith would react in the event New York Knicks teammate Carmelo Anthony bolts for the Miami Heat. He wouldn't be pleased.
Smith intimated as much when replying to a question via Twitter. Someone asked if he'd ever talk to Anthony again if he signed with Miami this summer. Smith only needed one word to get his point across:
As BlackSportsOnline's Glenn Erby notes, "Smith and Anthony have history, and have been teammates almost nine years."
Nevertheless, Smith is apparently in no mood to start campaigning for the Knicks. He also tweeted, "My opinion is let him do him."
By all accounts, president of basketball operations Phil Jackson is all over efforts to persuade Anthony to stick around. Despite those efforts, Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski reports that, "Anthony is leaning toward leaving in pursuit of immediate championship contention, and awaits the Chicago Bulls and Houston Rockets to clear the necessary salary-cap space to sign him in free agency, league sources told Yahoo Sports."
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J.R. Smith Tweets That He’d Stop Talking to Carmelo Anthony If He Joined Heat
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