JR Smith is a dumb basketball player. Let’s just put that down here for the record. When he’s going good, he can score like crazy. When he’s “on,” he can beat you all by himself.
But he’s not bright. He does dumb things on and off the court. And every once in a while, he says really stupid things like:
“Don’t touch Avery Bradley. Apparently he’s like Kobe now, so I can’t touch him.”
You can see how delusional Smith is in this video on Pro Basketball Talk. The fouls on Bradley are obvious. And, by the way, trying to run through Kelly Olynyk on the screen and then complaining about it is really the cherry on top of this pile of stupid.
I don’t think Smith is smart enough to be angling for more leeway to hound Avery Bradley. I think he legitimately believes he was playing good defense. I think he really believes he was getting the shit-end of the calls.
Because he’s a dumb player, and that’s how dumb players think.
