Los Angeles Lakers Jr Smith
He was a part of the 2016 championship winning team that incredibly came back from behind against golden state warriors in the finals.
Los angeles lakers jr smith. Smith played three years alongside james at cleveland cavaliers. Lakers shot a season worst 35 1. Generally it may not be fair to pick on the guards after the lakers loss.
Jr smith hasn t played an nba game since november 2018 but with avery bradley opting out of playing in the nba bubble the los angeles lakers are bringing in lebron james former teammate to help. The lakers announced their long anticipated signing of smith as a substitute player. The los angeles lakers are planning to sign free agent guard jr smith and submit his name as part of the franchise s roster for the restart in orlando florida sources told espn.
The los angeles lakers have signed guard jr smith as a substitute player for the nba season restart it was announced today by vice president of basketball operations and general manager rob pelinka. Los angeles shot the ball terribly in game 1 against the blazers so fans of the team want head coach frank vogel to. Smith has joined lebron james and the los angeles lakers for their championship push.
There have always been rumblings of smith s potential return whether it be with the houston rockets the milwaukee bucks or most recently the los angeles lakers but nothing has ever come of it. Los angeles lakers coach frank vogel admitted jr smith s familiarity with lebron james was one of the reasons that the team signed him. Jr smith could wear no.
Jr smith and dion waiters meanwhile were late season additions to the lakers. Smith signing with the lakers would be somewhat comical at first. Smith s last big nba moment was game 1 of the 2018 finals when his fourth quarter blunder caused one hot take doofus to say he.