I Dont know how or why, but JR is becoming my fav Knicks player to watch..... I can't articulate why but it is

3G4G wrote:

AnubisADL wrote:Dam!

More $$$$$$$$ for JR Smith.

It was a no brainer but he can only make so much money this summer.....

I was hoping we could keep him for the early bird max. JR Smith is looking better than Reddick.

The kid is an allstar talent when his head is right.

martin wrote:NICE!!

I Dont know how or why, but JR is becoming my fav Knicks player to watch..... I can't articulate why but it is

it's because of his athleticsm combined with his attacking attitude. He is the most graceful, explosive athlete I've ever had the privelege of watching regularly. He's explosive and graceful and has chitload of bravado. I love it

martin wrote:NICE!!

I Dont know how or why, but JR is becoming my fav Knicks player to watch..... I can't articulate why but it is

Reasons to like Mr. Earl Smith(Copyright 2013, AnswerMan LLC) on the Facebook of Knick Life:

1) A real nice homecoming story. I grew up around Lakewood, NJ and people are still talking sheet about JR all these years later. Much more so now, obviously.
2) You just have to love/hate a guy who rides his bike through manhattan with random fans and family at 2am and no arrests, accidents or other backpage fodder as a consequence.
3) Just enough twitter incidents and moped tickets to let you know he's still JR. Without any weapons or weed charges.
4) He just seems genuinely excited and not overly dispassionate when teammates are doing well.
5) He has embraced his role, he's going to the hole.
6) When was the last time you read about a Knicks bench player who was upset about missing one free throw out of 10 in a game?
7) A nice collection of highlights, featuring the Starksian dunks and the H20 killer j's.
8) Don't forget the postgame pics with the little daughter. Appeals to all levels of fan.
9) Just enough occasional technical let's you know he's not going to disappear during games.
10) Official Knicks Mr. Head Coach stamp of approval.

3G4G wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:Nice! Thats the one Knick individual award I felt we had in the bag. JR has had a tremendous yr. Every time you felt he was reverting back to the JR chucker of old he got his game back on track by mixing in the penetration. Woodson certainly deserves an immense amount of credit for being the first coach to really get through to JR

Stats suggest it had nothing to do with Woody and more so to do with Volume and Smith's natural progression to maturity. He's had better or say far more efficient yrs in Denver. I do feel he was more "timely for us and the stage on which he plays helps tremendously.

fishmike wrote:

3G4G wrote:

gunsnewing wrote:Nice! Thats the one Knick individual award I felt we had in the bag. JR has had a tremendous yr. Every time you felt he was reverting back to the JR chucker of old he got his game back on track by mixing in the penetration. Woodson certainly deserves an immense amount of credit for being the first coach to really get through to JR

Stats suggest it had nothing to do with Woody and more so to do with Volume and Smith's natural progression to maturity. He's had better or say far more efficient yrs in Denver. I do feel he was more "timely for us and the stage on which he plays helps tremendously.

and articles suggest that it was Woody who took JR under his wing and has been hands on with him all year. This has been widely written about. Why not just give a coach his due?

Woody deserves some credit but keep in mind J.R. was under Woody last yr too...the guy who was doing things on twitter unprofessionally....also the same guy who said on twitter this yr to an under age girl something about Piping and going at Humphries somehwhat unprofessionally.

I did read an article this yr where J.R. said he doesn't party nearly as much this yr as he did last yr. Not sure if this is Woody getting through to him or a guy who is 27 about to turn 28 having been through some real tough situations causing him to adjust. But hey if you guys feel Woody deserves all the credit for a player shooting 42% and 35%, which are average at best in of themselves go with that. J.R. plays starters minutes and starters usage rate, therefore his numbers stood a chance to look better from an overall output and he's been in more positions to succeed.