JR Smith Blackballed From The NBA

JR Smith claims he, Jamal Crawford, Isaiah Thomas, Nick Young

and Joe Johnson have been blackballed from the NBA

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There are many NBA veterans who were forced into retirement,

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but rather because the league began to look back on them.

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We see this with many iconic basketball players

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from the 2000s still trying to stay on a team and failing.

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JR Smith, who was last on the 2020 Lakers and won a championship,

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has said that he believes players like him, Jamal Crawford,

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Isaiah Thomas, Nick Young and Joe Johnson, don't get contracts

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because they don't get contracts in the league. has been blackballed.

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