This dude was ultra-athletic, a deadly shooter, and a good defender. Streaky enough to give Prime Klay a run for his money. If he had better awareness and decision-making skills he could've been a bonafide star.
@@webffv2851they lost anyway and people started to hate this dude for one mistake in finals. he was also a big factor in their win against warriors before, people think bron carried the cavs himself for championship when he had kyrie hitting a game changing shot, smith hitting important 3's to tie the game and love also, thompson, james for driving the basket and getting and 1's
Yeah players like him are great, they come off the bench with energy and their points are loud. It seems like more cause they usually don't get many freethrows
favorite concept about this guy is that if you showed an alien highlights of J.R., they'd think he's the best player to ever live. Consummate entertainer.
The problem was it took the dude about 6 attempts to get 1 highlight. For every crazy corner 3 he'd hit, it would be off the back of 5 misses with the same degree of difficulty. Your analogy is perfect lol
@ahmadkhairul337 had to google him, but based on his looks and your comparison, he's a super aggressive offensive player who screws up a lot of great plays, but occasionally has a legendary highlight reel game?
New Orleans JR also had some crazy highlights....one of my favourite was him driving into the paint left handed and then extending with his right to dunk on someone.
Nah it's because he was only great in small spurts. He was a good player for a long time but he was never amazing outside of individual plays. If anything his highlight reel gives people a warped view of how good he was lol. He was pretty much never even a top 2 player on his own team.
The dunk at 5:20 has Kyrie scratching his head like wtf just happened. Dude was underrated cuz he was so inconsistent but an amazing talent and skill for the game just smoked a ton of weed haha. One of the best to get drafted right out of highschool, some of these dunks and plays are ridiculously badass
It’s unbelievable how someone could have such an AMAZING highlight reel, but be known to most as the guy who didn’t know the game was tied in the finals..
bro move like Irving sometimes, had curry range, make tought shot like kobe, was athletic, and good in game dunker. even his jumpshot is perfect if you watch it in slow motion.
His jumper is all legs and butt, he always jumps legs forwards shoulders backward fadeaway style but its so balanced he needs 0 power to get the ball to the rim on a 3, that curry effortless flow
I always think of what Imant said about how JR was down to take the shot in the worst situation. That he didn’t care about the stats he was just there to ball
@@jordankelley8894 they both shoot around 37%ish for their careers although JR on a higher volume i'll give you that, so he has a small advantage there. However VC is definitly the better dunker.
I can't remember when or who did the number-crunching, and it may have been brought up already, but there was a stat ages ago where if you gave JR an open shot, he was 50/50 at best of making it, but the more complicated and difficult it became, his chances of making it went through the roof. I think whoever compiled it also mentioned that just about every ridiculously difficult shot he made had near modern-textbook perfect form on his shot release, and that it was going a guaranteed swish. Even with the inconsistency, guy was a guaranteed bucket, and the most oft-forgotten fact was he came straight out of high school. A couple of years playing at a uni/college to sort of reign him in and get him more focused would have made this guy a regular, if not perennial, all-star.
i'm glad you made this! it's a shame he'll always be remembered for THAT brain fade, because he was also hyperathletic, absurdly entertaining and-every so often-jaw-droppingly good
Man, say what you want about his basketball IQ, but the man had basketball instinct turned to 11: range, handle and feel, and athleticism. Utterly insane.
I saw somebody comment JR at peak was Kobe’s floor and that’s a perfect explanation. If Kobe didn’t have that work ethic and cruised off pure talent that’s JR.
People really have no idea how good JR is. Growing up as a Kobe hater I can still remember how the nuggets team (sort of) gave the lakers team a hard time. And JR was a stud going neck to neck with kob.
Smith used to be a cheat code in NBA games (back when NBA Live was a thing he used to be my pick for NBA Dunk contests). Dude dunked, had handles, could shoot, just do anything you needed to.
Cavs fan here. JR was seriously underrated. Korver was an inch taller but had no clue on how to defend him. We said in Cleveland he shot better the harder the shot was. I don't blame him for the bonehead play in the 2017 Finals game 1. Cleveland missed a ton of free throws in that game and there was plenty of blame to go around.
JR Smith is one of those special players that we never got to see the full potential of because he was never the number one option on any team. He was a part of. Despite that, he still played his role and did what the team needed him to do, ultimately that got him a championship in 2016.
"We just saw a man fly" is one of the best calls in NBA history
And then he drops a Ride em cowboy to damn near ruin it lmao
Definitely. I just made a similar comment,
That was the best dunk I ever seen in a game beside lbj 3 man weave dunk when he was in Miami
Yea and the way Melo nods is cold 🥶
Actually it's my 2nd best. My first is Tyrese Haliburton on Kelly Olynyk. Commentator killed me.
This dude was ultra-athletic, a deadly shooter, and a good defender. Streaky enough to give Prime Klay a run for his money. If he had better awareness and decision-making skills he could've been a bonafide star.
people give him too much shit for the his game 1 mistake! the cavs would've lost the series anyways..
Some of the most fun I’ve had watching ball was JR’s 6th man of the year season 😅
@@webffv2851they lost anyway and people started to hate this dude for one mistake in finals.
he was also a big factor in their win against warriors before, people think bron carried the cavs himself for championship when he had kyrie hitting a game changing shot, smith hitting important 3's to tie the game and love also, thompson, james for driving the basket and getting and 1's
I really thought he'd be the next MJ like player but he kept smoking crack
@webffv2851 nah, the cavs were so close on winning that one, if they win game 1, that changes a lot
JR Smith scored the loudest 15 points. I always thought he got like 30 points when he only got 15, all flashy stepbacks and fadeaway threes.
Yeah players like him are great, they come off the bench with energy and their points are loud. It seems like more cause they usually don't get many freethrows
JR makes the crazy stuff everybody dreams of but like you said the loudest 15 point games ever. I can't even call it lucky it's just what he does.
Good description
favorite concept about this guy is that if you showed an alien highlights of J.R., they'd think he's the best player to ever live. Consummate entertainer.
Alien here, I am convinced he is in fact the greatest basketball player
The problem was it took the dude about 6 attempts to get 1 highlight. For every crazy corner 3 he'd hit, it would be off the back of 5 misses with the same degree of difficulty. Your analogy is perfect lol
The Olivier Giroud of basketball then
@ahmadkhairul337 had to google him, but based on his looks and your comparison, he's a super aggressive offensive player who screws up a lot of great plays, but occasionally has a legendary highlight reel game?
@@Zer0sango ahead and search his best goals and you’ll understand it in a sec
I remember playing 2K12 and the Knicks being unstoppable with Melo and JR Smith.
Crazy thing is, you can EASILY do another 8 minutes with JR going nuclear.
Denver JR was nuts.
New Orleans JR also had some crazy highlights....one of my favourite was him driving into the paint left handed and then extending with his right to dunk on someone.
oml that nigga went nuts in denver😂😂
People forget how great he was because of that game 1 incident
We’re making a doc called ‘More Than A Meme’ reminding people exactly of this
One? 🤨
Nah it's because he was only great in small spurts. He was a good player for a long time but he was never amazing outside of individual plays. If anything his highlight reel gives people a warped view of how good he was lol. He was pretty much never even a top 2 player on his own team.
He has A LOT of lowlights 😂
I also will never forgive him for elbowing Jason Terry and never coming back from suspension the same player for the Knicks
JR Smith went from a high flyer in N.O and Denver to an absolute sniper in New York/Cleveland. One of the few prep to pros I actually liked.
Lmao not a single guy from those 32 likes saw a single game when he was in Denver, including the OP.
@@AT-qu2bzshit I went to every single game of that 18 win New Orleans Hornets year 😅
When you think about it. JR Smith was Zach Lavine before Zach Lavine 🤯
JR highlights make him look like he belongs in NBA 75 lol
Man you tripping
JR highlights make him look like top 1 player 💀
@@whal3YT right nigga wasn't that cold
😂😂😂😂 he does
If given free range to do whatsoever they want, Every NBA Player can perform like this. Coaches and refs stop a lot of it
7:28 “J.R Smith! We just saw a man fly”
One of my favorite calls ever,
The dunk at 5:20 has Kyrie scratching his head like wtf just happened. Dude was underrated cuz he was so inconsistent but an amazing talent and skill for the game just smoked a ton of weed haha. One of the best to get drafted right out of highschool, some of these dunks and plays are ridiculously badass
It’s unbelievable how someone could have such an AMAZING highlight reel, but be known to most as the guy who didn’t know the game was tied in the finals..
yep. the JR experience lol
When you think about it. JR Smith was Zach Lavine before Zach Lavine 🤯
NBA swishes but they increasingly get louder
Dirk has to be in this vid 😂
@@saturn866nah curry’s halfcourt shot vs clippers
That’s a good one
ray allen and Melo had some of the loudest swishes ever cuz. 🫡
watch Paul George be in that vid
bro move like Irving sometimes, had curry range, make tought shot like kobe, was athletic, and good in game dunker. even his jumpshot is perfect if you watch it in slow motion.
Seen his jumper in person and man was it pretty 😮💨
His jumper is all legs and butt, he always jumps legs forwards shoulders backward fadeaway style but its so balanced he needs 0 power to get the ball to the rim on a 3, that curry effortless flow
J.R's highlight reel is out of this world
The best grenade receiver ever
Teammates called him 911 in Cleveland, call him in emergency
Post game interviews but they get funnier
4:06 must be one of the prettiest shooting motions ever put to film goddamn
It’s amazing that you actually got all 4 of his career assists in here too!
💀
JR Smith was fun to watch. When his head was in the game he was next level.
I always think of what Imant said about how JR was down to take the shot in the worst situation. That he didn’t care about the stats he was just there to ball
That dunk at 6:59 still gives me goosebumps and shocks me how JR caught that fast of an oop. Crazy athleticism.
If All-Star weekend combined the three point contest with the slam dunk contest, JR would be undefeated for all time.
Vince Carter exists.
@nanamama7048 not a better three point shooter than JR.
@@jordankelley8894 they both shoot around 37%ish for their careers although JR on a higher volume i'll give you that, so he has a small advantage there.
However VC is definitly the better dunker.
@@nanamama7048, Carter is pretty much the best dunker.
But set all the balls at the logo and see who has the better percentage. 😤
those two would be hands down the best NBA jam players.
3:48 Up by 41 at halftime gotdamn!!
Boston did that to GS today 😂
42*
42*
@@ManillaHeep I just saw that score JESUS!!
@@Kj-xv3xs 72-31 is 41 your math ain't mathing
The greatest highlight tape for a non all star EVER
JR the most sneaky athletic player of the past 20 years I swear
1:32 This celebration was cold as fuck, tbh.
JR Smith is basically Kobe without the mamba mentality
iq and work ethic but better shooter i guess
@@synceno821the only thing he can do that Kobe can’t is pass 😂😂😂
Honestly this is pretty accurate 😂😂
@@OhionCivilianKobe can’t pass wtf?
@@thuglife2ea424that’s what he said
Everybody's got their favorite player. This dude is forever my fav. Miss watching him play
HENNYTHING IS POSSIBLE
2017 cavs make me so nostalgic wow
Magistic year the vibes was going!
Damn, i miss u J.R 😢😢
Why do I always think JR is like 6'1 when he's actually 6'6 😂
Idk man 😅 i do the same thing
players tend to look shorter from the broadcast camera angles tbh
met him in person a couple times he’s from NJ
dude is HUGE
also a nice guy
Cause he's skinny compared to most
He looks even taller in person, seen him at the airport in Cleveland 😮💨
The NBA needs more guys like this. Razzle dazzle!
I can't remember when or who did the number-crunching, and it may have been brought up already, but there was a stat ages ago where if you gave JR an open shot, he was 50/50 at best of making it, but the more complicated and difficult it became, his chances of making it went through the roof. I think whoever compiled it also mentioned that just about every ridiculously difficult shot he made had near modern-textbook perfect form on his shot release, and that it was going a guaranteed swish.
Even with the inconsistency, guy was a guaranteed bucket, and the most oft-forgotten fact was he came straight out of high school. A couple of years playing at a uni/college to sort of reign him in and get him more focused would have made this guy a regular, if not perennial, all-star.
insane shot making and in game dunking, all his shots were 10/10 on a level of difficulty
He was the only guy in 2k who had a better contested shot rating than open 😂😂
Denver's JR was at the top 10 plays every week with crazy dunks
Those shots are the definition of unbelievable
In traffic dunk package was insane
I've been saying this for years... If you showed someone who doesn't know about NBA jrs highlights, he'll think this is who Michael Jordan is.
i'm glad you made this! it's a shame he'll always be remembered for THAT brain fade, because he was also hyperathletic, absurdly entertaining and-every so often-jaw-droppingly good
Maybe the real all star game was the friends we made along the way
Immaturity and a bad attitude is what kept this guy from being a perennial All-star. Ridiculous amount of talent
I miss watching unc hoop fr. damn i loved watching him play
the two dunks starting at 6:47 blow my mind every time, how can you be that quick
Kevin Harlan calls but they get increasingly more better (louder, iconic, whatever adjective)
JR Smith is who Michael Jordan wishes he was.
Wait jordan said that? 😮
Man, say what you want about his basketball IQ, but the man had basketball instinct turned to 11: range, handle and feel, and athleticism. Utterly insane.
Those Nugget teams were loaded when AI was there. Can't believe they didn't do better. JR, AI, Carmelo, KMart, Camby, Nene.
because the idea of these player is better than the reality
This is legit one of the best highlight reels out there. God damn 🔥
J.R. Smith's in-game dunks >>>>>>>> NBA Slam Dunk competition of THAT year.
If you know, you know.
Iman said JR never cared about stats/etc that's why he would take those circus shot three's and whatnot.
These are some amazing basketball plays
I saw somebody comment JR at peak was Kobe’s floor and that’s a perfect explanation. If Kobe didn’t have that work ethic and cruised off pure talent that’s JR.
2:45 bro was hittin game winners w Kai and bron as his teammates 😂🔥 he definitely cold
Best collection of highlights in NBA history. JR is the best in game dunker
JR Smith was one of the few people in NBA history that could win both the 3pt and dunk contest in the same night.
People really have no idea how good JR is. Growing up as a Kobe hater I can still remember how the nuggets team (sort of) gave the lakers team a hard time. And JR was a stud going neck to neck with kob.
Smith used to be a cheat code in NBA games (back when NBA Live was a thing he used to be my pick for NBA Dunk contests). Dude dunked, had handles, could shoot, just do anything you needed to.
pg if he was worse
NBA Mascots but they get increasingly more Aggressive
make it cross sport like football and baseball too. That shit would get millions of hits
If i went to some small country and showed a kid JR. He would swear he was the Greatest to ever do it! JR's reel is a hooper's dream
"where do you want me to pass the lob to?"
"below my chest level"
*7:12* Is Definitely *Kobe Inspired* 🔥🔥🔥
Jr. Is one of those players that if he worked at his game he could’ve been elite
Jr. was so underrated.....hes like an more athletic version of Ray Allen
A hundred genius moves...always remembered by one ridiculous decision.
Agreed
I always loved his jumper
Cavs fan here. JR was seriously underrated. Korver was an inch taller but had no clue on how to defend him. We said in Cleveland he shot better the harder the shot was.
I don't blame him for the bonehead play in the 2017 Finals game 1. Cleveland missed a ton of free throws in that game and there was plenty of blame to go around.
We needed this for a longggg time
Tony Allen defense but gets more intense
JR has one of the nicest highlight packes I've ever seen
Carmelo's reaction wins this one. First time he won anything
Gonna be remembered for when he messed up in the finals but one of the more unappreciated players in NBA History
One mistake just ended his entire career.
i love JR smith so much dude idgaf about his inefficiency and how bone-headed he was. he was so much fun and helped lebron win a chip
*two
I forgot just how athletic man was! Dang sonnnn! 🤯
*4th quarter **7:52** left*
“JR still looking for his first bucket”
“A 360 WHIRLING SCOOP”
People don’t know he played in China in 2011. He averaged 35 ppg and dropped a career high of 60 out there
i just cant get tired of watching JR highlights
I'm gonna tell my kids this is Steph Curry
He had so much potential. I think of him as a combo of Kobe/Vince without the work ethic or mentality.
3:54 "J.R. Smith with a 3...." It's cleary a 2....🥴
JR Smith is one of those special players that we never got to see the full potential of because he was never the number one option on any team. He was a part of. Despite that, he still played his role and did what the team needed him to do, ultimately that got him a championship in 2016.
Those Denver Nuggets shiny jerseys are the best thing ever worn on an NBA court.
JR seemed like one of the only role players to be himself on the court with Lebron, great confidence
This dude and lance stevenson highlights be outta this world for no reason😂
On some days, he is JR Smith and on some days, he is Kobe Bryant.
Jr would do something incredible, then do something boneheaded like forgetting u had a timeout and run the clock out
One of the best top tier bad shot makers
If Kyrie was 6’6 he’d be jr smith
When you remember JR and Kyrie some Jersey boys, you see why Kyrie is an vastly improved version
Man Was Really Like A 99 on 2k13 , 360 dunk from damn near free throw line
6th man of the year with the Knicks
Yeah our JR Smith documentary is almost done and we’re DEFINITELY including a ton of these….JR so underrated
I’m about to watch it right now after this crazy seeing this comment 👀
Dude’s abilities were clearly underrated…
JR Smith had all the tools to be an MVP
I gotta say - I never fully appreciated how good he was because of who he was always surrounded by. Super underrated wow.
His jumpshot is really smooth
one of the best when we talk about naturally talented. Not work ethic or awareness but dude hos highlights are better than 95% i saw in my life
J.r. got the Most underrated mix tape of all time