After Kelly Olynyk yanked Kevin Love’s arm out of the socket in the first round playoff series between the Cavs and Celtics a year ago, J.R. Smith decided to defend his teammate with some retaliation. Smith fouled Jae Crowder so hard that Smith was suspended and Crowder wrenched his knee.
Now that everyone is healthy again, Crowder isn’t ready to just let it go. He’d like Smith to apologize for his actions last April.
As I’m sure you can probably imagine, Smith isn’t in any rush to do such things.
“Yeah, he might want to wait on that. He can hold his breath for it, though,” Smith said after the Cavaliers defeated the Celtics 89-77 at TD Garden. “I’ll give it to him sooner or later.”
In true Smith fashion, he didn’t pull any punches — no pun intended — when asked why he’s not going to patch things up with Crowder.
“Because it wasn’t intentional like they’re trying to make it seem,” he said. “When you play chippy, chippy things are going to happen. It’s fine. It is what it is. It’s pretty ballsy though to ask for an apology from another man.”
H/T: Cleveland.com
