So J.R. Smith Was Apparently Suspended For Throwing a Bowl of Soup at His Coach
Prior to last night’s game with the Philadelphia 76ers, the Cleveland Cavaliers suddenly suspended shooting guard J.R. Smith for one game for detrimental conduct. It appears we now know exactly how detrimental that conduct was.
ESPN’s Dave McMenanin and Brian Windhorst reported earlier today that Smith was given the suspension because he had tossed a bowl of soup at assistant coach Damon Jones.
Let me repeat that — Smith was suspended for THROWING A BOWL OF SOUP AT ONE OF THE CAVS’ COACHES!
Not sure if that would have been anyone’s guess as to why the guard was banned for a game. But here we are.
It appears that the Cavs are being tight-lipped about the whole affair, with head coach Tyronne Lue not willing to go into the details of the suspension while noting that he did have “a little discussion” with Smith today.
So I guess it will remain a mystery what type of soup Smith tossed at Jones. We may never know if it was chicken noodle, tomato or cream of mushroom.
As you’d imagine, after the story hit, folks on Twitter had something to say:
JR Smith was suspended for throwing a bowl of soup at Damon Jones and you know what? I feel like we gotta hear both sides.
— Kazeem Famuyide (@RealLifeKaz) March 2, 2018
the wonder of jr smith is that you could’ve given us all a billion guesses at what he did to get suspended and nobody would’ve ever guessed “he threw a bowl of soup at damon jones” https://t.co/Ottpg5xWXR
— Shea Serrano (@SheaSerrano) March 2, 2018
JR Smith: “What did the bowl of soup say to the face?”
Damon Jones: “Wha—“
JR Smith: pic.twitter.com/9UZtPtRk76
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) March 2, 2018
I have so many questions about this JR Smith thing…
Was the soup hot?
Did he throw the whole bowl?
Was the bowl ceramic, or plastic/styrofoam?That’s actually pretty much all of the questions, but they’re important.
— ADP Boy (@CTowersCBS) March 2, 2018
“jr smith threw a bowl of soup—what are we just gonna ban all soup now hahahahahahah?” – some jackass on fox news later today, probably
— Jake Woolf (@jakewoolf) March 2, 2018
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