NBA GMs say dealing Nuggets’ Smith will be tough nba 2011
It’s been a rocky summer for the Nuggets. The team abruptly dumped two of its top executives—Mark Warkentein and Rex Chapman—in early August, and has been unable to secure star forward Carmelo Anthony(notes) to a contract extension despite a maximum offer, with Anthony reportedly seeking to be traded. Denver is well over the luxury-tax threshold, though the Nuggets’ only significant summer addition was forward Al Harrington(notes).And now, more problems have arisen for Denver, centering on guard J.R. Smith(notes). AOL FanHouse reported nba 2011 that Smith was in an altercation with another player at the Nuggets’ practice facility on August 13, and that the police were called. No charges were pressed against Smith, but FanHouse quoted a source saying that Smith, “tried to choke the kid.”
Before this news broke, the Nuggets had been looking to move Smith, who has averaged 15.3 points over the last two seasons and has become one of the league’s more explosive sixth men. Despite his talents, though, three general managers contacted by SN all agreed—Smith is too much of a risk at this point.“You look at his history and, yeah, he can score, but you might be costing yourself some nba 2011 chemistry if you take on a guy like him,” one Western Conference GM said. “He has disappointed a lot of people along the way. You give a guy a chance, and he still makes bad decisions—that’s a big red flag.”
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