J R Smith Family, Net Worth, Professional Career, Wife, Children

J R Smith Net Worth
J R Smith Net Worth

Earl Joseph “J. R.” Smith is an American professional basketball player know all about J R Smith Family, Net Worth, Professional Career, Wife, Children

 Bio
Name J. R. Smith
Birthdate ( Age) 9 September 1985
Place of Birth Freehold, New Jersey, United States
Nationality American
Marital Status  Married
Wife/Partner Jewel Harris (m. 2016)
Children Name not known
Father Earl Smith, Jr.
Mother Ida Smith
Profession American professional basketball player
Net Worth $ 35 Million
Last Update 2022

Earl Joseph “J. R.” Smith is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played high school basketball at New Jersey basketball powerhouse Saint Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark.

He has also played for the Denver Nuggets and New York Knicks, as well as for the Zhejiang Golden Bulls of the Chinese Basketball Association. Smith has won two NBA Championships, with the Cavaliers in 2016 and with the Lakers in 2020.

J R Smith Family

J R Smith Family
J R Smith Family

Born in Freehold Borough, New Jersey, Smith grew up in the Clarksburg section of Millstone Township, New Jersey.He spent five years in high school.A freshman in 1999–2000, Smith went to Steinert High for the first semester and then McCorristin Catholic High for the next, both in New Jersey.

Having not competed in sports for either school, he was permitted to transfer to Lakewood High and repeat his freshman year. He played two seasons of basketball for Lakewood before transferring to Saint Benedict’s Preparatory School in 2002.Smith was highly rated in footballand also played baseball

J R Smith Wife

J R Smith Wife
J R Smith Wife

J.R. and Jewel Smith have been married since August 2016 and share three kids together. The couple have endured hard times, including the premature birth of their last daughter Dakota, who spent months in the hospital after she was born at just 21 weeks and weighed a little over one pound. It seemed the couple could get over any hurdle until tumors swirled that J.R. was dating Patton.

J R Smith Net Worth

Earl Joseph “J R” Smith is an American professional basketball player who has an estimated Net Worth of between $ 35 million in 2022. The earnings listed mainly come from her salary.

J R Smith Professional Career

Smith was selected by the New Orleans Hornets with the 18th overall pick in the 2004 NBA draft. As a rookie, Smith was named Western Conference Rookie of the Month three times and participated in the 2005 NBA Slam Dunk Contest, finishing third.After averaging 10.3 points in 76 games (56 starts) as a rookie, he averaged 7.7 points in 55 games (25 starts) in 2005–06.Smith fell out of favor with Hornets coach Byron Scott due to a poor work ethic. He began the 2005–06 season as the starting shooting guard and ended it out of the rotation.

In September 2011, due to the NBA lockout, Smith signed a one-year deal with the Zhejiang Golden Bulls of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).In accordance with CBA rules, Smith’s contract with the Golden Bulls did not include an opt-out clause that would allow him to return to the NBA following the conclusion of the lockout.

His deal was estimated to be worth around $3 million, the highest in league history.In 32 games for Zhejiang, he averaged 34.4 points, 7.4 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 2.5 steals per game. On February 1, 2012, he scored a season-high 60 points with 14 3-pointers in a 122–110 win over the Qingdao Eagles.He had four 50+ point games during the season.

On July 11, 2012, Smith re-signed with the Knicks.In 2012–13, he averaged a career-high 18.1 points, 5.3 rebounds and 2.7 assists over 33.5 minutes in 80 games off the bench. He earned Eastern Conference Player of the Week honors for the period ending March 31, after posting three consecutive 30-point efforts off the bench, becoming the first NBA player to accomplish the feat in over 23 years.

He was subsequently named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year, becoming just the third player in franchise history to win the award, joining Anthony Mason and John Starks.On July 11, 2013, Smith re-signed with the Knicks.He missed the first five games of the 2013–14 season for violating the NBA’s anti-drug policy.On March 26, he hit nine 3-pointers against the Sacramento Kings, tying the Knicks’ franchise record.

On July 1, 2020, Smith signed with the Los Angeles Lakers for the remainder of the 2019–20 season, reuniting him with former Cavaliers teammate LeBron James, and would go on to win his second NBA championship – both times as a teammate of LeBron.

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