Sports management company Excel Sports announced that it has officially signed a contract with former NBA star JR Smith, who has obtained rights such as JR's portrait in the golf program. According to media reports, after the signing of this contract, golf equipment and clothing brands will cooperate with it, and JR Smith can get hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue.
Wait, what does JR Smith have to do with golf? He currently attends North Carolina A&M State University and joins the golf varsity team for NCAA golf tournaments. JR is a true love for golf, and he has been soaking in the course every day for a month. JR has said that its golf level is at the top level in the NBA, second only to Curry.
If you only look at the level of golf, Excel Sports may not sign with JR. According to Sortpoints, the company has taken a fancy to JR's two NBA championship rings, as well as considerable social media influence. Excel Sports and his team want a piece of the pie from JR. Going to school, playing ball, and making money at the same time, JR is really a winner in life.
In August 2021, JR officially retired from the NBA to pursue humanities at North Carolina A&M State University. In the 2004 NBA Draft, JR was selected with the 18th pick in the first round, when he had just graduated from high school and went straight to the draft. From 2004-2020, after sixteen years of playing in the NBA, JR finally decided to continue his studies.
He was born on September 9, 1985, and is 36 years old. In the 2019-20 season, JR Smith played in 6 games for the Lakers, averaging 2.8 points, 0.8 boards and 0.5 assists per game, shooting 31.8% from the field and 9.1% from three-point range. Although JR won the second championship of his career with the Lakers, his ability is no longer able to adapt to the NBA.
In fact, JR played just 11 games in the 2018-19 season, averaging 6.7 rebounds, 1.6 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game. On November 21, 2018, the Cavaliers announced that JR would not play again for the team, and he was cut in the summer of 2019. Jr went a year without a shot until the Lake signed JR on July 2, 2020, when he won the championship with the Lakers three months later.
Only 17 games have been played in two seasons combined, and IT makes sense for JR to leave the league. Many people know that JR Smith may have been in the Cavaliers, but his peak was spent with the Nuggets and Knicks. In the 2012-13 season, JR averaged 18.1 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game for the Knicks, the only best sixth man of his career.
Throughout his NBA career, JR played in 977 regular season games, averaging 12.4 points, 3.1 boards and 2.1 assists per game, shooting 41.9% from the field and 37.3% from three-point range. In the 2011-12 season, he briefly came to the CBA. JR played 32 games for Zhejiang, averaging 34+7+4 per game and was named to the 2012 CBA All-Star starting lineup.
After retiring from the army, JR was not easy, and there were more college courses, and he said on social media that he had to get up at 5 a.m. to write homework: "In the face of this knowledge, my head is big." Waking up at 5 a.m. to do my homework, I knew studying was a challenge, but I wasn't discouraged. I'll hold my head high and keep on cheering! ”