Jr Smith, who "gathered like Jordan", has been an unfriendly guy since he entered the league, he is a technically excellent scoring wing player, but his shooting choices are terrible, and he is unwilling to obey the discipline of the coaching staff, and often has conflicts with opponents and even teammates, which is a headache player.
While playing for the Hornets, JR had a conflict with the coaching staff before being removed from the starting position and has been playing as a substitute ever since. When he got to the Nuggets, he was involved in a dispute between the Nuggets and the Knicks, was banned from the league for 10 games for fighting, and in the offseason of 2007, he was banned three times by the team for an unfriendly behavior against a lady in a nightclub.
As he grew older, JR became relatively mature, but he still did a lot of behaviors that fans did not understand, and was a player who made people love and hate. Such a player who seems to be unconvinced by anyone and who is not accustomed to seeing anyone, but in a show, he personally said: There are so many people in the NBA, but in my entire career, I only hate Decker.
JR has had conflicts with several coaches, news of discord with many teammates, and clashed with many players on the pitch, even fights, but these people do not let him hate, why does he only hate Decker alone, what is the story between them?
Decker's full name is Sam Decker, he was selected with the 18th pick in the first round of 2015, and he had some brilliant performances when he played for the Rockets, but his three-point shooting rate was very low, which doomed him to survive in the small-ball era, he was traded first to the Clippers, then to the Cavaliers, he became teammates with JR on the Cavaliers, and that's when JR began to hate Decker.
JR said that Decker is a very selfish player, he seems to only care about himself, teammates have nothing to do with him, sometimes he knows the situation of his teammates, but he does not have the idea of helping others to improve, only to make people stand still. It is not difficult to see from JR's description that he hates Decker not because of the opponent's poor skills, but because of selfish behavior.
What JR the most out was a preseason game on August 6, 2018, which was supposed to be an inconsequential game, but full of gunpowder, in the first quarter, JR and Celtics center Baynes were stuck under the basket, the physical confrontation led to a fierce conflict, Smart rushed up to settle the score with Smith, and the other Cavaliers players immediately ran over and grabbed Smart.
In order to prevent the situation from escalating, the players of both teams are trying to prevent the conflict, and even the coaches of both teams rush into the field to persuade him, but Decker, who was already on the court, looks like he is hanging high without caring about himself: he first picks up the basketball near the bottom line, and then slowly walks to the side to watch the play, holding the basketball in his left hand and crossed his waist with his right hand, feeling that the group of people in front of him has nothing to do with him.
Without going up to help persuade him, Decker then very kindly pulled up Rozier, who was accidentally knocked down by Smart, and it was very correct to show friendship at other times, but when the opponent and his teammates clashed, first watching the drama on the side, and then pulling up the opponent, who was JR, who would be angry.
Basketball is a team sport, and having a good locker room atmosphere can produce good chemistry, form a strong whole on the court, and have a chance to beat opponents. If there is a problem inside, even if there are excellent stars on the team, it is difficult to beat the opponent, not to mention that Decker is a player with average skills, and it is difficult to gain a foothold in the NBA if he does not do it.
Decker only played 9 games for the Cavaliers that season, and then was traded to the Wizards, no team was willing to sign him at the end of the season, he went to the Russian League and then the Turkish League, he returned to the NBA this season, but only played one game for the Raptors, played only 1 minute, all the data was 0, and then disappeared from the NBA.