J.R. Smith highlights but they get increasingly more ridiculous

These are J.R. Smith's best plays of his career but as the video goes on they get increasingly better!
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[@lemonloafy]

"We just saw a man fly" is one of the best calls in NBA history

[@strat1227]

And then he drops a Ride em cowboy to damn near ruin it lmao

[@rayneozier]

Definitely. I just made a similar comment,

[@Devnaction]

That was the best dunk I ever seen in a game beside lbj 3 man weave dunk when he was in Miami

[@RobertLeung-n9d]

Yea and the way Melo nods is cold 🥶

[@cedricessono6158]

Actually it's my 2nd best. My first is Tyrese Haliburton on Kelly Olynyk. Commentator killed me.

[@grantreill1966]

favorite concept about this guy is that if you showed an alien highlights of J.R., they'd think he's the best player to ever live. Consummate entertainer.

[@michaelh9656]

Alien here, I am convinced he is in fact the greatest basketball player

[@Zer0san]

The problem was it took the dude about 6 attempts to get 1 highlight. For every crazy corner 3 he'd hit, it would be off the back of 5 misses with the same degree of difficulty. Your analogy is perfect lol

[@ahmadkhairul337]

The Olivier Giroud of basketball then

[@Zer0san]

@ahmadkhairul337 had to google him, but based on his looks and your comparison, he's a super aggressive offensive player who screws up a lot of great plays, but occasionally has a legendary highlight reel game?

[@dmaga19]

@@Zer0sango ahead and search his best goals and you’ll understand it in a sec

[@JohnnyYeet123-sr8xk]

This dude was ultra-athletic, a deadly shooter, and a good defender. Streaky enough to give Prime Klay a run for his money. If he had better awareness and decision-making skills he could've been a bonafide star.

[@webffv2851]

people give him too much shit for the his game 1 mistake! the cavs would've lost the series anyways..

[@Delaretro_]

Some of the most fun I’ve had watching ball was JR’s 6th man of the year season 😅

[@ya_got_cooked]

​@@webffv2851they lost anyway and people started to hate this dude for one mistake in finals. he was also a big factor in their win against warriors before, people think bron carried the cavs himself for championship when he had kyrie hitting a game changing shot, smith hitting important 3's to tie the game and love also, thompson, james for driving the basket and getting and 1's

[@josephlee5654]

I really thought he'd be the next MJ like player but he kept smoking crack

[@isekaiquartet5495]

​@webffv2851 nah, the cavs were so close on winning that one, if they win game 1, that changes a lot

[@Arruu23]

JR Smith scored the loudest 15 points. I always thought he got like 30 points when he only got 15, all flashy stepbacks and fadeaway threes.

[@Serpa-d2e]

Yeah players like him are great, they come off the bench with energy and their points are loud. It seems like more cause they usually don't get many freethrows

[@ohio72213]

JR makes the crazy stuff everybody dreams of but like you said the loudest 15 point games ever. I can't even call it lucky it's just what he does.

[@omegamanGXE]

Good description

[@DontCareNotListening]

I remember playing 2K12 and the Knicks being unstoppable with Melo and JR Smith.

[@cryingjordan7389]

U can’t just stop there. They Had Tyson chandler, and J Kidd pushing the 1. Yeah Kidd was old asl but he was a assist machine with that squad

[@coconuc2980]

i have similarly fond memories of the Nuggets in NBA Live 08 featuring Melo, JR, and the Answer

[@jumpman1213]

JR highlights make him look like he belongs in NBA 75 lol

[@ham30ham]

Man you tripping

[@whal3YT]

JR highlights make him look like top 1 player 💀

[@ham30ham]

@@whal3YT right nigga wasn't that cold

[@premium7182]

😂😂😂😂 he does

[@ViperGills]

If given free range to do whatsoever they want, Every NBA Player can perform like this. Coaches and refs stop a lot of it

[@atakanyayla8952]

People forget how great he was because of that game 1 incident

[@CTRLnarrative]

We’re making a doc called ‘More Than A Meme’ reminding people exactly of this

[@krzysztofkaplinski8603]

One? 🤨

[@Liimbozo]

Nah it's because he was only great in small spurts. He was a good player for a long time but he was never amazing outside of individual plays. If anything his highlight reel gives people a warped view of how good he was lol. He was pretty much never even a top 2 player on his own team.

[@pbc2507]

He has A LOT of lowlights 😂

[@bazemore2454]

I also will never forgive him for elbowing Jason Terry and never coming back from suspension the same player for the Knicks

[@AT-qu2bz]

Crazy thing is, you can EASILY do another 8 minutes with JR going nuclear. Denver JR was nuts.

[@abbasm83]

New Orleans JR also had some crazy highlights....one of my favourite was him driving into the paint left handed and then extending with his right to dunk on someone.

[@RealGbaby05]

oml that nigga went nuts in denver😂😂

[@LetsTalkAbout1125]

JR Smith went from a high flyer in N.O and Denver to an absolute sniper in New York/Cleveland. One of the few prep to pros I actually liked.

[@AT-qu2bz]

Lmao not a single guy from those 32 likes saw a single game when he was in Denver, including the OP.

[@rvmzey]

@@AT-qu2bzshit I went to every single game of that 18 win New Orleans Hornets year 😅

[@holdmyweight3597]

When you think about it. JR Smith was Zach Lavine before Zach Lavine 🤯

[@akeemdanzell8735]

He was definitely a sniper on Denver

[@rayneozier]

7:28 “J.R Smith! We just saw a man fly” One of my favorite calls ever,

[@XxkillerxX10]

It’s unbelievable how someone could have such an AMAZING highlight reel, but be known to most as the guy who didn’t know the game was tied in the finals..

[@evilotis01]

yep. the JR experience lol

[@holdmyweight3597]

When you think about it. JR Smith was Zach Lavine before Zach Lavine 🤯

[@egseven]

The dunk at 5:20 has Kyrie scratching his head like wtf just happened. Dude was underrated cuz he was so inconsistent but an amazing talent and skill for the game just smoked a ton of weed haha. One of the best to get drafted right out of highschool, some of these dunks and plays are ridiculously badass

[@NHAW_Destinyy]

J.R's highlight reel is out of this world

[@davidc.lalnelawma4776]

The best grenade receiver ever

[@clutch7548]

Teammates called him 911 in Cleveland, call him in emergency

[@SYKim_94]

Post game interviews but they get funnier

[@synceno821]

bro move like Irving sometimes, had curry range, make tought shot like kobe, was athletic, and good in game dunker. even his jumpshot is perfect if you watch it in slow motion.

[@Sthwest1]

Seen his jumper in person and man was it pretty 😮‍💨

[@stefanpapdi5151]

His jumper is all legs and butt, he always jumps legs forwards shoulders backward fadeaway style but its so balanced he needs 0 power to get the ball to the rim on a 3, that curry effortless flow

[@jordankelley8894]

If All-Star weekend combined the three point contest with the slam dunk contest, JR would be undefeated for all time.

[@nanamama7048]

Vince Carter exists.

[@jordankelley8894]

@nanamama7048 not a better three point shooter than JR.

[@nanamama7048]

@@jordankelley8894 they both shoot around 37%ish for their careers although JR on a higher volume i'll give you that, so he has a small advantage there. However VC is definitly the better dunker.

[@jordankelley8894]

@@nanamama7048, Carter is pretty much the best dunker. But set all the balls at the logo and see who has the better percentage. 😤

[@abbasm83]

those two would be hands down the best NBA jam players.

[@UltravioletGains]

NBA swishes but they increasingly get louder

[@saturn866]

Dirk has to be in this vid 😂

[@DamnSam323]

@@saturn866nah curry’s halfcourt shot vs clippers

[@JATDPLUS]

That’s a good one

[@newagain9964]

ray allen and Melo had some of the loudest swishes ever cuz. 🫡

[@kdsaltaccount]

watch Paul George be in that vid

[@jokersinurface]

JR Smith was fun to watch. When his head was in the game he was next level.

[@robertsonger8799]

It’s amazing that you actually got all 4 of his career assists in here too!

[@JadenSmithEyes]

💀

[@GabrielMisfire]

4:06 must be one of the prettiest shooting motions ever put to film goddamn

[@mattweaver9066]

JR the most sneaky athletic player of the past 20 years I swear

[@QGoBirds267]

Everybody's got their favorite player. This dude is forever my fav. Miss watching him play

[@eri.the.hooman]

That dunk at 6:59 still gives me goosebumps and shocks me how JR caught that fast of an oop. Crazy athleticism.

[@antinapay]

JR Smith is basically Kobe without the mamba mentality

[@synceno821]

iq and work ethic but better shooter i guess

[@OhionCivilian]

@@synceno821the only thing he can do that Kobe can’t is pass 😂😂😂

[@aj2468]

Honestly this is pretty accurate 😂😂

[@thuglife2ea424]

@@OhionCivilianKobe can’t pass wtf?

[@eden6314]

@@thuglife2ea424that’s what he said

[@averyshaw2142]

The greatest highlight tape for a non all star EVER

[@17thwonder]

insane shot making and in game dunking, all his shots were 10/10 on a level of difficulty

[@amirigordon7230]

He was the only guy in 2k who had a better contested shot rating than open 😂😂

[@ManillaHeep]

The NBA needs more guys like this. Razzle dazzle!

[@damonm.]

3:48 Up by 41 at halftime gotdamn!!

[@ManillaHeep]

Boston did that to GS today 😂

[@Kj-xv3xs]

42*

[@Kj-xv3xs]

42*

[@damonm.]

​@@ManillaHeep I just saw that score JESUS!!

[@damonm.]

​@@Kj-xv3xs 72-31 is 41 your math ain't mathing

[@foluke1993]

Those shots are the definition of unbelievable

[@saulinvictus9274]

2017 cavs make me so nostalgic wow

[@999triple4]

Magistic year the vibes was going!

[@stalwartzero7001]

I always think of what Imant said about how JR was down to take the shot in the worst situation. That he didn’t care about the stats he was just there to ball

[@mog7501]

Why do I always think JR is like 6'1 when he's actually 6'6 😂

[@Pathtosucess247]

Idk man 😅 i do the same thing

[@TippedScale]

players tend to look shorter from the broadcast camera angles tbh

[@itsNRC]

met him in person a couple times he’s from NJ dude is HUGE also a nice guy

[@DevontayNapoleon]

Cause he's skinny compared to most

[@Sthwest1]

He looks even taller in person, seen him at the airport in Cleveland 😮‍💨

[@VENGEFULHEXX]

HENNYTHING IS POSSIBLE

[@Wassupsky93]

In traffic dunk package was insane

[@evilotis01]

i'm glad you made this! it's a shame he'll always be remembered for THAT brain fade, because he was also hyperathletic, absurdly entertaining and-every so often-jaw-droppingly good

[@bayrondiaz7761]

The best player to catch fire at any given moment

[@aerosyne]

I can't remember when or who did the number-crunching, and it may have been brought up already, but there was a stat ages ago where if you gave JR an open shot, he was 50/50 at best of making it, but the more complicated and difficult it became, his chances of making it went through the roof. I think whoever compiled it also mentioned that just about every ridiculously difficult shot he made had near modern-textbook perfect form on his shot release, and that it was going a guaranteed swish. Even with the inconsistency, guy was a guaranteed bucket, and the most oft-forgotten fact was he came straight out of high school. A couple of years playing at a uni/college to sort of reign him in and get him more focused would have made this guy a regular, if not perennial, all-star.

[@kat-rau.]

1:32 This celebration was cold as fuck, tbh.

[@EastSideRudeBoy]

Gonna be remembered for when he messed up in the finals but one of the more unappreciated players in NBA History

[@over1498]

Maybe the real all star game was the friends we made along the way

[@Shinobi33]

Immaturity and a bad attitude is what kept this guy from being a perennial All-star. Ridiculous amount of talent

[@rahim9nine]

I've been saying this for years... If you showed someone who doesn't know about NBA jrs highlights, he'll think this is who Michael Jordan is.

[@brandonoviedo4526]

This is legit one of the best highlight reels out there. God damn 🔥

[@luiwey1036]

Damn, i miss u J.R 😢😢

[@thesupremekai1980s]

Someone who can give us all these highlights deserves a ring. So glad he got it.

[@arjunmenon7099]

the two dunks starting at 6:47 blow my mind every time, how can you be that quick

[@Mrgetthejobdone630]

I saw somebody comment JR at peak was Kobe’s floor and that’s a perfect explanation. If Kobe didn’t have that work ethic and cruised off pure talent that’s JR.

[@MohamedAli-nj7uz]

Best collection of highlights in NBA history. JR is the best in game dunker

[@joshuapaes5914]

Kevin Harlan calls but they get increasingly more better (louder, iconic, whatever adjective)

[@obliviouz]

Man, say what you want about his basketball IQ, but the man had basketball instinct turned to 11: range, handle and feel, and athleticism. Utterly insane.

[@ethansaunders5820]

JR Smith is who Michael Jordan wishes he was.

[@JazzGultiano]

Wait jordan said that? 😮

[@liamquinn6686]

These are some amazing basketball plays

[@thesteppino45]

J.R. Smith's in-game dunks >>>>>>>> NBA Slam Dunk competition of THAT year. If you know, you know.

[@o_vian1]

i just cant get tired of watching JR highlights

[@chaseduncan4510]

I gotta say - I never fully appreciated how good he was because of who he was always surrounded by. Super underrated wow.

[@roybm3124]

Crazy talented, always enjoyed seeing him playing!

[@miyagifatghost2684]

If i went to some small country and showed a kid JR. He would swear he was the Greatest to ever do it! JR's reel is a hooper's dream

[@lucasvalentino900]

We needed this for a longggg time

[@TheOriginalCrum]

JR has one of the nicest highlight packes I've ever seen

[@cambell-yi2gh]

Those Nugget teams were loaded when AI was there. Can't believe they didn't do better. JR, AI, Carmelo, KMart, Camby, Nene.

[@archiebellega956]

because the idea of these player is better than the reality

[@kurosaki93]

one of the best when we talk about naturally talented. Not work ethic or awareness but dude hos highlights are better than 95% i saw in my life

[@NotSoKnownHipHop]

Smith used to be a cheat code in NBA games (back when NBA Live was a thing he used to be my pick for NBA Dunk contests). Dude dunked, had handles, could shoot, just do anything you needed to.

[@TippedScale]

pg if he was worse

[@Jaywayallday]

One of the best top tier bad shot makers

[@RobertLeung-n9d]

People really have no idea how good JR is. Growing up as a Kobe hater I can still remember how the nuggets team (sort of) gave the lakers team a hard time. And JR was a stud going neck to neck with kob.

[@jav3245]

This dude and lance stevenson highlights be outta this world for no reason😂

[@Felixthecat888]

JR Smith was one of the few people in NBA history that could win both the 3pt and dunk contest in the same night.

[@JBW614]

2:45 bro was hittin game winners w Kai and bron as his teammates 😂🔥 he definitely cold

[@DryIce85]

*7:12* Is Definitely *Kobe Inspired* 🔥🔥🔥

[@ZonageBRM]

"where do you want me to pass the lob to?" "below my chest level"

[@1D.JFanMma]

NBA Mascots but they get increasingly more Aggressive

[@michaeljmyers1995]

make it cross sport like football and baseball too. That shit would get millions of hits

[@datdudeguy3127]

That 360° around TD is freaking gold!

[@kingsmooth132547698]

I always loved his jumper

[@rocketboy1674]

7:29 “Ride em Cowboy!” 😂

[@justinbaskin5283]

I miss watching unc hoop fr. damn i loved watching him play

[@Jeremy.Shapiro]

Denver's JR was at the top 10 plays every week with crazy dunks

[@3rnestito993]

JR Smith is one of those special players that we never got to see the full potential of because he was never the number one option on any team. He was a part of. Despite that, he still played his role and did what the team needed him to do, ultimately that got him a championship in 2016.

[@Ripcharliebrown]

J.r. got the Most underrated mix tape of all time

[@blindkamote]

This guy was a monster.. and they say LeBron did not have help..

[@AndyZach]

Cavs fan here. JR was seriously underrated. Korver was an inch taller but had no clue on how to defend him. We said in Cleveland he shot better the harder the shot was. I don't blame him for the bonehead play in the 2017 Finals game 1. Cleveland missed a ton of free throws in that game and there was plenty of blame to go around.

[@articleanteater]

I was chanting "we just saw a man fly" for the entire video. and I still got goosebumps during the clip

[@755hp]

Dude’s abilities were clearly underrated…

[@dwalkokc2593]

JR seemed like one of the only role players to be himself on the court with Lebron, great confidence

[@jacksonsmith5864]

I loved JR from his Knicks days, that's when I started playing 2k, but I NEVER knew he was smooth like this!!

[@ridgetowner8344]

*4th quarter **7:52** left* “JR still looking for his first bucket” “A 360 WHIRLING SCOOP”

[@MoralesCorner]

Those Denver Nuggets shiny jerseys are the best thing ever worn on an NBA court.

[@gabe_riel]

His jumpshot is really smooth

[@samalvarez6117]

JR was always so underrated

[@Momo-96]

JR was one of my favorite players to watch. One of the most exciting players, his nba mix is unmatched

[@CTRLnarrative]

Yeah our JR Smith documentary is almost done and we’re DEFINITELY including a ton of these….JR so underrated

[@richardsanchez7519]

I’m about to watch it right now after this crazy seeing this comment 👀

[@rjt201]

My god his highlight reel could trick anybody into thinking he was a superstar, these are some insane clutch shots, no look assists, alley oop finishes, insane spinning reverse layups I mean CMON

[@mrtings]

I forgot just how athletic man was! Dang sonnnn! 🤯

[@Doofyy11]

These times was really good basketball!!! Now it’s the new generation. Time sure flies by quick

[@reggiesmith4132]

Bros alley oop package is crazy.

[@Shaheemswaggedout]

No cap

[@reyrosasgolf]

This is better than any Michael Jordan highlight video I’ve ever seen and I’m so serious…

[@mcj88]

_"J.R. Smith: the best basketball player to_ never _know what's going on."_ -Mike Imhoff, formerly of SB Nation, 2019

[@qxlb_bap]

I’m just gonna put this fact up; jr smith was, and is, one of the best players when it comes to highlights, and stats. all of these clutch corner threes and shit, man is a hof.

[@JiiWoon]

his no look passes were so amazing to watch

[@jasonrivera8902]

Jr. Is one of those players that if he worked at his game he could’ve been elite

[@dwilliams380]

When you remember JR and Kyrie some Jersey boys, you see why Kyrie is an vastly improved version