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

[@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.

[@DontCareNotListening]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@luhhkeon6347]

oml that nigga went nuts in denver😂😂

[@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

[@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 😅

[@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

[@rayneozier]

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

[@NHAW_Destinyy]

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

[@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

[@davidc.lalnelawma4776]

The best grenade receiver ever

[@clutch7548]

Teammates called him 911 in Cleveland, call him in emergency

[@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

[@GabrielMisfire]

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

[@SYKim_94]

Post game interviews but they get funnier

[@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]

💀

[@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.

[@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

[@mattweaver9066]

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

[@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

[@QGoBirds267]

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

[@kat-rau.]

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

[@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!

[@VENGEFULHEXX]

HENNYTHING IS POSSIBLE

[@saulinvictus9274]

2017 cavs make me so nostalgic wow

[@999triple4]

Magistic year the vibes was going!

[@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.

[@foluke1993]

Those shots are the definition of unbelievable

[@Shinobi33]

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

[@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 😮‍💨

[@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

[@arjunmenon7099]

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

[@DryIce85]

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

[@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.

[@Wassupsky93]

In traffic dunk package was insane

[@JBW614]

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

[@Joemon_09]

I feel bad for jr, he was a great player but what a lot of people know him for is the blunder

[@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.

[@over1498]

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

[@MohamedAli-nj7uz]

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

[@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

[@joshuapaes5914]

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

[@chaseduncan4510]

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

[@ТБалжинням]

One mistake just ended his entire career.

[@brandonoviedo4526]

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

[@G-Money1]

3:54 "J.R. Smith with a 3...." It's cleary a 2....🥴

[@SCALES1992]

Iman said JR never cared about stats/etc that's why he would take those circus shot three's and whatnot.

[@thesupremekai1980s]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@mansainikoolujimial-amin4867]

If Kyrie was 6’6 he’d be jr smith

[@o_vian1]

i just cant get tired of watching JR highlights

[@liamquinn6686]

These are some amazing basketball plays

[@jasonrivera8902]

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

[@TheOriginalCrum]

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

[@ethansaunders5820]

JR Smith is who Michael Jordan wishes he was.

[@JazzGultiano]

Wait jordan said that? 😮

[@ridgetowner8344]

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

[@LuDux]

Carmelo's reaction wins this one. First time he won anything

[@lucasvalentino900]

We needed this for a longggg time

[@milessmith2171]

Jr. was so underrated.....hes like an more athletic version of Ray Allen

[@Julian-jd5yj]

People forget man, people forget

[@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.

[@thesteppino45]

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

[@jacksonsmith5864]

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

[@drewharton7939]

Tony Allen defense but gets more intense

[@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.

[@kendrickchu8719]

On some days, he is JR Smith and on some days, he is Kobe Bryant.

[@ZonageBRM]

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

[@755hp]

Dude’s abilities were clearly underrated…

[@arch.l.a.deleon445]

A hundred genius moves...always remembered by one ridiculous decision.

[@MP-nq5nk]

Agreed

[@silents04]

He had so much potential. I think of him as a combo of Kobe/Vince without the work ethic or mentality.

[@Jaywayallday]

One of the best top tier bad shot makers

[@datdudeguy3127]

That 360° around TD is freaking gold!

[@EastSideRudeBoy]

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

[@dwalkokc2593]

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

[@MoralesCorner]

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

[@Momo-96]

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

[@JiiWoon]

his no look passes were so amazing to watch

[@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

[@campopi1066]

Man Was Really Like A 99 on 2k13 , 360 dunk from damn near free throw line

[@gabe_riel]

His jumpshot is really smooth

[@businesscomes1st]

6th man of the year with the Knicks

[@mrtings]

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

[@uwupandaXD]

i love JR smith so much dude idgaf about his inefficiency and how bone-headed he was. he was so much fun and helped lebron win a chip

[@VMBFV]

*two

[@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

[@Doofyy11]

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

[@jav3245]

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

[@m_a_s_o_n2337]

1:03 calling and one the minute he releases the ball is insane 😂😂😂

[@kingsmooth132547698]

I always loved his jumper

[@articleanteater]

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

[@ivanrezzy7926]

JR smith is one my favorite players of all time cause I randomly played nba live back in the day when he was on the hornets straight out of high school and he was just a bucket. Has one of my favorite jumpers of all time. The perfect teammate for guys like Lebron cause he’s never scared of anything