The thought of Tim Hardaway Jr. learning just about anything from J.R. Smith is a little terrifying if you’re a Knicks fan, but you’ve got to admit: this was pretty funny.
Earlier this season Smith received one of the oddest fines from the league you’ll ever see when he got docked 50 large for “repeated instances” of untying his opponent’s shoes at the free throw line. Guys have long tugged on each other’s shorts and even thrown each other’s shoes to the sidelines in the middle of play, but the NBA drew the line with J.R. Smith, because the NBA usually draws the line with J.R. Smith.
Most had already moved on or forgotten about the whole shoe untying thing, since J.R. tends to give us a lot of fresh material, but Knicks teammate Tim Hardaway Jr. delightfully reminded us of it all during the Rising Stars game last night: