J.R. Smith officially signs in China

September 13, 2011
by Kalen

According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, J.R. Smith has signed a one-year deal with Zhejiang Wanma of the China Basketball Association. Smith was supposedly close to reaching a deal with Shanxi but the team backed out during the final stages of the negotiation process. The earliest Smith can now return to the NBA is March. Stay tuned for further details as more information emerges.

Posted on September 13, 2011 at 8:40 pm | filed in Breaking News | 6 Comments

6 Responses to “J.R. Smith officially signs in China”

  1. 1ArmedEconomist says:
    September 14, 2011 at 12:14 am

    Great!!! My crossed fingers and toes were starting to cramp. With Smith in China, I think I’ll short the Yuan

  2. Dalton says:
    September 18, 2011 at 1:14 pm

    Any news on Kenyon?

  3. JT's Hoops Blog says:
    September 18, 2011 at 3:32 pm

    Good Riddance. Smith never lived up to his five years and 50$ million. he was almost a bigger bust than Kenyon Martin was.

  4. Another Aus Nugz Fan says:
    September 20, 2011 at 3:55 am

    JR was never on 10 mil a season! He’s worth every penny, he’ll be back

  5. Omar says:
    September 20, 2011 at 1:59 pm

    no update yet kalen? gallo has just signed in italy.

  6. Kalen says:
    September 20, 2011 at 8:37 pm

    Yeah I know Omar. I was gonna try to get a story up today but got busy. I’ll be sure and get a little something up tonight though, just to announce the news.


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