The Knicks on Wednesday signed Chris Smith, the younger brother of shooting guard J.R. Smith and a former Louisville Cardinal.
Chris Smith tweeted pictures of himself signing the contract with Knicks GM Glen Grunwald sitting in the background.
Smith played for the Knicks summer league team in Las Vegas, averaging 5.2 points and 1.4 assists. He figures to be the fourth shooting guard on the Knicks roster.
The Knicks will now have a pair of brothers from Freehold, N.J. on their roster.
“Oh, that would be something special, you know?” Chris, 24, told SNY.tv by phone recently.
“It’s probably one of the first times it [brothers playing together] ever happened.”
J.R., who recently re-signed with the Knicks, is excited about playing with his younger brother.
“Lil bro wit the #knickstape two brothers on the same team at the same damn time!” J.R. tweeted.
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UofA BJ / August 2, 2012
Lol what a joke. This kid couldnt buy a bucket in college, now he’s in the league?
Wonder if jr being a FA had anything to do with this?
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UofA BJ / August 2, 2012
Being undrafted and you score 5 a game in summerleague gets u a deal? Wow
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kungpaochicken / August 2, 2012
would have been the leading scoring at Zona…
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GasCan / August 3, 2012
HAHA! That is some All-Star level trolling there kungpao, bravo!
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UofA BJ / August 4, 2012
Guy scored 8 a game.
Don’t think so.
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kungpaochicken / August 4, 2012
Big difference scoring 8 points for a final four team and whatever he would have put up on that shitshow Zona team. What tourney did Zona play in last year?!?!
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UofA BJ / August 4, 2012
Still hung up on last year huh.
Looks like u r still sad about UK loss.
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UofA BJ / August 4, 2012
Why is your name kungpaochicken?
Because u love nuts?
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UofA BJ / August 4, 2012
Who’s KU s top returning scorer?
And how many pts a gm?
Should b a laughable season in Lawrence.
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kungpaochicken / August 4, 2012
KU had a great season. Least talent in a decade and the squad played in the title game?!? As for your questions about top returning scorer/ppg, ask that same question prior to the 2011/12 season and you’ll realize how dumb you look. One word: Coaching.
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kungpaochicken / August 4, 2012
And to answer the question I posed above:
Taylor 2010/11: 9.3 ppg
Robinson 2010/11: 7.6 ppg
vs
Withey 2011/12: 9 ppg
Johnson 2011/12: 10.2 ppg
Tough times for the Zona trolls and their made up rivalry with Kansas.
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UofA BJ / August 4, 2012
It’s not tough having the deepest, most talented roster in the country.
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kungpaochicken / August 4, 2012
Pretty clear rebuttal, BJ.
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