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#8 JR Smith

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Cleveland will not be able to trade the two years remaining on his four-year

It is not in my nature to take shot at professionals who are far more skilled at their profession than I'm at my own. But JR Smith's refusal to take a shot at the end of Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals spoiled what could have been an epic series, both for Cavaliers as well as neutral basketball fans.

The same player who 'thought they were ahead' at the end of regulation in Game 1 was also the 61st-best-paid basketball player on the planet.

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While JR certainly isn't an objectively bad NBA player, he's one of the streakiest players out there. On some nights, he can match Stephen Curry shot for shot (as he did for some time in Game 5 of the 2017 Finals), he averaged 8.3 points per game during the 2017-18 regular season campaign while playing some really on/off defense.

Cleveland will not be able to trade the two years remaining on his four-year, $52 million deal for anything of value.

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