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J.R. Smith has been in a pretty ugly back-and-forth war of words with Big Ten Network reporter Olivia Harlan Dekker over what Smith had to say about her husband, a former teammate of Smith, on Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson’s podcast. Smith went on a bizarre rant that including a vague reference to Sam Dekker being unable to use the n-word.
“Throughout my whole career, there’s only one teammate I don’t like,” Smith said while appearing on the “All Things Covered” podcast. “He know that. Everybody else I’m cool with. Man, this dude Sam Dekker. This dude. He said some bulls–t on the bus one day, talking some Trump s–t. And I just wasn’t having it.”
“The question he asked, it’s a thought pattern. You were taught that. It’s the hate you give. The privilege he has was taught to him, and he took heed of it and run with it even further than somebody … who was oblivious to what they have and the life they lived. Because some people just go through their life not necessarily knowing, but not aware and privy to someone else’s circumstances. He’s a person who’s just very aware of somebody else’s circumstances and want to keep them there, as opposed to try to help him elevate up. And I don’t respect anything about that.”
Harlan Dekker wasn’t having it from Smith, tweeting “JR… he doesn’t say that word. I’ve never heard him say that word. He’s not a racist or a trump supporter. Simple as that. Not sure what your motive is here.”
Motive? No motive just call it how it’s displayed. An for the record i never said he “used” just tell him why he can’t! https://t.co/ZliSOdZAbX
— JR Smith (@TheRealJRSmith) October 27, 2020
Sam Dekker, currently playing basketball in Turkey, has no idea where this Smith outrage comes from. “Well I am just as confused as y’all,” Dekker wrote on a tweet that has since been deleted. “I’m pretty simple, I’ve never been one to get into politics. Especially ‘Trump s—.’ I’ve never been a Trump guy, so this blindsided me.”
And there you have it. J.R. Smith trying to cancel a guy playing basketball in Turkey.
JR was born with the privilege of athleticism and ignorance and he ran with it.
He was born with that? 🤣🤣🤣
NBA players sound a lot like middle school girls on Twitter
You should have mentioned that she has 3x the Instagram followers of JR. He’s irrelevant. LeDictator James keeps him relevant because he does what he’s told. Like a jester, what a clown.
If I were her I wouldn’t lower myself to Smith’s level. He’s borderline retarded, has ZERO basketball IQ and is just a basic piece of shit as a human being. If he couldn’t dribble a ball he’d be selling crack in the hood.
More like smoking it after buying it from JayZ, dont think he could run his own dope game.
Don’t sugar coat it, Tim, tell it like it is……
Just one of MANY, MANY reasons I wouldn’t watch THE NBA CLOWN SHOW even if you paid me.
Not a POS… the entire turd…
“He know that” Nuff said.
This is the guy who doesn’t understand how the clock works in the NBA, right? Just making sure.
I have to say I laughed my ass off when he punched that white antifa cuck that was trying to damage his car back in May. But he’s a clown other than that.
Sam? Totally a Trump supporter. C’mon out, bro, supporting Trump is like being a closet gay in the 1980’s. Be loud, be proud, be who God made you.
Pick on somebody your own size jackass better yet leave the ladies alone you juvenile pos
You’re surprised that narcissists argue with each other about perception? Really?
It’s pretty clear what’s going on here. Smith is just a racist. If you’re white and don’t nod your head with every idiotic thing Smith says, then, in his tiny mind you’re a Trump supporter (Dekker, you should be by the way if you don’t like this thought pattern). Smith is the face of TDS.
My only take I can get from JR’s rambling incoherent thought process…Sam probably asked JR why he calls a certain group of people that word like some term of endearment (cause JR looks the part that would say that word often) but if Sam were to say that to JR his life as he knows it is cancelled.
Lol these loser athletes are the real racists. God forbid someone supports “evil orange man” in sports. The hypocrisy is unbelievable. Such a disgrace.
I would wager that many more savvy athletes support Trump than would ever admit it. They know how much of the tax bite is taken from their checks. My teenage son became a solidified conservative the day he read his first pay stub. No way that in secret, most of these millionaries aren’t voting to keep what’s theirs.
He should’ve stay in school a year longer…
If I had to guess, Sam Dekker was advocating for some form of individual responsibility, and that triggered JR Smith into think he supported President Trump, which any sane person should.
These athletes are truly pathetic excuses for men.
Unintelligible gibberish. Smith has the IQ of a turnip.
I felt like a moron for a second after reading JR Smith’s quote.
LOL JR is a BFF of Queen LeBron. He should have been out of the league years ago… when I still watched the NBA or gave 2 cents about what those idiots said.
If I was Sam Dekker, the first thing I’d do is telephone my lovely wife Olivia from Isataanbul and tell her to stfu. Something about a wife jumping on social media to defend her man that is kind of nauseating. I just pray that the Dekkers dont run into JR and a group of his female companions at a Wafflehouse or Denny’s at 1am someday. You’re not going to win a Twitter battle with JR Smith. Right or wrong, he doesn’t give a f-ck if he lies. Funny how he goes after one of the few white players he ever played with. JR Smith picked an easy mark. Anyways, dont respond and hope someone you played with had enough respect for you to come to your defense. That’s my advice for my Thursday advice column.
Well not sure what this has to do with anything but on a
real matter I find it interesting that NBA players mostly Black NBA players defend China’s Slavery policy and forced labor to make Jerseys Footwear etc ….. Then they
throw the USA under the bus for being racist …..
Their ethics are money driven and their future is diminishing Bye Bye NBA