Back in 2018, Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith was suspended one recreation for throwing soup on assistant coach Damon Jones. In an look on “The Old Man and the Three” podcast, Smith gave his account of the incident, together with which sort of soup he threw.
Smith mentioned he’s on good phrases with Jones, however the former Cavaliers assistant did not know when to cease “taking part in” with these round him. Smith defined that he was having a troublesome time on the courtroom and in his private life, so he wasn’t within the temper for pranks.
“I had some stuff occurring at residence,” Smith mentioned. “I wasn’t taking part in nicely. I’m like, ‘Not proper now.’ Sure sufficient, I’m within the lunchroom getting my soup. He is available in, and thoughts you, this soup is scorching. I’m like the primary particular person in there. He tried to make me spill it.”
Smith mentioned throwing the soup wasn’t a knee jerk response. He wished to show Jones a lesson about messing with somebody who did not need to be messed with.
“I’m not gonna lie. It took me a second too as a result of I considered it. It wasn’t a rageful throw,” Smith mentioned. “It was like, ‘Okay, you are taking part in with me. I do know you are taking part in with me. I’m gonna present you.’ I actually considered it, and I threw it on him. He’s over there screaming as a result of the s–t is scorching. I’m like, ‘See, you wanna cease taking part in with me now? You gonna cease taking part in?'”
Apparently, Smith’s tactic labored as a result of he mentioned Jones got here up and apologized to him the following day, and there have been no main ramifications outdoors of the one-game suspension. Smith mentioned the crew felt prefer it needed to take some motion after the story started to flow into within the media.
“Lots of it’s like, it will get out, so the crew looks like they need to do one thing about it,” Smith mentioned.
Perhaps probably the most unlucky a part of the story is that Smith wasted a bowl of rooster tortilla soup, which he mentioned was his favourite throughout his time in Cleveland.
