LeBron Prioritized Acquiring J.R. Smith Over Iman Shumpert In Trade

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The Cleveland Cavaliers have hit their stride ever since acquiring Timofey Mozgov, J.R. Smith and Iman Shumpert in trades. ESPN’s Brian Windhorst was on Grantland’s B.S. Report, discussing the current state of the Cavs.  An interesting nugget came from the podcast about LeBron James prioritizing J.R. Smith in a trade over Iman Shumpert. Transcribed via Real GM:

“He is so excited about the talent on this team,” said Brian Windhorst. “He loves playing with Mozgov. He loves J.R. Smith. He was the guy who pushed for that trade. The Cavs were trying to get Shumpert; that’s what the conversations were and of course the Knicks were saying ‘we’ll give you Shumpert, but you have to take J.R.’ They went to LeBron and he said ‘No, you get J.R. and if you get Shumpert with him that’s great.’ He, I think, really loves their top-7.”

[Real GM]

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