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JR Smith Reportedly Accused of Choking High-School Student in New York City

Cleveland Cavaliers guard J.R. Smith has reportedly been accused of attacking a teenager in New York City.

According to Shayna Jacobs and Rocco Parascandola of the New York Daily News, 19-year-old high school student Justin Brown has accused Smith of choking him outside of Artichoke Basille's Pizza Nov. 13 "after the younger man quipped about the hoopster's trade to Cleveland."

Cleveland was in New York for a game against the Knicks Nov. 13, when the alleged incident is reported to have happened around 4 a.m.

Brown, per the report, said, "That's why New York kicked you out, yo!