The Cleveland Cavaliers brought back J.R. Smith this summer, but his contract isn’t as lucrative as it may appear on the surface.
When J.R. Smith inexplicably turned down a lucrative player option from the Cleveland Cavaliers this past summer, it boggled the minds of basically everyone with half a brain. But perhaps even more inexplicably, the Cavs gave him a do-over and signed him to a two-year deal that includes a player option for next season. Furthermore they gave a player they could have lowballed a contract worth up to $10.3 million.
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