J.R. Smith says he, Jamal Crawford, Isaiah Thomas, Nick Young and Joe Johnson have been blackballed from the NBA.

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[Priest24]

In other news old people are old. I've been blackballed from the local Y.

[JimmyPlopper]

Does he say why he thinks they are blackballed? What would be the motivation to blackball this group?

[Message Boar]

Nobody wanting to hire a potential employee (in the best interest of their organizations, or otherwise) does not necessarily equate to being "blackballed", does it?

I'm legit asking, I'm not a native speaker and sometimes I don't feel like like I don't 100% grasp the term.

P.S. It's probably not a coincidence that a bunch of those players have a similar playstyle (or advanced age).

[God Squad]

All are old and NONE are known for their defense.

[KyRo23]

Old chuckers who can’t defend. Totally a conspiracy, we should look into this

[azcatz11]

Jamal Crawford is 42 lol

[Lenneth]

Geez. Crawford played till he is 39 years old, Joe Johnson played till 40, and Thomas played for 8 different teams since Boston days. And, they are blackballed...

[Duffman100]

Easier to swallow you’ve been blackballed rather than the fact you can’t hang with the young guys

[BobbyPortisEyes]

In his last two years, even the basket blackballed him and only allowed entry to one third of his shots.

[sp6r=underrated]

Sports leagues have blackballed people. Kaep was blackballed. Barry Bonds was blackballed.

But this one is a joke. JR smith is 36 but was terrible his last few years beyond bad. Joe Johnson is in his 40s. And was terrible his last few years. I feel bad about Isaiah but he is beyond shot. Nick Young was a terrible player his entire career. His career actually lasted a lot longer than it should have.

Jamal Crawford was a solid player but got 3-4 years of extra play as a terrible player because coaches liked him.

As I said I don't deny blacklisting happens but this is a joke.

[Ein Sof]

Yeah, the league discriminates against low-IQ, no-D geriatric chuckers but y'all ain't ready for that convo fr fr

[lonzo_pelota]

Why didnt he mention Dion Waiters

[WillyJakkz]

He ain't wrong as they should be.

CBD Brain forgot the score in the Finals and dribbled out the clock for what was a game changing only chance to put a slither of doubt in the Warriors to be like "damn... Maybe we can't beat LeBron even with KD"

Jamal Crawford and that Bush League Crawsover bull **** just injured Chet Holmgren

Isaiah just had a chance with Charlotte but more than likely is 10 day contract man until his day is done cause he can't keep up with these cats no more cause he has always been undersized but now has the bad hip

Nick Young, never was that good teams better off taking a chance on a young (pun intended) moldable chucker vs can't teach an older dog new tricks player

Iso Joe is too Iso old now, offensively he could still play, it's the running around defensive switching that he can't do in full court games now vs Big 3 half court games

[Bird4Three]

If blackballing means not making teams because younger players are outplaying them, then yes, he is correct.

[WESCO]

Yes JR.

Past your prime, ball stopping, no defense playing, black holes are being blacked balled from the league.

[Wallace_Wallace]

The biggest conspiracy is that I GOT BLACKBALLED FROM THE NBA.

[BobbyPortisEyes]

Jamal Crawford is 42 lol

And is tied for 6th in NBA history for most seasons played. Clearly "the man" and "the powers that be" didn't want him in the top 5.

[Optms]

The only player who the league tried to blackball was Carmelo Anthony. Everyone else was just cooked.

[Tor_Raps]

What most of them have in common is that they were low IQ players on the court. Front offices probably aren't in a rush to hire dumbasses on their staffs that think shooting fadewaway contested jumpers are an ideal shot lol.