J.R. Smith is no more

Now known as Earl Smith.
http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=5008
Nuggets guard J.R. Smith has made a decision ? from now on, he wants to be called by his given name, Earl.
His given name is Earl Smith III, but he got ?J.R.? because people would call him ?junior,? even though, yeah, he?s actually a third-generation Earl.
Regardless, the Denver sharpshooter is now Earl Smith III ? which should lead to some cutesy puns about ?III? and ?3-pointers.?
?I just felt like changing it,? Smith said Tuesday morning at the Nuggets shootaround, in preparation for tonight?s Nuggets-Bulls game, Smith?s first game back from a seven-game suspension. ?It?s been a long time, and J.R. has no significance to my name. My name is Earl, so I figured - why not??
 
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