Former NBA players respond to JR Smith’s Instagram post

JR Smith was one of the most remarkable role players in NBA history.

The former NBA 6th Man of the Year last played in the league during the 2019-2020 season when he was a member of the Los Angeles Lakers.

On Saturday, Smith made one after on Instagram with photos of his newborn child.

The post received more than 63,000 likes and 400 comments in nine hours.

Many NBA players responded to Smith’s post.

Stephen Jackson: “E4”

Gilbert Arenas: “❤️congratulations”

Darius Miles: “Congratulations 👑”

Dorell Wright: “Congratulations my boy!!”

Troy Daniels: “Congratulations bro ✊🏾🫡🙏🏾”

DeMarcus Neven: “Congratulations 💙”

LeBron James, Josh Smith, Dion Waiters, Mike Bibby, Kent Bazemore, Miles Bridges, Ty Lawson, Kyle Anderson, Obi Toppin, Chris Paul, Alex Caruso, Kyrie Irving, Jordan Clarkson and Grant Williams were among the NBA players who took the post liked .

Smith was the 18th pick in the 2004 NBA Draft out of high school.

He played 16 seasons for the Denver Nuggets, Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Knicks, Los Angeles Lakers and New Orleans Hornets.

During the 2013 season, Smith averaged 18.1 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.3 steals per game while shooting 42.2% from the field and 35.6% from three-point range in 80 games off the bench for the Knicks.

Later in his career, he won two NBA championships with the Cavs and Lakers.

The 39-year-old had career averages of 12.4 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 1.0 steals per game while shooting 41.9% from the field and 37.3% from three-point range in 977 regular season seasonal matches.

He appeared in 140 NBA playoff games (64 starts).