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Retired basketball player and two-time NBA champion JR Smith was arrested on Tuesday, Sep. 29, 2026, in Texas on a family violence charge.
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TMZ reports that Smith was arrested and booked on a charge of "assault causing bodily injury family violence." As of the time of this writing, he is still in custody at the Hunt County Detention Center. A bond has not been set yet.
As TMZ puts it, he appears "stone-faced" in his mug shot. This is not his first time in jail, as he previously served 24 days after pleading guilty to reckless driving that was connected to a 2007 crash. One of the former New York Knicks guard's passengers died in the crash.
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Smith played in the NBA for 17 years from 2004 to 2002. He was selected with the 18th overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft by the then-New Orleans Hornets. Before his professional basketball career, Smith attended Lakewood High School in Lakewood, New Jersey, and St. Benedict's Prep in Newark, New Jersey.
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He was then traded to the Denver Nuggets in July 2006. Smith would remain in Denver until 2011, playing for the Zhejiang Golden Bulls during the NBA lockout.
In February 2012, he joined the Knicks. He was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers during the 2014-15 season, joining LeBron James , Kevin Love , and Kyrie Irving .
During Smith's time with the Cavs, they won a championship against the Golden State Warriors . They made two more NBA Finals appearances during the remainder of his stint, but they lost both to the Warriors. He would later win a second championship with James during the 2019-2020 season with the Los Angeles Lakers .
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Since his playing days ended, Smith enrolled at North Carolina A&T State University, earning a degree in liberal studies and graduating in 2026. He joined the Aggies' golf team during his time in college.
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