By Jeff Garcia, Project Spurs
While the San Antonio Spurs and several other teams await free agent Kenyon Martin's decision on where he will suit up this season, there is another free agent reportedly on the Spurs' radar -- J.R. Smith.
Smith, like Martin, played in China during the NBA lockout and is now trying to plead his case to make it back to the NBA despite the CBA's (Chinese Basketball Association) rule that no locked out NBA players could return to the NBA until the CBA's season is over.
However, once Smith is released from playing in China, could the Spurs be the next destination for Smith?
According to Yahoo! Sports, San Antonio has significant interest in acquiring the free agent swingman.
Smith is an unrestricted free agent, and Chandler and Brooks are restricted free agents, likely to re-sign with Denver and Phoenix, respectively. Smith has significant interest around the NBA, including the Lakers, Knicks, Spurs and several more potential contenders.
If true, then this is an interesting move by San Antonio. Currently, the Spurs have swingmen James Anderson, Manu Ginobili and Danny Green (who has been playing well for the Spurs) on the roster which means adding Smith would take away minutes from these players. Not to mention Smith isn't a "team-first" kind of player, is a gunner, and isn't a typical Spurs-type player on and off the court.
However, this isn't the first time the Spurs went after Smith.
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