College golf star JR Smith has been out of the NBA for some time now but still finds his way into the headlines because he's just that kind of an interesting person. Take for example his recent appearance on former NFL player Brandon Marshall's podcast which Smith laid out some life-changing realizations he had when viewing the lives of other NBA stars.
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“We’d rather go throw $60,000 in the strip club than go feed 2,500 people in the hood. I could’ve fed my whole community ten times over with the money I was just [paying fines for] being late on the bus. I was so wrapped into me, I got that Euro-centric mindset: I need this designer jacket, I need these jeans, I need this bookbag, I need to be looking like this because the vets got this, I’m pushing this car. Why? Who am I impressing? I’m not even fulfilled with me. They look up to me, so when they think ‘Oh, this is cool, this is what they say he did,’ they think that shit is cool. Look at what we’re going for: strip clubs, getting high, setting people up, killing people. Look at what we glorify. And they put millions and millions of dollars into this. Record labels put billions of dollars into this and it sells. And we still get raped off of entertainment.”
That's some profound stuff that others might be surprised to know came straight out of JR Smith's mouth. Smith is known for his flamboyant ways during his NBA career, but has seemingly matured since he last played professional basketball. That's also probably his college education influencing the way he sees things. Smith is enrolled at North Carolina A&T State University with the goal of learning a degree in liberal studies.
Smith has not officially retired from basketball, but the 36-year-old two-time NBA champion appears to be treading a great path beyond his NBA career.
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