Marcus Smart And J.R. Smith Disagree On Where They Should Fight One Another

LeBron James is no longer in Cleveland, but there are still plenty of holdovers on the Cavaliers that have bad blood from their recent playoff battles with the Boston Celtics. One such guy is J.R. Smith, a proud veteran who, as we learned on Saturday night, really doesn’t like Marcus Smart.

Smith and Aron Baynes got tangled up during a preseason contest between the Cavs and Celtics in Cleveland, which led to some jawing between the two. Smart then ran in and a full-blown altercation broke out between the two teams with Smart and Smith at the center of things. By the time the dust settled, Smart got ejected, and Smith decided to bid him farewell.

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If you thought that would be the end of this, you’d be incorrect, because this is Marcus Smart and J.R. Smith we’re talking about. Smart spoke to the media after the game and offered an invitation to Smith to meet him in the back so they could settle their differences.

Smith didn’t take too kindly to that — not because he doesn’t want to confront Smart, but because he’d rather do this in the street.

Smith wasn’t done there, as he had a few more responses to the whole ordeal on his Twitter account.

Oh, and when asked about the altercation by the press, Smith said that Smart isn’t allowed to act like he’s tough with how much he flops.

Odds are we won’t get a Cavaliers vs. Celtics series to determine which team wins the Eastern Conference this year, but still, there is enough animosity between the players who have been through these wars that every game between the two teams will feel like a big deal.