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"The NBA has fined J.R. Smith of the New York Knicks $50,000 for what may be the most ridiculous transgression in NBA history: repeatedly trying to untie opponents' shoelaces during games.\nTo reiterate, this is the NBA, not middle school. \nSee also: Meme Becomes Mantra for NBA's Hottest Team\nThe NBA announced Smith's hefty fine on Wednesday, terming it as \"recurring instances of unsportsmanlike conduct.\"\nSmith is an ultra-talented player, but his years of bizarre antics have made him something of a laughingstock among many fans and drawn the ire of multiple coaches and general managers. He first tried the shoelace stunt on Shawn Marion of the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday during a free throw attempt:\n\nSmith was reportedly warned, but not fined, by the league for his not-so-subtle sabotage. Then he tried to do the same thing against the Detroit Pistons' Greg Monroe during another free throw attempt on Tuesday. Monroe, however, was able to dodge the maneuver:\n\nKnicks coach Mike Woodson didn't exactly come to his player's defense after the double dose of immaturity. \n\u201CHe was warned, he comes back and he makes the same mistake, and it\u2019s not right,\u201D Woodson said Wednesday on ESPN Radio, according to the New York Post. \u201CI\u2019m going to address it tomorrow when he comes in for work, because it\u2019s unacceptable. It\u2019s unprofessional. That\u2019s the only [two words] I can use. You just can\u2019t do that.\u201D\nProfessionalism is not Smith's forte. Here, in handy list format, are some of his off-court highlights from 2013 alone:\n\nThrowing some mega-shade at Kim Kardashian's ex, Kris Humphries, in a tweet that went viral and became one of Twitter's most popular sports posts of the year.\nPropositioning a female Twitter follower with the immortally crude line: \"You trying to get the pipe?\"\nUsing Instagram to offer finicky Knicks fans an \"Official NBA Bandwagon Transferral Form.\"\nCruising around New York City in an armored military vehicle because, as he so excellently put it on Twitter, \"Im at #War with all #HATERS.\"\nGarnering a $25,000 fine from the NBA for using Twitter to threaten another NBA player with a visit from his \"street homies.\"\n\nNow Smith's 2014 is off to a perfect start. \nImage: Keith Allison, Flickr"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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