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Knicks鈥 Smith gets 5-game ban

New York Knicks guard JR Smith has been suspended for five games for violating the National Basketball Association’s anti-drug program, the league said on Friday.

Smith, who won the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year award last season for his play off the bench, is recovering from offseason knee surgery and may not be fit for his team’s season-opener on October 30. His suspension will begin with the first game of the 2013-14 NBA season for which he is eligible and physically able to play, the league said in a statement. Taken with the 18th overall pick by New Orleans in the 2004 draft, Smith recorded career-highs in points (18.1) and rebounds (5.3) last season. He signed a three-year, US$17.9 million deal with the Knicks in July.


 

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