Smith was arrested this week on a charge of family violence assault causing bodily injury, according to county records.
Sep 30, 2026
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Two-time NBA champion JR Smith was arrested on Monday in Texas on a charge of domestic violence assault, according to Hunt County state police.
The original report from TMZ indicates that Smith was “passed by an eager license plate reader carrying the vehicle he was driving and warned for an active warrant.”
Smith was taken into custody and booked into the Hunt Country Detention Center. No further details are available at the time of the arrest.
Smith, who retired straight out of high school in 2004, finished fifth in Rookie of the Year voting in 2005 before really coming into his own during five seasons with the Nuggets. He was a classic bench scorer over the course of his 16-year career. He finished in the top five of Sixth Man of the Year voting three times, winning the award with the Knicks in 2013, before winning a pair of championships alongside LeBron James with the Cavaliers in 2016 and the 2020 Cavaliers.
Smith has had a very good career with a lot of big time performances and moments. Unfortunately, he is probably best remembered for the gaffe in Game 1 of the 2018 NBA Finals. With the score tied in the closing seconds, Smith rebounded George Hill’s missed free throw, but instead of coming back with a potential game-winner, he ran the ball back to near midcourt, thinking the Cavs were actually ahead by one point. The game went to overtime, where the Cavs lost before being swept by the Warriors.
After his NBA career, Smith went on to enroll at Carolina A&T University, where he played as a 35-year-old freshman on the school’s golf team. Over four years with the Aggies, he qualified for and played in seven collegiate tournaments, excelling academically. Smith earned a 4.0 GPA in his first college semester and was named the school’s Academic Athlete of the Year in 2022.