Marcus Smart on his emotions after ejection: "Ain't nothin' gonna change about me"

With regards to the Marcus Smart-J. R. Smith fracas in last night's pre-season loss to Cleveland, I did what I always do before proceeding on an article - I watched video repeatedly, almost frame-by-frame. Afterwards, my first reaction was that J. R. Smith is one hell of an annoying son of a bitch.

It started with Aron Baynes and Smith fighting for position near the hoop on an outside shot by Terry Rozier. Terry made the shot, and the rebound never happened, but the fracas did. Aron was doing a masterful job of keeping Smith away from the glass. J. R. had absolutely no chance of gaining position on Aron, and that is when their arms became entangled.

Baynes-ey had had it, and he adeptly shed…