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J.R. Smith Fires Back At Stephen A. Smith's Rant About Wearing a Hoodie, Trayvon Martin

J.R. Smith took to Twitter on Saturday morning to call out ESPN's Stephen A. Smith for "reaching" in a rant about the Cavaliers guard wearing a hoodie on the bench and how it would remind white fans about the fatal 2012 shooting of Trayvon Martin.

Below is a transcription of the relevant parts of Stephen A. Smith's rant on his radio show this week:

"In Game 1, when they played against Boston, J.R. Smith was sitting on that bench in the fourth quarter with a hoodie on. I don't know why the hell Nike made these damn uniforms that have hoods attached to it by the way.