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J.R. Smith is suing the Chinese team he played for during the lockout to recoup $1,078,500 of his salary that was withheld for missed practices and team meetings, the New York Post reported Thursday.
Smith received only $1.82 million of his $2.88 million salary and didn't receive $18,500 in bonuses he was due for victories, the Post reported.
The Post, which obtained a copy of Smith's complaint, reported that Chinese basketball team Zhejiang Chouzhou alleges that Smith missed a series of team meetings and skipped practices to travel to Beijing, Shanghai and the United Kingdom.
According to the report, Zhejiang Chouzhou also asked Smith to send his sister, Stephanie, back to the United States because she was "abusive" and "the root" of Smith missing time with the team because the team alleges she made Smith take her shopping.
A FIBA arbitrator in Switzerland will rule on Smith's lawsuit in the coming weeks, the newspaper reported.
Read more: http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/sto...york-knicks-reportedly-sues-zhejiang-chouzhou
Smith received only $1.82 million of his $2.88 million salary and didn't receive $18,500 in bonuses he was due for victories, the Post reported.
The Post, which obtained a copy of Smith's complaint, reported that Chinese basketball team Zhejiang Chouzhou alleges that Smith missed a series of team meetings and skipped practices to travel to Beijing, Shanghai and the United Kingdom.
According to the report, Zhejiang Chouzhou also asked Smith to send his sister, Stephanie, back to the United States because she was "abusive" and "the root" of Smith missing time with the team because the team alleges she made Smith take her shopping.
A FIBA arbitrator in Switzerland will rule on Smith's lawsuit in the coming weeks, the newspaper reported.
Read more: http://espn.go.com/new-york/nba/sto...york-knicks-reportedly-sues-zhejiang-chouzhou
