O.T.: My Name is Earl

[Buzz Killington]

http://www.insidehoops.com/blog/?p=5008

Nuggets guard J.R. Smith has made a decision — from now on, he wants to be called by his given name, Earl.

His given name is Earl Smith III, but he got “J.R.” because people would call him “junior,” even though, yeah, he’s actually a third-generation Earl.

Regardless, the Denver sharpshooter is now Earl Smith III — which should lead to some cutesy puns about “III” and “3-pointers.”

“I just felt like changing it,” Smith said Tuesday morning at the Nuggets shootaround, in preparation for tonight’s Nuggets-Bulls game, Smith’s first game back from a seven-game suspension. “It’s been a long time, and J.R. has no significance to my name. My name is Earl, so I figured - why not?”

Smith doesn’t exactly give a compelling reason for the change. Usually when someone makes a big decision, like altering the first name millions of people know you by, there’s more behind it than “just feeling like it.” But of course, it’s J.R.’s decision. I wonder how long it’ll take fans to actually make the switch.

I remember when another J.R. — last name Rider — became “Isaiah” Rider. For years later, everyone still wanted to call him J.R. To me, he’s still J.R. Rider.

 

[mook]

Re: O.T.: EARL SMITH ...because J.R. is too hood for Denver?

Dude, you totally blew the title of this thread. It should be:

Smith says, "My Name Is Earl."

 

[Buzz Killington]

Re: O.T.: EARL SMITH ...because J.R. is too hood for Denver?

ok...can a mod change the title of the thread so its dope like that?

 

[mook]

Re: O.T.: EARL SMITH ...because J.R. is too hood for Denver?

ok...can a mod change the title of the thread so its dope like that?

They just gotta.

 

[Buzz Killington]

Re: O.T.: EARL SMITH ...because J.R. is too hood for Denver?

MODES YOU AREN'T DOING YOUR JOB.

DI DI MAO!

 

[Further]

Or
The Earl of Denver

 

[Buzz Killington]

SWEET!

 

[Ed O]

SWEET!

Ed O.

 

[mook]

Thanks.

.....aaaaaaaaaaand that pretty much wraps up the thread, folks.