That J.R. Smith was angered with Jones and hurled chicken tortilla soup in his direction was known. Jacoby learns from Jones that both the soup and the bowl were hurled, and that it was fresh out of the pot, in fact the first bowl out of the pot.
“It was hot as hell,” Jones said.
The soup incident became a viral meme during the Cavaliers drama-filled 2017-2018 campaign, the final season with LeBron James. J.R. Smith, still under contract with the Cavs, has not been with the team for most of the season.
See the relevant interview clip here.
This article appears in Mar 13-19, 2019.
When ESPN Cleveland was actually a legit and entertaining sports-talk radio station, show host Kenny Roda called Damon Jones – “amon ones” – due to having no D, no J (no defensive skills / no jump shot). Since November 19, JR Smith has been drawing a paycheck from the Cavs for sitting at home.