This was pulled from ESPN's insider :
11:00AM ET J.R. Smith | Nuggets Top Email
J.R. Smith made 10-17 three-pointers against Atlanta on Dec. 23. Since then he's only 11-50 from beyond the arc. Does George Karl want him to shoot less from long range?
"No," Karl told The Denver Post. "Yes, you want the mentality to be team-oriented, but the options sometimes are taking him out of the game or run different plays and put him in different places. And my decision is J.R. is too valuable to take out of a game. ... Not only is he missing 3s, but he's missing wide-open 3s. Hopefully, it's just a slump. Statistically, J.R. has played better after the all-star break, so maybe we're hoping it's just his personality taking time. And being suspended for the first seven games probably pushed it a little longer."
