--- title: J.R. Smith's Daughter Proud of Him for Not Getting Kicked Off Team description: J.R. Smith's daughter is one of his most pragmatic fans; she told ESPN that she was proud of her father for not "getting kicked off the team" canonical: https://time.com/4373248/j-r-smith-daughter-demi/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-17T16:48:37.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:33:29.740Z og:title: J.R. Smith's Daughter Is Proud of Him for Not "Getting Kicked Off Team" og:description: Keeping it 100. og:url: https://time.com/4373248/j-r-smith-daughter-demi/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: J.R. Smith's Daughter Is Proud of Him for Not "Getting Kicked Off Team" twitter:description: Keeping it 100. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # J.R. Smith's Daughter Is Proud of Him for Not 'Getting Kicked Off the Team'  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 17, 2016 4:48 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jun 17, 2016 4:48 PM UTC Cleveland Cavalier J.R. Smith has one very pragmatic fan when it comes to the NBA Finals: his daughter Demi. Demi told _ESPN_ that she “proud of him for making championship without getting kicked off the team.” Talk about truth coming out of the mouths of babes! While little Demi’s precocious comments gave J.R. a good laugh, she wasn’t far off from the truth, given Smith’s past [antics](http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1974199-jr-smiths-latest-headband-antics-prove-he-hasnt-grown-from-previous-experience). Also, never forget that he rides a hoverboard into work. We feel you, Demi. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4373248/j-r-smith-daughter-demi/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4373248/j-r-smith-daughter-demi/"},"headline":"J.R. Smith's Daughter Is Proud of Him for Not 'Getting Kicked Off the Team'","datePublished":"2016-06-17T16:48:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:33:29.740Z","description":"Keeping it 100","url":"https://time.com/4373248/j-r-smith-daughter-demi/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Basketball","Sports topic","nba finals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4373248/j-r-smith-daughter-demi/","name":"J.R. Smith's Daughter Is Proud of Him for Not 'Getting Kicked Off the Team'"}}]}] ```