J.R. Smith suspended for throwing soup, NBA Twitter loses it
Mar 2, 2018, 10:24 AM
(AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
NBA fans woke up Friday morning to a peculiar story surrounding Cleveland Cavaliers J.R. Smith, assistant coach Damon Jones and a bowl of soup.
Yes, a bowl of soup.
According to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst, Smith received his Thursday suspension from the team after he threw a bowl of soup at Jones.
And while the type of soup has yet to be identified, it hasn’t stopped social media from making their best guess and just plain losing it.
Per @MichaelRyanRuiz, exclusively, @WindhorstESPN is working to confirm that it was tortilla
— Stephen Asian Smith (@PabloTorre) March 2, 2018
When you realize that's Damon Jones and not Isaiah Thomas pic.twitter.com/gwNSYAstZ4
— J.R.ob Perez (@World_Wide_Wob) March 2, 2018
And what of bowl? Glass or paper/styrofoam? Plus there’s the whole issue of splash back. If you throw a bowl of soup at someone, it can be a bisque risk.
— Scott Tobias (@scott_tobias) March 2, 2018
It's Souperman pic.twitter.com/BRVf1mTAZz
— Greg Gottfried (@gott31) March 2, 2018
Swish. pic.twitter.com/LonPimiGbF
— Ben Wong (@benwongtweets) March 2, 2018
J.R. Smith (soupension) did not play on Thursday.
— Michael Gallagher (@MikeSGallagher) March 2, 2018
In order to make the crowd louder
LeBron really loves to throw powder
JR Smith took a risk
By flinging some bisque
Maybe next game LeBron should try chowder— Peter Edmiston (@peteredmiston) March 2, 2018
Wilbur Ross gave JR Smith the soup. pic.twitter.com/LA6zIcWAmG
— Paul Blumenthal d/b/a Blightcoin LLC (@PaulBlu) March 2, 2018
Somehow I can't picture JR Smith eating soup.
— John Lurie (@lurie_john) March 2, 2018
JR Smith should forever be known as Souperman
— Jawn Jang (@jawnjang) March 2, 2018
Let's check in with the Cavs to see how they handle J.R. Smith from now on. pic.twitter.com/g05IhZp31F
— Mike Popovich (@mpopovichREP) March 2, 2018
Exclusive footage of JR Smith in action. pic.twitter.com/HguPo8AKQo
— Lindsay Gibbs (@linzsports) March 2, 2018
@TheRealJRSmith was like 😂💀 pic.twitter.com/ArR1zX3r78
— Kevin Holifield (@Kevy_Kev__) March 2, 2018
JR smith throwing that soup at his coach pic.twitter.com/eVG0cX9X8x
— Noah Miller (@nothoughtforit) March 2, 2018
JR Smith: “Taste the soup!”
Damon Jones: “Where’s the spoon?”
JR Smith: pic.twitter.com/jvLtxiuZe2
— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) March 2, 2018
In addition in trying to unearth exactly what type of soup it was, here is another thought.
How does one — effectively — throw soup?