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Line 104: On April 27, 2013, Smith was suspended for game 4 of the first round of the playoffs after [[elbowing]] the Celtics' [[Jason Terry]] in the chin.<ref>{{cite web\|title=J.R. Smith suspended for Game 4 after elbowing Jason Terry\|url=https://www.sbnation.com/nba/2013/4/27/4276942/jr-smith-elbow-suspension-knicks-vs-celtics\|work=SBNation.com\|date=April 27, 2013\|accessdate=April 28, 2013}}</ref> On July 11, 2013, Smith re-signed with the Knicks. The contract was reported to be worth $17.95 million over three years.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/j-r-smith-knicks-deal-three-years-not-143024476.html\|title=J.R. Smith's new Knicks deal is for three years, not four, which still doesn’t answer any questions\|publisher=Yahoo! Sports\|accessdate=July 17, 2013}}</ref> Smith underwent surgery on July 15, 2013 to repair a [[patellar tendon]] and a torn [[Meniscus (anatomy)\|meniscus]], both in his left knee.<ref name=2013sign>{{cite web \|url=http://knicksnow.com/videos/3677/smith-returns-re-signs-with-knicks-after-award-winning-year#.Ud-TX_nU9Sk \|title=Smith Returns, Re-Signs With Knicks After Award Winning Year \|publisher=Knicksnow.com \|date= \|accessdate=November 8, 2013 \|deadurl=yes \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130714004527/http://knicksnow.com/videos/3677/smith-returns-re-signs-with-knicks-after-award-winning-year#.Ud-TX_nU9Sk \|archivedate=July 14, 2013 \|df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=J.R. could miss start of Knicks season after knee surgery\|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/knicks/could_miss_start_of_season_after_o3pSIhYX8NDU1kIUHKAefP\|publisher=NY Post\|accessdate=July 16, 2013}}</ref> On September 6, 2013, Smith was suspended five games for violating the NBA's anti-drug program. The suspension was without pay and did not start until he was fit to play after knee surgery.<ref name=suspend>{{cite web\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/07/sports/basketball/knicks-smith-suspended-for-violating-drug-program.html\|title=Knicks’ Smith Given Five-Game Suspension\|first=Howard\|last=Beck\|date=September 6, 2013\|publisher=\|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> Line 279: Smith is son of Ida and Earl Smith, and has three brothers and two sisters. His younger brother [[Chris Smith (basketball, born 1987)\|Chris]] played at Manhattan and Louisville and then briefly played alongside him on Knicks in 2013–14.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.nba.com/2013/news/09/11/knicks-moves.ap/index.html \|title=Knicks add guards Chris Smith, Toure' Murry \|work=NBA.com \|date=September 11, 2013 \|accessdate=November 8, 2013}}</ref> His younger brother Dimitrius played football at Monmouth University. In August 2016, Smith married Jewel Harris;<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2016/08/jr_smith_collects_another_ring.html\|title=J.R. Smith collects another ring: Swish got married Monday\|publisher=}}</ref> the couple has three daughters, Demi, Peyton, and Dakota. Dakota was born in January 2017, weighing one pound at her birth.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Vardon \|first=Joe \|url=http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2017/01/jr_smiths_wife_gave_birth_to_b.html \|title=J.R. Smith's wife gave birth to baby girl five months early \|work=Cleveland.com \|date=January 7, 2017 \|accessdate=February 7, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Hopkins \|first=Anna \|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4197210/JR-Smith-holds-premature-daughter-time.html \|title='One of the greatest days of my life': JR Smith shares happy update after finally holding his one-pound premature daughter for the first time \|work=DailyMail.co.uk \|date=February 7, 2017 \|accessdate=February 7, 2017}}</ref> Former teammates [[Carmelo Anthony]] and [[Chris Paul]] are the godfathers of his first two daughters.<ref>{{cite web\|title=J.R. Smith Postgame\|url=http://knicksnow.com/videos/570/j-r-smith-postgame\|accessdate=March 21, 2012\|deadurl=yes\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223181359/http://knicksnow.com/videos/570/j-r-smith-postgame\|archivedate=February 23, 2012\|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=NY Knicks' J.R. Smith makes favorable first impression at Madison Square Garden with hot hand in win over Dallas Mavericks\|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/knicks/smith-favorable-impression-madison-square-garden-hot-hand-helps-ny-knicks-topple-defending-champion-dallas-mavericks-article-1.1025528}}</ref> ===Controversies=== On February 2, 2007, Smith and teammate [[Carmelo Anthony]] were involved in a car accident. Neither player was injured in the collision. The only detail released by the team was that the car Smith was driving belonged to Anthony.<ref>[http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/44527/20070202/nuggets_anthony_smith_miss_shootaround_after_auto_accident Nuggets Anthony, Smith miss shootaround after out accident] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603231944/http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/44527/20070202/nuggets_anthony_smith_miss_shootaround_after_auto_accident \|date=June 3, 2009 }} realgm.com, March 12, 2009</ref> On June 9, 2007, Smith and two passengers were injured in a car accident on Stagecoach Road in [[Millstone Township, New Jersey]], when the SUV he was driving collided with another car.<ref name="SUVcrash"/> Smith and a passenger, Andre Bell, were ejected from the vehicle at around 5:30 p.m. Smith's vehicle went through a stop sign and collided with the other car.<ref name="SUVcrash"/> Smith was taken to Jersey Shore University Hospital.<ref name="SUVcrash"/> Bell suffered serious head injuries<ref name="SUVcrash">[http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2899338 Nuggets guard Smith hospitalized but OK after SUV crash], updated June 10, 2007</ref> before being pronounced dead on the night of June 11.<ref name="passengerdies">[http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2900023 Passenger in Smith car dies; player doing OK], updated June 11, 2007</ref> Neither Smith nor the second passenger suffered life-threatening injuries.<ref name="SUVcrash"/> Smith and Bell were not wearing seatbelts at the time.<ref name="passengerdies"/> In October 2008, a grand jury in [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]], declined to indict Smith on a [[vehicular manslaughter]] charge stemming from the accident.