Knicks guard J.R. Smith was fined $25,000 Saturday for posting a picture of a woman’s naked backside on his Twitter page.
On Friday, Smith told the Associated Press that he regretted posting the photo.
“I didn’t know it was going to be as big deal as it is now,” Smith said after the Knicks’ loss at Milwaukee on Friday. “I definitely regret it. It takes away from our team. Anytime I do anything that takes away from our team, I’m definitely going to regret it.”
“A few people talked to me about it,” Smith said. “It’s not the smartest move. I understand that now. I just have to be smarter in my decisions.”
Smith is expected to be at Madison Square Garden tonight to root on his younger brother, Chris, in the Big East championship game.
Chris is a senior shooting guard at Louisville, which faces Cincinnati at 9 p.m.
“It will be historic if we win it, or when we win it, for my family and my teammates,” Chris told SNY.tv Friday night. ”And my brother, he’s very proud of me so it would mean a lot.”
