Cavaliers, Smith parting ways

CLEVELAND — J.R. Smith’s bumpy-butnever-boring stay with the Cleveland Cavaliers is over.

The team said Tuesday that the disgruntled forward, who had requested to be traded earlier this season, “will no longer be with the team as the organization works with JR and his representation regarding his future.”

The Cavaliers will try to trade Smith.

He will make $14.7 million this season, and $3.8 million of his $15.6 million salary for next season is guaranteed.

For now, the 33-year-old Smith is without a team and that seems to suit him just fine. He has been dismayed with his reduced role as the Cavaliers rebuild in their first season since LeBron James left for the second time as a free agent.

Smith’s departure comes a day before James makes his return to Cleveland for the first time with the Los Angeles Lakers.

RAPTORS 93, MAGIC 91: Danny Green made a fade-away jumper Disgruntled Cavaliers forward J.R. Smith has gotten his wish. The Cavs announced Tuesday that Smith “will no longer be with the team as the organization works with JR and his representation regarding his future.”

with less than a second remaining to lift the Toronto Raptors over the Orlando Magic on Tuesday. Green caught Kyle Lowry’s inbound pass with 2.3 seconds left, pulled up on the left side of the lane and hit a jumper with 0.5 seconds remaining. Orlando’s Nikola Vucevic missed on a 67-foot heave as time expired.

Kawhi Leonard led Toronto with 18 points, and Pascal Siakam had 15. Serge Ibaka added 14 points and nine rebounds, and Green finished with 13. WIZARDS 125, CLIPPERS 118: John Wall scored 30, Bradley Beal had 27 and Jeff Green added 20 as the Washington Wizards rallied from 24 points down to beat the Los Angeles Clippers.