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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Knicks shooting guard J.R. Smith said he wants to re-sign with the Knicks after opting out of the final year of his contract. (Ron Hoskins/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;New York Knicks shooting guard J.R. Smith is expected to opt out of the final year of his contract, in which he is currently slated to earn $2.8 million.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;But after the Pacers eliminated the Knicks from the NBA playoffs on Saturday. the volatile 27-year-old said he would like to \"retire a Knick,\" according the &lt;em&gt;New York Daily News&lt;/em&gt;' Peter Botte.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Smith joined the team midway through last season after a stint in China during the lockout, signing a two-year, $5.7-million deal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The most the Knicks can offer him is an \"early Bird exception\" starting at four years, $4.9 million per year, according to Botte.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;From the report:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u201CI want to retire a Knick. I don\u2019t want to go anywhere else,\u201D Smith said. \u201CI love my teammates, I love my coaches. I was standing in the locker room looking at my jersey after the game and just knowing that I don\u2019t want to be anywhere else except in the orange and blue. We\u2019ll see.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Still, when asked if he\u2019d be willing to take less money to remain in New York, Smith hedged and added, \u201CI haven\u2019t even thought about all that, that far. I still have to talk to (agent) Leon (Rose) and see where we\u2019re at.\u201D&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;After blossoming during the regular season -- averaging a career-high 18.1 points and winning the Sixth Man of the Year Award -- Smith struggled in the postseason, shooting 33.1 percent.\nHis reported late-night partying throughout the playoffs caused controversy, and he even took the blame for the Knicks' second-round woes himself.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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