J.R. Smith Absent but Excused for Nuggets Preseason Opener

by Chris Tomasson

Filed under: Jazz, Nuggets

SALT LAKE CITY -- No, J.R. Smith's suspension hasn't begun yet.

Nevertheless, the Denver Nuggets guard, who will have to sit out the first seven games of the regular season due to an NBA penalty, wasn't with the Nuggets when they opened the preseason Thursday night at Utah. But Denver vice president of basketball operations Mark Warkentien said it was nothing to be alarmed about.

"It's a personal situation,'' Warkentien said. "We knew this a few weeks ago. His absence wasn't unexpected. It was absolutely excused.''

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