{
  "id": 18054863,
  "title": "Police officer drops spicy Lakers, LeBron James-Luka Doncic take in middle of JR Smith’s arrest",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/police-officer-drops-spicy-lakers-lebron-james-luka-doncic-take-in",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T02:03:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/police-officer-drops-spicy-lakers-020301937.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On September 29, former NBA player JR Smith was arrested in Royse City, Texas, after being flagged by an automated license plate reader for an active warrant related to an incident alleged to have occurred on September 18. The arrest was captured on bodycam footage, which has since been made public. During the arrest, the 41-year-old Smith informed the officer that he had once played in the NBA alongside LeBron James and Luka Doncic. Once the officer recognized Smith and understood his connection to the two basketball stars, he proceeded to express his strong dislike for a trade involving James and Doncic. The police officer used a phrase similar to \"He who shall not be named,\" expressing his frustration that James allegedly \"stole Luka\" from the Dallas Mavericks. The officer appeared to hold a grudge against James, referring to him as if he were an infamous villain. Smith was handcuffed and taken into custody while the officer continued to rant about the Lakers' acquisition of Doncic from the Mavericks.",
  "summary": "Former NBA star JR Smith was arrested on September 29 in Royse City, Texas, after an automated license plate reader flagged his vehicle for an active warrant over an alleged incident with a family member on September 18. The bodycam footage of the arrest has been made public, and, well, it turns out the police officer had a few things to say about […] The post Police officer drops spicy Lakers,…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}