The 2020 NBA bubble, created to get NBA games and the season played during COVID-19's first year, was a strange time for the players.

But the stars did what they could to get through those unprecedented times, and JR Smith has revealed that a number of players were smoking marijuana in their downtime.

"We was blowing it down in there," Smith said on Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes' All the Smoke podcast.

"That was the only way you could really function in that joint.

"It was cool, I'm glad it happened because it finally broke that barrier and that stigma that you couldn't play and all of this, it was a drug, it was this and that.

"But when you go to the bubble basketball, some of them dudes was - granted, it was like practice games and some of 'em really can't play that well in front of 30,000 - but at the same time you saw some of the best level of basketball.

"When you can be at peace with your mind, your body, and your soul, and you can go out there and just hoop, that's all you want."

Smith was playing with the Los Angeles Lakers at the time, who were beginning their run to the 2020 NBA Finals.

Opening up on some unexpected issues met during the bubble period, Smith said that managing the clothes and underwear he had brought with him proved to be a challenge.

"Honestly, I packed like seven because I thought I'd be good for once a day," Smith said. "But I didn't calculate all the showers in between everything that I be doing, so I've been running through in like two, three days.

"We've got a great laundry system, though. We've got a great laundry system, so I'm good."