ESPN’s expert Stephen A. Smith returned LeBron James’s volley on Wednesday after Los Angeles Lakers star shot the station in “The Pat Mcafee Show” for his confrontation earlier this month.
James mocked Smith as someone who was going to a “Taylor Swift tour” about explaining the burning moment at Critho.com Arena. He also made fun of Smith for saying that he initially did not want to address the moment, but he only did it because the video went viral and had to do it.
CLICK HERE for more sports coverage at Foxnews.com
Los Angeles Lakers striker, LeBron James, #23, interacts with his son Bronny James during the game against the Boston Celtics at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on January 23, 2025. (Kirby Lee-Imagn images)
The Lakers player said Smith “lost the point” of the discussion. James said he was not only defending Bronny James, his son, but also his teammate after Smith criticized Bronny for being in the NBA first.
Smith shot James later on Wednesday in his own podcast. He began by saying that James was “full of that” and that “he lied again” in the McAfee program.
“I didn’t know I was going to roll about me,” said Smith. “I had no idea. But when he said what he had to say, he was not in a position to give any replica without making a scene. It was during the third quarter. He was just out of time for a time.
Stephen A. Smith in 2021. (IMAGN)
Thunder becomes the first team to reach 60 victories in the NBA this season
“And let me say for the record, that, although we mention that, let me make sure that I would not have fallen like that. I would have kicked me. Because if that man put my hands on me, I would immediately have turned it. I immediately.
Smith denied “S —-” On, nor was he “applauding”, in Bronny James.
LeBron James went to this in the McAfee program.
The Los Angeles Lakers striker, LeBron James, #23, smiles after scoring during the first half of a NBA basketball match against the Denver Nuggets on Saturday, March 2, 2024 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
“And another (thing). The entire point, the whole point was completely lost. Never in me … I would never allow people to speak about sports, criticize players about what they do on the court. That is their work: criticize or be in a position in which, ok, a guy is not doing … everything is part of the game. When you take it and when you do it personally, it is my job to protect my damn home Game.
