LeBron James’s comments about Stephen A. Smith of ESPN may have been the main topic of conversation that came out of his interview with Pat Mcafee on Wednesday, but hit another reporter on the network.
The Los Angeles Lakers star roasted the NBA reporter Brian Windhorst also during the conversation.
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Los Angeles Lakers LeBron James striker, #23, after the match against the Indiana Pacers in Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis on March 26, 2025. (Images of Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn)
“I see many S — Also. I see Brian Windhorst in one of these programs not long ago. The guy who says he is like my best friend,” James said. “These guys … It’s weird.”
Mcafee and his crew were surprised a bit.
“He went to his program and said, you know, as,” don’t let Lebron deceive you, as, use the number 23 by Michael Jordan. ‘Ok, that’s a fact.
“‘He signed with Nike by Michael Jordan.’ It’s like, no, I didn’t.
The personality of television Espn Stephen A. Smith, on the left, and sports journalist Brian Windhorst speak before the game two of the Eastern Conference of the NBA playoffs between the Atlanta Hawks and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Philips Arena in Atlanta on May 22, 2015. (Brett Davis-USA Today Sports)
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Windhorst has been the main reporter in James’s rhythm since the NBA broke into the Cleveland Cavaliers out of high school in 2004. He was the writer of the Cavaliers with the Akron Beacon Journal and then worked for the Cleveland Plain concessionaire before moving to ESPN in 2010 when James left the cavalie for the heat.
Windhorsst and James attended St. Vincent-St. Mary’s High School, but at different times. The journalist attended Kent State before entering the news. The veteran writer has not yet reacted to James’s comments.
James’s comments were part of a broader conversation about the media and how the NBA is covered. He said that initially a podcast began with JJ Redick, the current coach of the Lakers, so.
Los Angeles Lakers LeBron James striker James, #23, and the Los Angeles Lakers son Bronny James, warm -up before a NBA basketball match against the Chicago Bulls on Saturday, March 22, 2025 in Los Angeles. (Photo AP/Wally Skalij)
“It was a solidity to the sport that was covered and how the sport should be covered. He had moved away from the essence of the basketball game, of why I fell in love with the game, why I taught the youngest generation the game, why I am in the position in which I am,” James said.
