Stephen A. Smith has taken a furious blow to LeBron James for his viral dispute in the Court, calling the decision of the NBA legend to publicly face it 'weak' and 'bulls ***'.
The shock images of the heated exchange of ESPN's personality with LeBron as he sat on the court for the victory of the Lakers over the New York Knicks went viral on social networks last Thursday.
James, Point's top scorer of all NBA's time, was visibly unhappy when he faced Smith after the victory of his team on Crypto.com Arena, who arrived after recently exchanged comments in the media.
The host of 'First Take' broke his silence in the dispute the next morning, revealing that LeBron had problems with the comments he made about his son Bronny, who is currently in his rookie NBA season.
Despite suggesting that his conversation should not have happened in the public eye, he admitted that the basketball legend approached him as a “father” at night.
However, five days later, Smith has now offered a more scathing verdict in his bust with James during an appearance in the Podcast 'Gil's Arena'.
Stephen A. Smith has taken a furious blow to LeBron James for his viral dispute in court
The shock images of the aeded exchange of ESPN's personality with LeBron became viral last week
“I thought it was weak, I thought they were some bulls ***,” he said about LeBron by confronting him in the court. “But at the time, I knew I was listening to a father.”
He added: 'Apparently, LeBron had left the waiting time, and I turn around and he is here on my face.
“He said:” You have to stop talking about my son. You have to stop fucking with my son. That is my son, that's my son! “
A few days after the incident, a new video emerged that seemed to show LeBron talking to Smith's colleague, Richard Jefferson.
“That's the only thing I'm stumbling,” James could be heard telling Jefferson. 'I don't give Af ***. Once he speaks: “I'm supplicating you as a father.” Can't.'
Smith said he was “really P **** d
“Although I thought he misrepresented the argument, I was glad he did,” Smith continued. “Because you see, what I was really talking about, who was confirmed with his conversation with Richard Jefferson, is that he was talking about him as a father.
'And what happens is … if I had told me that, then I wouldn't have thrown me. I would have returned to him (and said): “Yes, I was. I was talking about you, you made this shit.”
Smith described the decision of the NBA's legend to confront it in public as 'weak' and 'bulls ***'
Smith went to the court altercation during the Friday's episode of his 'First Take' program
A new clip seemed to show LeBron arguing the dispute with one of Smith's ESPN colleagues
Smith then took another opportunity to James for choosing to face it in public.
“Instead of approaching me on the court, all you had to do was say:” I need to see you after the game, “he enraged. 'You didn't make that shit. You said you're screwed with my son. No, it wasn't! I was talking about you!
It was not your child. I know it's number 55. I know you have a job to do. I think he has the potential and, by the way, I am supporting it. I am not rooting against anyone! But I was talking about your A **! You! You did this!
“All of us as reporters, as a league, as NBA franchise, had to sit and be silent and capitulated with their shit, you did.”
Despite Smith's latest comments, James's agent, Rich Paul, insists that the dispute is over after they “advanced” the heated confrontation.
Paul tried to minimize the dispute during an appearance in The Pat McAfee Show. But he believes that analysts can be guilty of being too personal in their comments about star players.
LeBron's agent, Rich Paul, defended the NBA star about his clash with Smith last Thursday
“I didn't think it was much, but as adults you try to handle things in the best possible way, so I was glad they could move on,” he said.
“But it is difficult, every time you have media platforms and today there are so many and these guys … as much as (they) criticism, sometimes it can be felt as if it were a little more than that.
'So there is a balance there to try to maintain. I just try to concentrate on the business and keep personal things away.
“But sometimes you have those things, but we have moved on, it was a dust and we moved on.”