A video of LeBron James seemingly confronting tv character Stephen A. Smith was making the rounds on Friday morning and Smith spoke about it and cleared the air.
On “First Take,” Smith admitted that James spoke to him following the Los Angeles Lakers’ win over the New York Knicks.
He additionally confirmed that James was telling him to watch what he mentioned about his son, Bronny.
“That was LeBron James coming as much as me, unexpectedly I would add, to confront me about ensuring I thoughts what I say about his son. I can’t repeat the phrases as a result of they aren’t suited to FCC airwaves. That’s what he was doing.” Smith defined.
.@stephenasmith describes his second with LeBron James final night time at Lakers-Knicks. pic.twitter.com/ZZyUnOOwYZ
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He added: “That wasn’t a basketball participant confronting me. That was a father or mother. That was a father.”
Regardless that we’ll by no means know the particular issues James mentioned, he was clearly very upset with Smith and let his feelings be identified.
After the transient confrontation, James walked to the locker room and the video immediately began bouncing everywhere in the web.
Smith has been one of many many sports activities analysts to criticize the rookie season of Bronny James.
He hasn’t performed loads with the Los Angeles Lakers and is spending most of his time with the G-League South Bay Lakers group, however when he has performed, he has struggled.
Smith and plenty of others have talked about these struggles and James has clearly been irked by it.
Finally, Smith mentioned he understands the place James is coming from and is aware of he’s simply trying to guard his baby.
Regardless that he understands James and his fatherly nature, it doesn’t imply that Smith will cease sharing his opinions.
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