Anyone following this Stephen A Smith vs LeBron dispute?

[HoustonGold]

I’m sort of happy LeBron exposed him and doubled downed on Smith yesterday on McAfee.

Smith threatening to throw a punch was hilarious . You can’t make this up .

 

[HoustonGold]

Smith won’t give it a rest. He was back at it this morning

The 7 craziest moments from Stephen A. Smith's 15-minute response to LeBron James on 'First Take'

ESPN's Stephen A. Smith responded to LeBron James with a 15-minute rant to open 'First Take' on Thursday morning.

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[SaintJ]

SAS could probably tone it down a little here.

As a lifelong Celtics fan, I have to poke at James occasionally (it's in our bylaws), but I have never understood the level of passionate negativity he seems to attract. He's clearly the dominant player of his era, dragged a number of underpowered Cavs teams to the finals, and actually brought a championship to Cleveland. Off the court, he has never been in trouble, essentially a model citizen, and has been very generous in making sure he supports his old home town of Akron.

He hasn't been perfect by any means, but he gets held up to absurd standards of perfection on and off the court. I just don't get it.

 

[Grumpy Old Manatee]

Let’s hope not.

 

[Dago]

SAS could probably tone it down a little here.

As a lifelong Celtics fan, I have to poke at James occasionally (it's in our bylaws), but I have never understood the level of passionate negativity he seems to attract. He's clearly the dominant player of his era, dragged a number of underpowered Cavs teams to the finals, and actually brought a championship to Cleveland. Off the court, he has never been in trouble, essentially a model citizen, and has been very generous in making sure he supports his old home town of Akron.

He hasn't been perfect by any means, but he gets held up to absurd standards of perfection on and off the court. I just don't get it.

Yeah it definitely goes overboard. Most of what I don't like about him is more the fault of the NBA or the ownership of the team he is on.

 

[triumph]

SAS could probably tone it down a little here.

As a lifelong Celtics fan, I have to poke at James occasionally (it's in our bylaws), but I have never understood the level of passionate negativity he seems to attract. He's clearly the dominant player of his era, dragged a number of underpowered Cavs teams to the finals, and actually brought a championship to Cleveland. Off the court, he has never been in trouble, essentially a model citizen, and has been very generous in making sure he supports his old home town of Akron.

He hasn't been perfect by any means, but he gets held up to absurd standards of perfection on and off the court. I just don't get it.

He's the target with the "shut up and dribble" crowd and that's terrible of course.

But is a major portion of this beef the fact that SAS thinks he's #2 all time behind Jordan? I mean, who cares? I did see where SAS went on about stuff he COULD have reported about, but didnt.. by actually reporting on it. I dont know.

It's weird and I don't really care.

 

[SonOfNOLA]

He's the target with the "shut up and dribble" crowd and that's terrible of course.

But is a major portion of this beef the fact that SAS thinks he's #2 all time behind Jordan? I mean, who cares? I did see where SAS went on about stuff he COULD have reported about, but didnt.. by actually reporting on it. I dont know.

It's weird and I don't really care.

The major portion of the beef is Stephen A. Smith randomly attacking LeBron as a father. Stephen A Smith ignorantly said on a recent segment “LeBron, I’m pleading to you as a father, stop this” in a condescending manner out of left field regarding Bronny getting minutes. LeBron’s team drafting Bronny at the end of the draft puts Bronny under the microscope to be incessantly criticized by tasteless media personalities like Stephen A. Smith who hates anything LeBron. But Stephen A Smith gaslights/changes the narrative to making LeBron’s response about LeBron is #2 alltime to him to avoid accountability and apologizing for personally attacking LeBron’s fatherhood for no reason. All Stephen A Smith does is attack LeBron and other players personally. He doesn’t provide basketball insight. He thinks as a media personality that he matters more than actual NBA players. He thinks he doesn’t have to show basic respect for players he’s covering because to him it’s a privilege that he’s speaking about them and not the other way around which is the reason he’s in that position. He plays the victim after he goes over the top with personal attacks disguised as basketball coverage.

 

[SaintJ]

This whole ranking of players is difficult, mostly because of the changes in technology and rules that make comparisons difficult.

What baffles me is that Bryant, who had to settle a civil matter over a rape, and never really carried a team on his back, is almost Teflon, while James takes a beating. Bryant is one of the all-time great volume scorers, but to me he's not in James's class, but somehow people have him in the top five players of all time, which is best excused as massive recency bias, but even that's not enough.

 

[SonOfNOLA]

He can’t stop mentioning this man’s family.
Tone deaf egomaniac

 

[GrandAdmiral]

The major portion of the beef is Stephen A. Smith randomly attacking LeBron as a father. Stephen A Smith ignorantly said on a recent segment “LeBron, as a father, stop this” out of left field regarding Bronny’s lowlights in limited minutes for the Lakers. LeBron’s team drafted Bronny at the end of the draft. Which immediately puts Bronny under the microscope to be incessantly criticized anytime he plays, in very limited action, since he’s LeBron’s son. Only from garbage tasteless media personalities like Stephen A. Smith who hates anything LeBron. But Stephen A Smith gaslights/changes the narrative to making it about LeBron is #2 alltime to him to avoid accountability and apologizing for personally attacking LeBron’s fatherhood for no reason. All Stephen A Smith does is attack LeBron and other players personally. He doesn’t provide basketball insight. He thinks as a media personality that he matters more than actual NBA players. He doesn’t show respect for others and plays the victim after he goes over the top with personal attacks disguised as basketball coverage.

Thanks for providing more context. I initially thought the whole thing was over LeBron being upset at SAS talking bad about Bronny as a player only (he really was not draft worthy IMHO), not about LeBron as a father to Bronny. What the fork?

 

[SonOfNOLA]

Thanks for providing more context. I initially thought the whole thing was over LeBron being upset at SAS talking bad about Bronny as a player only (he really was not draft worthy IMHO), not about LeBron as a father to Bronny. What the fork?

Stephen A Smith can’t keep it sports for the life of him. Breaking down Bronny’s stats in very limited minutes is misleading and hyperbolic but was analysis-appropriate until SAS threw out the “pleading to you as a father.” Insinuating LeBron is a terrible father for Bronny, an end of the draft selection, not immediately producing every game. Completely uncalled for. That exposed his true hatred towards LeBron, and now his family, on a personal level beyond covering the game. He’s spinning LeBron’s one media response into all kind of ridiculous narratives after he originally crossed the line and later went on a nonstop media run talking about LeBron’s in-game confrontation with him.

 

[Sailorsaint]

The only thing I like about SAS is his continuous dragging of Dallas thru the mud.

 

[Mamba]

Making himself part of the story is and always was the point.

 

[Semper]

SAS could probably tone it down a little here.

As a lifelong Celtics fan, I have to poke at James occasionally (it's in our bylaws), but I have never understood the level of passionate negativity he seems to attract. He's clearly the dominant player of his era, dragged a number of underpowered Cavs teams to the finals, and actually brought a championship to Cleveland. Off the court, he has never been in trouble, essentially a model citizen, and has been very generous in making sure he supports his old home town of Akron.

He hasn't been perfect by any means, but he gets held up to absurd standards of perfection on and off the court. I just don't get it.

I have caught fish that have flopped less…