LeBron James blasts ESPN's Stephen A. Smith amid feud: 'Missed the whole point'

LeBron James fired backmost astatine ESPN prima Stephen A. Smith successful an interrogation Wednesday with the sports pundit’s colleague, Pat McAfee, aft a video of the Los Angeles Lakers prima confronting Smith surfaced earlier this month.

James appeared connected "The Pat McAfee Show" and addressed however the media covers the NBA. 

He said Smith was connected a "Taylor Swift circuit tally close now" and appeared to mock however Smith addressed the viral clip erstwhile helium said helium didn’t privation to initially code it.

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Los Angeles Lakers guardant LeBron James, right, drives astir Orlando Magic guardant Franz Wagner (22) during the archetypal fractional March 24, 2025, successful Orlando, Fla.  (AP Photo/John Raoux)

"Motherf---er, are you kidding me? If there’s 1 idiosyncratic that couldn’t hold until the video to driblet truthful you could code it is your a--. Like, seriously?"

Then, James got a spot much serious.

"And different (thing). He wholly missed the full point, the full point. Never successful my … ne'er would I ever not let radical to speech astir the sport, knock players astir what they bash connected the court. That is your occupation – to knock oregon beryllium successful a presumption where, OK, a feline is not performing … that is each portion of the game. When you instrumentality it and erstwhile you get idiosyncratic with it, it’s my occupation to not lone support my damn household but support the players.

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LeBron James (23) and Bronny James (9) of the Los Angeles Lakers connected the tribunal for the archetypal clip during a crippled against the Minnesota Timberwolves astatine Crypto.com Arena Oct. 22, 2024, successful Los Angeles. (Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images)

"I deliberation a batch of the media, including him, and I cognize he’s gonna beryllium blessed arsenic hell, he’s gonna beryllium smiling from receptor to receptor erstwhile helium hears maine talking astir him. … Like, unbend bro."

The quality was implicit Smith’s remarks astir LeBron’s son, Bronny. The elder lad of LeBron was a standout precocious schoolhouse jock who played 1 play astatine USC portion overcoming a cardiac apprehension earlier helium decided to crook pro.

The Lakers selected Bronny James successful the draught past summer, and helium and Lebron made past earlier successful the play by becoming the archetypal father-son duo to beryllium connected the tribunal together.

Smith has said Bronny James is lone successful the NBA "because of" LeBron. The four-time NBA champion fto Smith cognize helium didn’t similar the remarks.

Los Angeles Lakers guardant LeBron James watches his teammates play during the archetypal fractional against the San Antonio Spurs successful Los Angeles March 17, 2025.  (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

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"That wasn’t a hoops subordinate confronting me. That was a parent. That was a father," Smith said earlier this period connected ESPN. "I can’t beryllium present and beryllium aggravated oregon consciousness slighted by LeBron James successful that regard. By each accounts, he’s evidently a fantastic household antheral and begetter who cares very, precise profoundly astir his son.

"And, based connected immoderate of the comments helium had heard — oregon shall I accidental I deliberation helium thought helium heard — intelligibly took objection to immoderate of the things helium heard maine say, and helium confronted maine astir it."

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