{"id":28078,"date":"2025-03-12T06:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T05:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=28078"},"modified":"2025-03-12T06:18:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T05:18:43","slug":"i-wasnt-talking-about-your-son-i-am-talking-about-your-a-stephen-a-smith-opens-up-on-lebron-james-confrontation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/i-wasnt-talking-about-your-son-i-am-talking-about-your-a-stephen-a-smith-opens-up-on-lebron-james-confrontation\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cI wasn\u2019t talking about your son, I am talking about your a**\u201d- Stephen A. Smith opens up on LeBron James confrontation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith opened up on the on-court confrontation he had with LeBron James during the Lakers&rsquo; 113-109 overtime win against the Knicks. Smith also revealed that the criticism he has made was never for Bronny James, but LeBron himself.&nbsp;<\/p><p>Smith said that rather than approaching him on the courtside, James should have had a one-on-one word with him after the game.<em> &ldquo;Rather than come up to me at courtside, all you had to do was say yo, I need to see you after the game,&rdquo; <\/em>Smith said on the Gilbert Arena&rsquo;s podcast. He added,<em> &ldquo;You didn&rsquo;t do that sh**. You said you f***ing with my son. No I wasn&rsquo;t! I was talking about you! It wasn&rsquo;t about your son.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p><p>The NBA pundit went on to say that he knows Bronny is a rookie and has a lot of work to do. Smith added, <em>&ldquo;I know he&rsquo;s number 55. I know he got work to do. I believe that he got the potential and by the way, I&rsquo;m rooting for him. I ain&rsquo;t rooting against nobody! But I was talking about your a&ndash;! You! You did this!&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stephen A. Smith Discusses LeBron James Altercation During Lakers Game on Gil's Arena <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>#NBA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/91m0UcfgUw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/91m0UcfgUw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Media2Punch (@Media2Punch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Media2Punch\/status\/1899558996492927315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March 11, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Notably, during the Knicks game, <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/that-wasnt-a-basketball-player-confronting-me-stephen-a-smith-reveals-heated-courtside-confrontation-with-lebron-james\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>James confronted Smith for talking about Bronny<\/a>. According to Smith, James told him, <em>&ldquo;You gotta stop talking s**t about my son. You gotta stop f**king with my son. That&rsquo;s my son, that&rsquo;s my son.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p>Revealing further details about the incident, Smith said that Bronny was also involved in the incident and made a &ldquo;sad&rdquo; face after he spotted Smith on the courtside in the first quarter. As per Smith, Bronny&rsquo;s reaction may have provoked James to confront him.&nbsp;<\/p><p><em>&ldquo;I remember, during a timeout in the first quarter, seeing Bronny, and Bronny looked over at me and he had a sad look on his face,&rdquo; <\/em>Smith said<em>. &ldquo;And I am imagining, pops [LeBron] saw that s**t. It hit him and he couldn&rsquo;t hold it and he rolled up on me.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p>Also Read:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/lebron-james-injury-lebron-james-latest-injury-blow-plummets-lakers-championship-odds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>LeBron James injury: LeBron James&rsquo; latest injury blow plummets Lakers championship odds<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/lebron-james-achieves-historic-nba-feat-as-lakers-record-eighth-straight-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>LeBron James achieves historic NBA feat as Lakers record eighth straight win<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/stephen-a-smith-reportedly-signs-to-new-100-million-contract-with-espn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Stephen A. Smith reportedly signs to new $100 million contract with ESPN<\/a><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/go-betmgm-sportsbetting-us-en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" class=\"trk-cta-img\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Image\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Playoffs-betting-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25709\"><\/a><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&ldquo;I thought it was weak&rdquo;- Stephen A. Smith on LeBron James<\/h2><p>Smith called LeBron James &lsquo;weak&rsquo; after knowing that the real reason the Lakers superstar called him out was because he picked on his parenting. The remarks came after James&rsquo; video with his former teammate and ESPN broadcaster Richard Jefferson went viral.&nbsp;<\/p><p>In the video, James was heard saying, <em>&ldquo;Once he talks about, &lsquo;I&rsquo;m pleading you as a father,&rsquo; I can&rsquo;t.&rdquo;<\/em> Responding to it, Smith spoke on the Gilbert Arena&rsquo;s podcast and said, <em>&ldquo;I thought is was weak, I thought it was some bulls**t. But, in the moment, I knew that I was listening to a father.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p>Notably, earlier in January, when Bronny was featured in the Lakers&rsquo; 118-104 loss to the 76ers, Smith didn&rsquo;t hold himself back and criticized the 20-year-old rookie. He said, <em>&ldquo;I am pleading with LeBron James as a father. Stop this.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p><p><em>&ldquo;We all know that Bronny James is in the NBA because of his dad. The first game of the season, opening night&hellip; father-son duo playing in an NBA game for the first time, an absolutely positively wonderful story.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p><em>&ldquo;And then reality sets in&hellip; Right now, Bronny James is averaging 0.3 points, 0.3 assists, and 0.4 rebounds.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/em><\/p><p>Smith concluded by saying, <em>&ldquo;How are you doing him favors? We know that he&rsquo;s not ready yet.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p>Talking about James, the 21-time NBA All-Star sustained a groin injury during the Celtics game and is likely to miss a week or two&rsquo;s action.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen A. 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