{"id":34085,"date":"2025-03-28T05:37:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T04:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=34085"},"modified":"2025-03-28T05:37:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T04:37:40","slug":"stephen-a-smith-responds-to-lebrons-taylor-swift-tour-run-taunt-and-later-issues-apology-for-spreading-misinformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/stephen-a-smith-responds-to-lebrons-taylor-swift-tour-run-taunt-and-later-issues-apology-for-spreading-misinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen A. Smith Responds to LeBron&#8217;s \u2018Taylor Swift Tour Run&#8217; Taunt and Later Issues Apology for Spreading Misinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The never-ending drama between LeBron James and Stephen A. Smith continues. It feels like an extended episode of a Netflix series and fans want to avoid but they cannot. Smith went on First Take on Thursday morning and responded to LeBron James&rsquo; recent comments. <\/p><p>The Los Angeles Lakers guard was on The Pat McAfee Show and took a few jabs at the ESPN commentator. The 6-foot-9 star forward said Smith is still on a &lsquo;Taylor Swift tour run.&rdquo; Smith couldn&rsquo;t wait and responded with a new claim on LeBron. Meanwhile, the ESPN commentator later apologized for his false claim about the <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/nba\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>NBA<\/a> star on national television. <\/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\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenasmith?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@stephenasmith<\/a> responds to LeBron James' recent comments &#11015;&#65039; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XBLfymlWrL\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/XBLfymlWrL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; First Take (@FirstTake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FirstTake\/status\/1905272609349984321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March 27, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>Stephen A. Smith stated that he would have immediately taken a swing at the Lakers superstar if he (LeBron) had initiated physical contact during a recent courtside confrontation. <\/p><p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong><\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/ncaa-march-madness-what-does-the-sweet-16-look-like-matchups-and-more\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>NCAA March Madness: What Does the Sweet 16 Look Like? Matchups and More<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/lebron-james-reveals-why-he-and-michael-jordan-dont-talk\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>LeBron James Reveals Why He and Michael Jordan Don&rsquo;t Talk<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/lebron-james-sparks-conspiracy-theories-by-hinting-at-rigging-of-2003-nba-draft-lottery\/\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>LeBron James Sparks Conspiracy Theories by Hinting at Rigging of 2003 NBA Draft Lottery<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stephen A. Smith issues apology for claiming LeBron James missed Kobe Bryant&rsquo;s memorial<\/h2><p>Smith went on First Take and revealed this about James.<\/p><p><em>&ldquo;If LeBron James wants to see me continue to cover this sport, or he wants to have a problem with me continuing to cover this sport, I suggest that he be happy with the things that I haven&rsquo;t brought up,&rdquo; <\/em>Smith said.<\/p><p><em>&ldquo;I never brought up really and never really discussed why you were not at Kobe Bryant&rsquo;s memorial service.<\/em><\/p><p><em>&ldquo;I never really brought up or discussed why you did not attend Dwyane Wade&rsquo;s Hall of Fame induction when that man was directly responsible for you capturing a championship for the first time in your career. I brought up none of that&hellip;<\/em><\/p><p><em>&ldquo;But LeBron James, at the end of the day, wants to come at me, and he&rsquo;s walking around pouting.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p>Surprisingly, Stephen A. Smith was wrong in his research. LeBron James was in attendance at Bryant&rsquo;s memorial service. Los Angeles Times and Washington Post reported that LeBron was in attendance, but asked the cameras not to capture him. He wanted to respect Bryant and his family. <\/p><p>When Smith got to know about this, he immediately accepted his mistake. He went to social media and apologized. <\/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\">My apologies and clarification. I misspoke in Hour#1 of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FirstTake?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>@FirstTake<\/a> today when I intimated that LeBron did not attend Kobe Bryant&rsquo;s memorial. I corrected myself in Hour#2 when I acknowledged he was indeed in attendance. My mistake. Should not have even broached that subject. It&hellip;<\/p>&mdash; Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenasmith\/status\/1905336092322120086?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March 27, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p><em>&ldquo;My apologies and clarification,&rdquo;<\/em> Smith admitted on X. <em>&ldquo;I misspoke in Hour#1 of @FirstTake today when I intimated that LeBron did not attend Kobe Bryant&rsquo;s memorial.<\/em><\/p><p><em>&ldquo;I corrected myself in Hour#2 when I acknowledged he was indeed in attendance. My mistake. Should not have even broached that subject. It was not my main point.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p><em>&ldquo;I retract NOTHING else that I said. Have a nice day!&rdquo;<\/em><\/p><p><em>Image Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephen A. Smith apologized for his false claim about the NBA star on national television.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":34091,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[18,647,131],"class_list":["post-34085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-lebron-james","tag-nba-2024-25","tag-stephen-a-smith"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Stephen A. 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