This feud between LeBron James and Stephen A. Smith continues getting weirder. Shortly after the Los Angeles Lakers celebrity broke his silence on this beef, the “First Take” host responded within the craziest method attainable, inflicting social media to enter an uproar.
On Wednesday, simply mere hours after James clowned Smith on “The Pat McAfee Present,” the sports activities commentator recorded an episode of the “Stephen A. Smith Present,” responding to the Lakers celebrity.
On prime of calling James shady, a liar, and “two-faced, Smith additional claimed that if the long run Corridor of Famer had “put his palms on him” throughout their heated interplay earlier this month, he would’ve “swung on him.”
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Shortly after this assertion went viral on social media, folks started to clown the TV persona for his insane assertion about James.
In response to the jokes, he wrote in a publish on X, “Good strive of us. On my present, I mentioned I’d’ve swung on @KingJames had he slapped me — like plenty of y’all mentioned I used to be scared he would’ve executed just a few weeks in the past. I additionally mentioned instantly after that I’d’ve gotten my ass totally kicked by the 6’8”, 250lb Goliath, however of us simply left that a part of my Youtube sentence out, huh? Okay. Have enjoyable!”
James additionally caught wind of Smith’s “risk.” Shortly after his game-winning buzzer-beater towards the Indiana Pacers, he posted a hilarious clip of Smith training his boxing abilities.
He wrote within the caption, “WHOMP WHOMP WHOMPPPPPPPP.”
Social media response
Smith’s “risk” towards James is all folks have talked about because it occurred. To no shock, no person is taking it critically and has as an alternative used it as a possibility to meme the sports activities commentator.
@joelvmoran wrote on X, “LeBron James vs Stephen A. Smith is much more lopsided than the Kendrick vs Drake beef.”
@theNFLchick commented, “I dunno when you heard however they’re clowning you, sir.”
@JVO_QP added, “Simply hand over brotha.”
Others have been harsher towards Smith for his feedback, calling out his “propaganda.”
@_meganmayhem defined in a publish, “That is propaganda at its core. You knew rattling properly LeBron James was not finna put his palms on you, however your speaking level is to reference how you’ll’ve responded to a hypothetical, imaginary corny ass situation.”