Stephen A. Smith: ‘That was LeBron James coming as much as me unexpectedly I’d add, to confront me about ensuring that I thoughts what I say about his son. Can’t repeat the phrases as a result of they ain’t suited to FCC airwaves, that’s what he was doing. I assumed lengthy and onerous about this over the previous few hours as a result of I had no intentions, Molly, of speaking about this in any respect, and the explanation why is as a result of it was a one-on-one… I wouldn’t say a dialog, however it was a one-on-one confrontation. However then I wakened and everyone from ESPN, my agent, and everyone else had been telling me that this factor had gone viral and so finally it was unavoidable and that’s the reason I’ve to debate it now. That wasn’t a basketball participant confronting me, that was a father or mother, that was a father and I can’t sit right here and be offended or really feel slighted by LeBron James in any manner in that regard. By all accounts he’s clearly an exquisite household man and an exquisite father who cares very deeply about his son and primarily based on a few of the feedback that he had heard or shall I say I believe he thought he heard, he clearly took exception to a few of the issues that he heard me say and he confronted me about it. For the file, his agent and pal Wealthy Paul has my quantity, Maverick Carter who works on him has my quantity, LeBron James is aware of learn how to get in touch if he needs to. He by no means known as, as a result of he wished to speak to me I might have accepted that decision had he wished to see me I might have flown out and I might have seen him and I might have had a dialog man-to-man however that isn’t what he elected to do. As a substitute, he elected to confront me whereas I used to be sitting courtside.’ -via YouTube / March 7, 2025
