Stephen A. Smith has come out with an explosive allegation regarding LeBron James and their ongoing feud.
The pair have refrained from throwing shade at each other these past few months, following a heated exchange at Madison Square Garden.
But, Smith has reignited the flame after claiming that James’ treatment of certain media members is influenced by their race.
“You ever see LeBron go at a white boy?,” SAS said on The Pivot Podcast. “Let’s call it what it is. You ever see him do that? You’ll say you saw him come at me,” Smith said.
Immediately contradicting himself, Smith did point out that LeBron has been critical of white reporter Brian Windhorst in the past.
“You saw him come at me. Closest you ever came to seeing him do something like that [to a white journalist] was when he called out Brian Windhorst,” Smith continued. “What you calling out Brian Windhorst for? The man covered you since junior high school and has praised you repeatedly and you used the Pat McAfee situation to go at him. [T]hat’s the only time you ever seen LeBron James really go at somebody white. I’m going to call it what it is.”
Smith went on to address his comments about Bronny James which led to the courtside altercation.
“LeBron was wrong, and he will forever be wrong,” said Smith. “And as far as I’m concerned, anybody in this business or anybody that wants to be in this business, especially these athletes with their podcast that don’t see it, well, just consider yourself blind or unethical. Because anybody with professional ethics who knows sports and knows what comes with it, knows I did not do anything wrong to that young man. But to paint me as somebody that would attack a child just because I dislike you. It’s low. It’s low. And that’s what it is, and that’s where it’s going to stay.
“And the only reason I said it is because you asked me, and it’s because of how I feel, and I’m not going to change. And if he don’t say nothing, I’m not going to say anything. I’m just going to do my job. If there’s another confrontation, I assure you I’ll be better ready and better prepared this time. I promise you that.”