Stephen A Smith shares how he feels about NBA superstar LeBron James: 'I don’t like his a--'

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Stephen A. Smith still thinks about the LeBron James courtside confrontation, and he told one former NBA star why he felt he was "set up" by the league’s all-time scoring leader in that moment. 

Smith and James went viral earlier this year during a Los Angeles Lakers game, where the latter confronted the former in his courtside seat to seemingly address Smith’s criticism of how the Lakers were handling Bronny James, the superstar’s son. 

Smith revealed in March that the incident stemmed from his televised critiques of Bronny. 

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Stephen A. Smith and LeBron James still have some beef heading into the 2025-26 NBA season.   (IMAGN)

"That wasn’t a basketball player confronting me. That was a parent. That was a father," Smith said on ESPN at the time. "I can’t sit here and be angry or feel slighted by LeBron James in that regard. By all accounts, he’s obviously a wonderful family man and father who cares very, very deeply about his son.

During a recent episode of "7PM In Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony," Smith revisited the moment with the New York Knicks legend, saying that the circumstances of the conversation with James as well as how it appeared on camera still doesn’t sit right with him. 

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"The day that he rolled up on me courtside, it was the day my contract was announced that I had stayed with ESPN," Smith explained on the podcast. "Go back