新您现在可以收听福克斯新闻文章！ Stephen A. Smith still thinks about that courtside encounter with LeBron James, and he told a former NBA star why he felt “trapped” by the league’s all-time scoring leader at that moment. Smith and James went viral at a Los Angeles Lakers game earlier this year; Smith confronted the former from his courtside seat to respond to Smith’s criticism of how the Lakers handled the superstar’s son, Bronny James. Smith revealed in March that the incident stemmed from his televised criticism of Bronny. CLICK HERE TO GET MORE SPORTS NEWS ON FOXNEWS.COM Stephen A. Smith and LeBron James still have some beef heading into the 2025-26 NBA season. (IMAGN) “This wasn’t a basketball player. This was a parent. This was a father,” Smith said on ESPN at the time. “I can’t sit here and be angry at LeBron James about this or feel like I’m belittling him. By all accounts, he’s an absolutely wonderful family man and a 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 and discussed the circumstances of the conversation with James and how it happened on camera. He said his look still didn’t suit him. ESPN STAR STEPHEN A SMITH SLAMS BROWNS ROOKIE FOR HIS ‘VERY STUPID’ COMMENTS ABOUT THE MEDIA “The day he came up to me on the field was the day my contract was announced that I was staying at ESPN,” Smith said on the podcast. “Look back and look at the camera angle… The year is 2025, there is technology everywhere. TNT is a nationally televised game. How come we can only have one angle and you’re seeing the back of my peanut head when the only angle you see is him and his face?” Smith believes there could have been many more camera angles in the courtside meeting, given James’ star status. “There’s no way you’re in an arena, you’re LeBron James and the only angle anyone sees is an upright shot of you hitting my face,” Smith added. “No reaction. they don’t see. They don’t see anything. And is this an accident?” ESPN host Stephen A. Smith said Thursday that he doesn’t think there is a Democratic candidate who can beat the Vance/Rubio presidential ticket in 2028. (Paras Griffin / Getty)Smith delved into the world of conspiracy here, but stood his ground while expressing his feelings that this was potentially an orchestrated conflict. “Damn, that’s what I did,” Smith said. He immediately responded to the question of whether he had been set up. “我 feel that way too. But it doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter because the next day when I went on air I said, ‘This is a father’s reaction to his son.’ “And in case you’re wondering, no, Smith and James did not reconcile. In fact, Smith publicly said how he felt about James. Stephen A. Smith speaks onstage at the 2025 ForbesBLK Summit at the Ray Charles Center for the Performing Arts Morehouse College on October 9, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Paras) Griffin/Getty Images) TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP CLICK HERE “I don’t like his at all, not at all,” he said. “This goes back more than a decade. I won’t go into detail about what this man tried to do to me. You don’t understand how far this man can go… If it was up to him, I wouldn’t be where I am today. There is a real tug of war between these two and it looks like there will be no fix as we head into the 2025-26 season this week. Follow sports coverage from Fox News Digital on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Scott Thompson is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.
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