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The sports world, including Stephen A. Smith, is reacting to Pat McAfee’s landing a rare LeBron James interview. On Tuesday night, McAfee revealed that he would be speaking to LeBron in a pre-recorded interview.
Be a friend, tell a friend..
The LeBronversation with the progrum happened.
It was AWESOME… about an Hour and 15 minutes. Chatted about damn near everything.
~> Tomorrow, 12:05 Eastern pic.twitter.com/txAWdCnF5h
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) March 25, 2025
On Wednesday morning’s episode of First Take, Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo mentioned McAfee landing the interview, and Smith offered his thoughts on the matter.
Chris Russo: “That’s a great job by McAfee. Getting a guy in there for an hour… who’d not want to talk to LeBron for an hour? Windy can. He’d never come on with me.”
Brian Windhorst: “He wouldn’t come on with me, no I don’t think so.”
Stephen A. Smith: “He’d probably harm somebody if they even approached him about coming on with me.”
Stephen A Smith on LeBron James going on with Pat McAfee:
“He’d (LeBron) probably harm somebody if they even approached him about coming on with me.” 😂😂pic.twitter.com/kzBwaeyRge
— ²³𝙻𝚎𝙱𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚜🏀☄️🌎💞 (@BronGotGame) March 26, 2025
Smith clearly referenced LeBron confronting him at the Lakers game two weeks ago, which led to the First Take host jumping on numerous shows to bash the NBA superstar.
Later in Wednesday’s show, Smith bashed LeBron over comments that current star NBA players would score hundreds of points in the 70s.
“[LeBron hates] the fact that people can point to a previous era and talk about what you’re not.”
“Nobody was gonna impede Kobe. Nobody was gonna impede MJ. Nobody was gonna impede Duncan … But him? I believe he would’ve been impeded—which is why I have Jordan”
“[LeBron hates] the fact that people can point to a previous era and talk about what you’re not.” 😳 @stephenasmith calls LeBron James’ comments about Giannis scoring 250 points a game in the 70s “disrespectful.” 👀 pic.twitter.com/thkySaX8TG
— First Take (@FirstTake) March 26, 2025
It’s going to be interesting to see how Smith reacts to McAfee’s full interview with LeBron.