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Stephen A. Smith still thinks about the LeBron James<\/a> courtside confrontation, and he told one former NBA star why he felt he was “set up” by the league\u2019s all-time scoring leader in that moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Smith and James went viral earlier this year during a Los Angeles Lakers<\/a> game, where the latter confronted the former in his courtside seat to seemingly address Smith\u2019s criticism of how the Lakers were handling Bronny James, the superstar\u2019s son.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Smith revealed in March that the incident stemmed from his televised critiques of Bronny.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“That wasn\u2019t a basketball player confronting me. That was a parent. That was a father,” Smith said\u00a0on ESPN<\/a> at the time. “I can\u2019t sit here and be angry or feel slighted by LeBron James in that regard. By all accounts, he\u2019s obviously a wonderful family man and father who cares very, very deeply about his son.<\/p>\n

During a recent episode of “7PM In Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony,” Smith revisited the moment with the New York Knicks<\/a> legend, saying that the circumstances of the conversation with James as well as how it appeared on camera still doesn\u2019t sit right with him.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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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 and look at the camera angle\u2026This is 2025, we got technology everywhere. TNT is a nationally televised game. How is it we got one angle, and the only angle you see was of him and his face, but you see the back of my peanut head?”<\/p>\n

Smith believes that, considering James\u2019 star status, there would\u2019ve been many more camera angles of the courtside meeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“There\u2019s no way that you\u2019re in an arena, you\u2019re LeBron James, and the only angle that somebody sees is a straight up shot of you getting in my face,” Smith added. “They see no reaction. They see nothing. And that\u2019s an accident?”<\/p>\n

Smith delved into the conspiracy realm here, but he stood his ground as he expressed his feelings about it potentially being an orchestrated confrontation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Damn right I did,” Smith quickly responded to a question of whether he felt set up or not. “That\u2019s how I feel. But no big deal, no problem because I go on the air the next day and I\u2019m like, \u2018That\u2019s a dad reacting to his son.\u2019”<\/p>\n

And in case you\u2019re wondering, no, Smith and James have not made up. In fact, Smith said it plainly how he feels about James.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t like his a–, not a little bit,” he said. “This dates back more than a decade. I\u2019m not gonna go into detail at the stuff this man has tried to do to me. You do not understand the lengths this man would go to\u2026 If it were up to him, I wouldn\u2019t be where I am today. It\u2019s some low, low stuff.”<\/p>\n

The beef is real between these two, and it doesn\u2019t seem like there will be any patching it up heading into the 2025-26 season this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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