As Smith has done extensively throughout this brouhaha with James, he opted to publicly address matters on The Stephen A. Smith Show, detailing how he believes that the Los Angeles Lakers star is more upset that he had his decisions as a father questioned than anything negative that was ever said about Bronny. “I’ve never, ever, ever been about being critical of Bronny. I’ve gone out of my way, being who I am in the position that I am in, to avoid even critiquing him for years out of respect for the James family. Rich Paul knows that, Maverick Carter knows that. Opposing agents and players, former and present, who had asked me why I wouldn’t do it, know my position. It was on the record. There are clips of it on First Take. That was my position. So when he said to me ‘Stop sh**ting on my son’, I am like what? What are you talking about? -via Awful Announcing / March 11, 2025
