If somehow you haven’t heard, LeBron James and Stephen A. Smith have been at each other’s necks over the past few weeks and an ex-colleague of Smith says he knows why. The ex-ESPN analyst revealed over the weekend what he calls the reason for Smith’s tirade against the NBA megastar, and apparently, it has nothing to do with Bronny James.

It’s Stephen A. Smith’s job to ruffle feathers, but did he take it too far when he questioned LeBron James’ parenting?

As the Lakers hosted the Knicks on Thursday, March 6, superstar LeBron James confronted ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith with a passionate message during a timeout. A fan sitting at Crypto.com Arena recorded the moment and shared it to X (formerly Twitter),