LeFather steps to Stephen A. Smith about his son. UPDATE Stephen A. Smith Responds, LeBron Confirms the reason. UPDATE: SAS Claps back!

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Is the gap between G-league and NBA that big where he can ve very good in one and be completely infeffective in the other?

Seems like G-league is useless in development. Even college players who dominate are able to compete in the nba
because NBA teams aren't seeking dominant players in G-League. They want guys who can fill certain roles and understand what the coach wants
 

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Is the gap between G-league and NBA that big where he can ve very good in one and be completely infeffective in the other?

Seems like G-league is useless in development. Even college players who dominate are able to compete in the nba

In baseball they’re called Quadruple A players

Guys that kill in the minors but can’t stick in the majors

Same thing applies with the NBA and G League :manny:
 

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Nobody’s hands are clean here. :manny:

Bron has selfishly manipulate his sons career trajectory.

SAS could be seen as crossing the line with some of his critiques.

It is what it is. :manny:

This all falls into the bigger conversation of LeBron’s circle constantly needing to control the narrative regarding everything he does, and will attempt to punish, blackball, gatekeep, phase out, etc. the opposition if they don’t get in line. SAS never bent the knee, but he’s also too big a name to get out the paint. So it’s always been some power struggle type shyt between em.

I agree with this 100%. No need to choose a side because they're both wrong. Trying to press him in that moment was definitely for show and asking Morris to back him up like he's his goon was silly.

Trying to strong arm media members isn't cool because they're there to be subjective. Guys are having journalists in their back pocket and playing the role as their personal PR agents. Anyone who isn't giving them praise is at risk of being frozen out. The NBA and networks should not allow players to bully the media.

It's one thing if a line was clearly crossed like the Embid situation but this isn't that. That involved using people who don't play pro basketball as pawns to attack a player. Bronny is in the NBA and LeBron can't separate himself and act like his son got here organically. You can't say he doesn't belong on an NBA roster without including Lebron in that conversation. SAS didn't have to add the "pleading to you as a father" bit but saying "leave my son out of it" like Bronny isn't on the Lakers is ridiculous. Bron probably had an issue with SAS for a while and this was a tipping point.
 

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I’m not mad at Bron for sticking up for his son. However, the root cause to all this shyt is his son being trash. Bron signed his son up for this shyt and this what comes with it. I’m guessing people disagreeing with the fact he said im pleading to you as a father. What if he said im pleading to you as a sports analyst, would it be different?
The root cause is irrelevant as prior to Stephen A getting outta pocket recently Bron hasnt stepped to him :manny:

This confrontation is a direct result of SA going overboard with the sneak diss.
 

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I remember what SAS said after the Philly game where Maxey went crazy on Bronny. It was pretty disprespectful. He basically pleaded with Lebron to make Bronny stop playing as if Bronny was some kind of Make a Wish kid.

Bron was right to check him for that
 
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