LeBron James Responds to Stephen A. Smith on the Pat McAfee Show

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LeBron James joined Pat McAfee and announced his new podcast co host Steve Nash! He also answers the many questions about his Stephen A. Smith confrontation and drama.

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00:00You know who else is a bit on television

00:03Probably putting on a good show

00:05LeBron James he was on Pat McAfee

00:09Yes, sir. I'm watching it

00:12Scaring right now

00:13Yeah, he had some things to say

00:17Including

00:18appointing a new

00:20co-host

00:22He has a podcast, of course, you know LeBron James got his last podcast co-host a head coach

00:30job and

00:31He may be looking to do the same with this new co-hosts. He announces

00:36None other than Steve Nash. He'll be hosting a podcast

00:39Mind the game season 2 with Steve Nash as a co-host

00:44it will debut on April 1st and

00:47Yeah, I think I think that's gonna do LeBron and Steve Nash going back and forth talking basketball

00:54I

00:56Think you're interested in no, I

00:59Mean, this is gonna be two smart guys talking about basketball

01:03Yeah, I I think you need somebody with a little more volatility to go at LeBron

01:10You think Steve Steve Nash is gonna ask the questions that are no, it's not that it's not that it's not that listen

01:18Tobin is very smart about radio. I

01:22Like to think I know what I'm talking about when it comes to sports

01:28But together if we were the same person

01:32This show wouldn't have the same

01:35You know punch to it yes like

01:42So you you kind of need that I

01:47I won't say like I hate when people say

01:51We can't agree. So I'm just gonna be a contrarian. I don't like I like if that's what you believe go with it

01:57If not, don't be fake

02:00But you also can't have a show where everybody just sitting there yes

02:07Yes in each other

02:10Because how interesting could it be like for example

02:15I

02:18Don't know if Chuck does any preparation

02:22But I like the stories and I like the angle that he comes from with a lot of the things he says

02:29Right, then you have guys who are very professional at it, and I'm not saying that Chuck isn't

02:35But they have paid stuff written on paper

02:38Talk about Charles Barkley, right? Yeah, Charles, but yeah, come on, you know, we when you saying Chuck that people might be thinking Norris

02:48Just talk about Chuck Norris segment ago, so please clarify so so from that standpoint I just think

02:54There's certain, you know aspects of it that you need to be able to go back and forth on

03:01I don't know if

03:03They will ever

03:06You know because they're so

03:09Smart and basketball minded. I don't know if they'll ever, you know have that

03:15Back and forth that you almost need right?

03:21So I'm

03:23Someone he's had a back-and-forth with

03:26recently

03:27Stephen a Smith

03:29You know, this seems like it's been a never-ending

03:32LeBron hasn't said nothing about it, but Stephen a keep talking about it

03:36Well LeBron finally broke his silence today when he was on the Pat McAfee show

03:42LeBron James used those very same ESPN airwaves to address the feud

03:47He sat down and said he completely missed the point

03:52Never would I ever

03:54Not allow people who talk about the sport to criticize players about what they do on the court

04:01That is your job to criticize that is all a part of the game

04:05But when you take it and get personal with it, it's it's my job not only to protect my damn household

04:11But protect the players

04:13I think a lot of the media including him and I know he's gonna be happy as hell when he hears me talking about him

04:19He's gonna get home and grab some ice cream out of the bleeping freezer and sit in his chair and his tidy whities on

04:27the couch

04:28Relax, bro. This is great. LeBron continues to rip the star

04:34and

04:36Says that he's like on a Taylor Swift tour run right now

04:40It started off with I didn't want to address it. But since the video came out

04:44I feel the need to address you couldn't wait till the video comes out

04:49address it

04:51And since then, you know the brawny who he's been talking about is scored a career high both in the NBA and G League

04:58So, you know things seem to be

05:04Yeah, I don't he was a ticket shot at your girl relax

05:11The thing I hate about the thing I hate about all this

05:15And I'm gonna take you for

05:18Personal experience. Have you ever gone to a store? Have you ever gone to a place of business?

05:25right and

05:26The person that comes to either serve you or help you says bear with me is my first day and they expect understanding from you

05:35That applies to every profession other than sports in sports. You got to be a Hall of Famer the second you play

05:43Nobody ever says, you know, I'd have a couple of years of development. He might come into his own

05:48Nope, they want to trash your ass right away. And

05:52So from that standpoint if you're in basketball

05:57Okay, and you hear people talking about brawny I can name 30 players

06:03that started

06:05like brawny

06:07ended up being really good players and

06:10And a lot of them came through Miami

06:13Take all the guys that started in Miami like the Bruce Browns and and and guys like that

06:20But we have no patience. So the first fail you you see out of a guy

06:25Regardless, he wasn't a top-five pick

06:28He was barely drafted

06:32So you think he's supposed to come into the league right away and be a baller I don't care who's daddy

06:39it was daddy is

06:42It's gonna take time and

06:44Because of where he started and how he started it might take longer than other people

06:52But to trash him

06:55For being in the league for 12 seconds is

06:59Unfair because I tell you what in any other place of business

07:04They will not hesitate to tell you. I

07:07Just got here be patient I'm learning but you can't do that in sports

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