{"id":416365,"date":"2023-01-19T19:56:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T19:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=416365"},"modified":"2023-01-19T19:56:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T19:56:31","slug":"kobe-was-a-savant-nba-analyst-stephen-a-smith-was-scared-the-st-out-by-legend-kobe-bryant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/kobe-was-a-savant-nba-analyst-stephen-a-smith-was-scared-the-st-out-by-legend-kobe-bryant\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Kobe Was a Savant&#8221; &#8211; NBA Analyst Stephen A. Smith Was &#8216;Scared the S**t Out&#8217; By Legend Kobe Bryant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even Stephen A Smith, who presents himself as a fearless pundit on First Take, acknowledges that Kobe Bryant used to terrify him. What Skip Bayless, Max Kellerman, or Chris &#8220;Mad Dog&#8221; Russo couldn&#8217;t do for Stephen A. Smith, Kobe Bryant accomplished. He frightened the hell out of him. On Wednesday morning, Smith appeared on Howard Stern&#8217;s show as the host of First Take continued his book tour to support the publication of his autobiography Straight Shooter.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XTfKOXbdQW8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Stern asked Stephen A Smith about a variety of topics throughout the lengthy conversation, including how to maintain objectivity while criticizing sportsmen. And the doorframe that had to accommodate both egos within one studio was the only one who was terrified during that interview.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ: <a title=\"\u201cThere Won\u2019t Be Another Sitting\u201d \u2013 Aaron Rodgers Admits to Likely Do Ayahuasca Again After Decision on Future\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/there-wont-be-another-sitting-aaron-rodgers-admits-to-likely-do-ayahuasca-again-after-decision-on-future\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u201cThere Won\u2019t Be Another Sitting\u201d \u2013 Aaron Rodgers Admits to Likely Do Ayahuasca Again After Decision on Future<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Kobe Bryant scared Stephen A Smith<\/h2>\n<p><em>\u201cKobe, God rest his soul. Now he scared me. Kobe scared the living shit out of me,\u201d<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/barrettsportsmedia.com\/2023\/01\/18\/stephen-a-smith-kobe-bryant-criticism\/\">admitted<\/a> Smith. <em>\u201cKobe was a savant. You did not know more basketball than Kobe Bryant. So when Kobe Bryant called you to complain (you listened).\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Stephen A. Smith tells Howard Stern about the profane responses he would get from Kobe Bryant after criticizing him on ESPN <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uqzrZY3QpS\">pic.twitter.com\/uqzrZY3QpS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/1615752732760997889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>When Smith challenged Bryant&#8217;s shot selection or said that the NBA star was playing selfish basketball, Bryant left him a voicemail similar to the one described by Stephen A Smith. Every time Smith called, Bryant would respond with a response that typically included in-depth analysis and plenty of foul language.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;You know who this is motherf**ker. Get your ass up, pick up the f**king phone and call me back. That bullsh*t you just said.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Stephen A. Smith on Kobe Bryant calling him after he&#39;d criticize him on TV \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\udc0d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5GrVto09GJ\">pic.twitter.com\/5GrVto09GJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/1615838557884620813?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Even before he decided to retire after the 2015\u201316 NBA season, Bryant&#8217;s work ethic and competitiveness were legendary. Bryant&#8217;s untimely death will be commemorated three years from now on Jan. 26. In the days preceding that tragic event, fans may anticipate hearing and reading stories similar to Smith&#8217;s about the all-time great.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Stephen Curry and Steve Kerr Team Up With US President Joe Biden to Participate in Gun Control Roundtable\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/stephen-curry-and-steve-kerr-team-up-with-us-president-joe-biden-to-participate-in-gun-control-roundtable\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Stephen Curry and Steve Kerr Team Up With US President Joe Biden to Participate in Gun Control Roundtable<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"\u201cI\u2019m Gonna F**k Him\u201d \u2013 Nikola Jokic Makes a Bold Statement on Ex-Teammate Bol Bol After Getting Dunked\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/im-gonna-fk-him-nikola-jokic-makes-a-bold-statement-on-ex-teammate-bol-bol-after-getting-dunked\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u201cI\u2019m Gonna F**k Him\u201d \u2013 Nikola Jokic Makes a Bold Statement on Ex-Teammate Bol Bol After Getting Dunked<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Take A Look At 9 Father-Son Duos LeBron James Has Played Against In His NBA Career\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/take-a-look-at-9-father-son-duos-lebron-james-has-played-against-in-his-nba-career\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Take A Look At 9 Father-Son Duos LeBron James Has Played Against In His NBA Career<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even Stephen A Smith, who presents himself as a fearless pundit on First Take, acknowledges that Kobe Bryant used to terrify him. What Skip Bayless, Max Kellerman, or Chris &#8220;Mad Dog&#8221; Russo couldn&#8217;t do for Stephen A. Smith, Kobe Bryant accomplished. He frightened the hell out of him. On Wednesday morning, Smith appeared on Howard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":416024,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[208,479],"class_list":["post-416365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-kobe-bryant","tag-stephen-a-smith"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}