{"id":425516,"date":"2023-05-23T20:00:09","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T20:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=425516"},"modified":"2023-05-23T20:00:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T20:00:09","slug":"jj-redick-roasts-stephen-a-smith-over-lebron-james-retirement-news-later-apologises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/jj-redick-roasts-stephen-a-smith-over-lebron-james-retirement-news-later-apologises\/","title":{"rendered":"JJ Redick Roasts Stephen A. Smith Over LeBron James Retirement News, Later Apologises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On ESPN&#8217;s First Take on Tuesday morning, things got heated as JJ Redick and Stephen A. Smith exchanged jabs about LeBron James&#8217; impending retirement.<\/p>\n<p>James&#8217;s suggestion of retirement has sparked debate about whether he is acting dishonestly by trying to use the threat of retirement to influence which players he wants to surround him going forward. Redick took a shot at Smith while pointing out that James&#8217;s remarks were probably &#8220;calculated,&#8221; but he also mentioned the physical strain James&#8217;s body had endured during his career.<\/p>\n<h2>JJ Redick Roasts Stephen A. Smith Over LeBron James Retirement News, Later Apologises<\/h2>\n<p>Redick can relate since he has experience being at the tail end of the line. The former accurate guard did not hold back when Stephen A. shut him down.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You\u2019re unbelievable <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jj_redick?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jj_redick<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u1zfxn4Gkj\">pic.twitter.com\/u1zfxn4Gkj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenasmith\/status\/1661055576208707584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just for a calculated reason. [James] is coming off year 20, age 38, a long playoff run where he has had to play a ton of minutes with an injury,\u201d Redick said. \u201cIt\u2019s just human nature that you would begin to say, \u2018maybe I\u2019m nearing the end.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou didn&#8217;t play Stephen A. You don&#8217;t understand our athletic mortality. three games at, wherever, South Dakota, Winston-Salem State doesn&#8217;t count.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JJ Redick just got at Stephen A Smith on first take \ud83e\udd23 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jj_redick?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jj_redick<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenasmith?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@stephenasmith<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FirstTake?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FirstTake<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/So6VSqemut\">pic.twitter.com\/So6VSqemut<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MountainMan (@M0untainMan28) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/M0untainMan28\/status\/1661058900571963435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Smith seemed to take it well, saying, \u201cI got a degree and now I\u2019m on TV with you, I must be doing something right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later in the broadcast, Redick did apologize, acknowledging that Smith had gotten &#8220;underneath his skin&#8221; and asserting that he had no ill will against either Winston-Salem State or Smith.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;I was in Denver for his first Playoff game&#8230;you could look that up just in case you think I&#39;m lying about that too.&quot; \ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n<p>LeBron James speaks extensively about the retirement of his good friend, Carmelo Anthony.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBAConferenceFinals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NBAConferenceFinals<\/a> presented by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GooglePixel_US?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GooglePixel_US<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T1hTcfe7MU\">pic.twitter.com\/T1hTcfe7MU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBA (@NBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA\/status\/1660864897838661632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Later on in the program, Redick said he was sorry for allowing Smith to get under his skin and make him mistake South Dakota for Winston-Salem State, adding, &#8220;I did not mean any respect to that University, or to you.&#8221; Smith obtained a basketball scholarship to play at Winston-Salem State University in the late 1980s, but his playing career was cut short by a knee injury he sustained in his first season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LeBron James is considering retirement, per B\/R&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisBHaynes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChrisBHaynes<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>James is unsure if he\u2019ll be with Lakers to start next season <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pg1fn1wlqo\">pic.twitter.com\/pg1fn1wlqo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1660878126921179136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"White Sox Offloading Lucas Giolito, Should Yankees Go After Him?\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/white-sox-offloading-lucas-giolito-should-yankees-go-after-him\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">White Sox Offloading Lucas Giolito, Should Yankees Go After Him?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On ESPN&#8217;s First Take on Tuesday morning, things got heated as JJ Redick and Stephen A. Smith exchanged jabs about LeBron James&#8217; impending retirement. 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