Stephen A. Smith applauded Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James for holding the media accountable for not asking him a single question regarding Jerry Jones.
James is speaking on the troubling photo of Jones from 65 years ago. He made sure to bring up the media asking him about the recent controversy with Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving, but one person brought up the Cowboys owner.
Jones was seemingly among a group of people trying to stop desegregation at a school back in 1957.
Smith applauded James while bringing up the fact that the media has asked him about Donald Trump in the past, so why not Jones and that picture?
“I can’t applaud LeBron enough for what he said,” Smith said. “I 1,000 percent agree with LeBron James because that wasn’t about Jerry Jones if you’re listening,” Smith said. “… What LeBron was talking about is unavoidable. The media — [Donald] Trump says something, they ask LeBron about it. … LeBron James has been subjected to question after question after question, but suddenly when it came to Jerry Jones, you didn’t ask? ‘Cause I assure you, if I was in that press room, I would have asked LeBron about it.”
After The Washington Post shared the 65-year-old photo of Jones as a teenager, in which the Dallas Cowboys owner was seen among a group of young white men preventing Black students from integrating an Arkansas high school, Smith caught hell for labeling it an act of “cancel culture.”
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It makes you wonder why he applauded LeBron for wanting to speak on it when he clearly would’ve had everything negative to say about it.
“The fact that he wasn’t asked that question, and he had waited, and he had to bring up the subject to the media in the year 2022 gives credence and buffers the argument that Kyrie Irving was making when Kyrie said, ‘Where’s the intensity when our peoples going through stuff?’” Smith continued. “… That’s what LeBron was calling out.”
“The media is the fourth estate, we play a significant role in subjects that are actually broached and subjects that are avoided,” Smith said. “Some people in the media will say ‘well he’s an NFL owner, you’re an NBA player, Kyrie’s a contemporary.’ But that doesn’t wash. Cause you’ve asked LeBron about a multitude of things that were not basketball relates, so why didn’t you ask about this now?”
“If you’re the media member in that room last night and you didn’t ask LeBron a question about Jerry Jones, you should be looked upon with a raised eyebrow,” Smith claimed.
Despite this controversy of LeBron and calling out the media, he and his teammates are starting to figure it out on the court and the team has begun to turn things around this season.
After starting the season with a dreadful 2-10 record in their first 12 games, the Lakers have improved with six wins in their last eight matchups.
Los Angeles currently holds the No. 12 spot in the conference, but the West is so jammed packed right now, they are just three games back of the Sacramento Kings, who are in fifth place.
