It’s apparently open season on Stephen A. Smith.
Barstool’s Mark Titus teed off on the polarizing ESPN character and in addition ripped the corporate for making its protection of the Thunder-Pacers NBA Finals too Smith-centric.
“I would have zero problem with anything Stephen A. Smith is saying or doing if he wasn’t on NBA Finals broadcasts,” Titus stated on “Mostly Sports with Mark Titus and Brandon Walker” on Thursday. “The truth that ESPN has appointed him to be one of many voices you hear if you tune into the NBA Finals, that’s the one drawback I’ve.
“You’re allowed to talk s–t. … If you try to avoid the Stephen A. bulls–t, and you’re like, ‘You know what I want to do? I love basketball so I want to watch the two best basketball teams compete for the highest honor in professional basketball.’ If you choose to do that, you’re going to get Stephen A. in your face. And you’re just like, ‘God damn, this guy’s awful.’ I almost forget it because I don’t watch all the other s–t he does.”
Smith has been a preferred punching bag in current weeks with a seemingly unending stream of controversies.
Michelle Beadle and Cody Decker ripped him for taking their radio slot at Sirius XM.
Kevin Durant, Dave Portnoy and Pacers fan trolled him for enjoying Solitaire through the NBA Finals, just for Smith to later say, “Kiss my ass.”
And Smith now has gone to battle with the town of Memphis and famous person Ja Morant after he claimed free brokers don’t wish to play in Grind Metropolis as a result of its unsafe.
Former ESPN host Jason Fitz ripped Smith for these remarks, whereas Morant questioned why Memphis is being mentioned through the Finals.
The Memphis feedback supplied the entry level for Titus and his co-host, Brandon Walker, to riff on Smith.
“Stephen A. has appointed himself God? Is he God now?” Walker stated.
Titus responded: “Yes, he’s appointed himself God.”
He then stated it’s “crazy” how Smith will rip gamers in a confrontational method.
“It’s not just like him saying it, it’s like him threatening,” Titus stated. “He’s threatening everybody at all times, it’s crazy. It’s crazy. It’s motherf–king crazy.”
Titus isn’t the primary individual to name out ESPN for leaning an excessive amount of into Smith, with some criticizing the Worldwide Chief for exhibiting him at video games and even typically his arrival to venues.
Even Thursday’s Sport 6 featured Smith and his daughter, Samantha, getting loads of display screen time forward of the Pacers preventing to increase their season.
Smith can be entrance and middle once more Sunday evening when the Thunder host the Pacers for Sport 7, with Oklahoma Metropolis put in as a stable favourite.
