ESPN persona Stephen A. Smith all the time finds a approach to make headlines, and his newest got here after he referred to as out Charles Barkley for being a “flaming hypocrite” over the previous NBA star’s critique of Smith’s oversaturation within the media as of late.
Smith has been a tough man to overlook with appearances on varied political discuss reveals, a visitor spot on daytime cleaning soap opera “General Hospital,” and a cameo on “Law & Order.”
However Smith didn’t take too kindly to Barkley’s recommendation that primarily much less is extra and used the latest version of his self-titled present, “The Stephen A. Smith Show,” to reply to Barkley, who he described as a “brother” and an individual who’s “as real and as authentic as it gets.”
“That’s my guy, but that doesn’t mean I always agree with him. And it doesn’t mean that I’m devoid of the right to call him a flaming hypocrite when it’s called upon,” Smith mentioned. “Do y’all know what number of commercials Charles Barkley does a 12 months? He’ll inform us two. Have you ever seen Charles Barkley in two commercials? Are you kidding me? Oh, by the way in which, the cat that you simply work with at the very least twice per week throughout the NBA season is Shaquille O’Neal.
“Can we count the amount of endorsements he has? How often he’s seen everywhere? What new product he’s pitching? Did you say that about him? No, you didn’t. But when it comes to me, I need to be ‘careful.’”
There may be actually a case to be made that Smith is on folks’s tv screens an excessive amount of, and that’s with out making point out of the excitement — a few of which has been hyped by Smith himself — concerning the ESPN talker working for president.
Although Smith took goal at Barkley and his criticism, he had a easy message for his soon-to-be ESPN colleague as “Inside the NBA” will transfer to the community subsequent season.
“Charles Barkley, you continue to do the great job that you’ve been doing at TNT, and next year, it’ll start at ESPN,” Smirh mentioned. “And let Shaq market the hell out of himself the way that he does significantly better than anybody on this planet. And let me do what I do.”
