Stephen A. Smith tells Kyrie Irving to ‘quit’ basketball if he hates media coverage
“Respectfully, to Kyrie Irving, who doesn’t want us talking about him: Don’t play basketball.”
“Respectfully, to Kyrie Irving, who doesn’t want us talking about him: Don’t play basketball.”
"When they speak on my name and they’re talking about potential teams I’m going to, can you all please stop paying attention to that?"
"I just have to ask, what in the actual f*ck is he talking about."
"Things may get heated, we may yell at each other, we had an awkward as hell moment the other day when I felt like he was giving personal takes on Kyrie."
"Especially with the media being attracted to just keeping up with what we’re doing, or what’s the next kind of grab or story."
"I don’t know what the hell happened that he would come at me in such a personal manner just because I was giving constructive criticism with Kyrie."
"Did the media know that beforehand when they called me that word ‘antisemitic?’ No. Did they know anything about me family? No."
"You’re the one saying I’m being sensitive, moaning and whining, but you’re the one that seems very emotional right now."
"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?"
"It seems like to me that the whole Jerry Jones situation photo...it’s just been buried"
"Isn’t that video for sale on Amazon? That’s the craziest thing ever. Kyrie is getting in trouble and Amazon’s not?"
"This thing with free speech has really gotten out of hand. I mean, you just can’t go around insulting people and think it’s OK just because it’s freedom of speech."
"You’re just providing validation to the level of frustration Black people in America feel time and time again."