Stephen A. Smith has recently come under fire for his comments regarding Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis.
Smith, who hosts First Take for ESPN, questioned whether Davis actually had a concussion when he had to leave Wednesday night’s Game 5 against the Golden State Warriors.
“I’ll be damned if I wasn’t laughing,” Smith said. “Concussion? I thought the NFL season was over.”
Davis was taken to the locker room via a wheelchair after he was elbowed in the head by Kevon Looney.
Smith then took some time to think about what he said and apologized.
“Blow back is Blow back. Comes with the territory, peeps. I was in no way minimizing the seriousness of a concussion. I was questioning whether Anthony Davis really had one, considering the play I saw & other hits I’ve seen him absorb. But, bottom line, it was wrong for me to do. Period! My bad,” Smith tweeted.
Blow back is Blow back. Comes with the territory, peeps. I was in no way minimizing the seriousness of a concussion. I was questioning whether Anthony Davis really had one, considering the play I saw & other hits I’ve seen him absorb. But, bottom line, it was wrong for me to do.…
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) May 11, 2023
This led to some harsh reactions from sports fans.
You knew it was wrong and sat up there and giggled bout it on First Take https://t.co/bv5QimZbOp
— HIMothy ❼ (@TimmyLeTiger) May 11, 2023
Oh so now they switching up. Grow up man https://t.co/Ofnz0VnoUj
— LakeShowAlert (@LakeShowAlert) May 11, 2023
The disrespect was on tv so I think the apology should be on tv too ????????♀️ https://t.co/zgZ69xyHrA
— ✨ Ashley Marie ✨ (@AshaBee09) May 11, 2023
Clown https://t.co/v7JT2db7Qj
— amani (@wayneamani) May 11, 2023
All this tweet needed to say is I was wrong and I should have chosen better words and for that I apologize see easy this bull ???? is what the kids say shooting your self bail. Do better you get paid why too much to be this careless on TV. https://t.co/xTVgrwjwYt
— New Dawn (@imageofanewdawn) May 11, 2023
Lack of self awareness and clearly doesn’t know how concussions work but sure. Whatever you say champ https://t.co/bNTBR4JtnQ
— Sean “Spaces” Davis (@Sean_Davi) May 11, 2023
Hopefully, Smith will learn from this going forward after he crossed a line.
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