Stephen A. Smith and the 76ers’ Michael Carter-Williams have been going at it recently, after the defending NBA Rookie of the Year took a shot at the ESPN talking-head in a piece on Derek Jeter’s Players’ Tribune website.
Below you can see what what Carter-Williams wrote about Stephen A. Smith after the 76ers snapped a 26-game losing streak, and how Stephen A. Smith responded:
That’s how Stephen A. Smith ends up in our locker room with a big smile on his face. I’m not picking on him. I know he’s playing a character. He knows he’s playing a character. But what happens when we break the streak by going out and beating Detroit that night? Now it’s another story. After the game, a lot of the reporters didn’t even stick around. The ones that did weren’t prepared. They didn’t ask us about the specifics of the game. They made up questions on the spot, like, “Uh, hey, you guys won … so how do you feel?”
We weren’t the story anymore. They were on to the next thing. Stephen A. didn’t really stick around. I guess he had a plane to catch. Believe me, I’m going to do everything in my power to make sure he doesn’t come back for the same reason.
Smith, on NBA Sirius Radio on Friday, responded by saying ‘if guys want to come at me, it will be a mistake ‘.
“You’ve never going to have the last word over us. And you damn sure ain’t going to have the last word over me. I’m not going to start problems, but I can damn sure finish them. If these guys want to come at me, let them do it at their own peril. It will be a mistake.”
Here are Smith’s tweets:
I'm sitting here waiting to catch a plane and finally I run across MCW's comments about me in the "Players Tribune." For the record:
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) November 14, 2014
MCW is misinformed. First, never once have I accused any player of throwing games; the finger was pointed at the org. Secondly, that was
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) November 14, 2014
Last year, not this season. Thirdly, it was the absolute truth. Fourth, most folks think it still is — but I haven't said so. Fifth: if MCW
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) November 14, 2014
We're paying attention, or had spoken to numerous employees who have been friends of mine for years, he would've known I stuck around for
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) November 14, 2014
2 hours. I was actually in the back of the locker room with his coach AND GM. As for sticking around, what to you want me to say: Congrats..
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) November 14, 2014
On ending a 26-game losing streak? You've got a bright future MCW. I respect you. I root for the 76ers. But be careful who you try and call
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) November 14, 2014
Out. You'll never have the last word. Ask some folks within the Sixers organization, they'll tell you. They know first-hand. Wrong-brother!
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) November 14, 2014
