Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony spoke with LeBron James, Stephen A. Smith after a viral video

The legends of the NBA Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony revealed this week that they spoke separately to the star of Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James and the personality of ESPN, Stephen A. Smith, about the viral confrontation they had last week.

Before the victory for extra time 113-109 of the Lakers over the Knicks, James was seen having an animated conversation with Smith:

Smith later disseminated in his podcast That the situation was related to the son and his teammate of LeBron, Bronny James, and pointed out that LeBron said: “Stop my son.”

Talking Friday in Melo’s 7pm in Brooklyn Podcast, both D-Wade and Anthony shed some additional light on the issues between LeBron and Smith based on the discussions they had with them.

From the mark of 8:56 of the podcast, Wade gave an idea of ​​a text conversation he had with Smith.

Wade, who was James’s teammate with the Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers, said he told Smith that he understood why LeBron reacted as he did, and also told Smith that James approaching him was a sign of respect:

“I said to (Stephen A.) As a father, I’m walking on you. I understand it. I am also like that. I am with you … we have never seen LeBron do that. LeBron did not even return to the players who commit him too hard on the court. He has always been uniform and leveling in all aspects, sometimes you want me to jump, sometimes you want you to go to the court. So you have always seen it in that bench There, don’t see Step.

“… but I said (Stephen A.), I think the only thing is that, and first of all, I take it, since it is a sign of respect that LeBron did that. Above that.

Anthony, who had a short period as James teammate with the Lakers and played with him several times at the Olympic Games, said he recently spoke with LeBron about what happened.

Melo suggested in the 27:52 mark that James’s message was no longer defending what they feel they are described towards his family, saying:

“I talked to him. Honestly, ‘It’s time’. All the time of Caps’, and it’s not just for Stephen A. Smith, it’s just that people need to see that energy from me. Just like the son of this.

Anthony also expressed his belief that James has to understand Bronny receiving criticism since he is now an NBA player, but indicated that Smith spinning Bronny was the “trigger” for LeBron’s response, instead of all reason:

“This is only Stephen A. doing what he does, which is supposed to do over the years, Bro. LeBron doing what he does over the years and this is what happens. Some ST could be misunderstood … but the fact that I think the energy is because we are dealing with two juggers in their respective fields … LeBron has never spoken in any situation with Stephen. Length of the years, now my son is the trigger.

In the 13:26 brand of the Podcast, Melo said that things had been bubbling during the last 22 years, and added that there is no “love” in the relationship between James and Smith.

Anthony also praised Smith for his handling of the situation, saying that “he understands what it really is”, and knows “to leave him alone.”

Even at 40 years of age, LeBron is still one of the best and most dominant NBA players, and is still under the microscope due to his state as a great all time.

The Lakers decision to select Bronny in the second round of the NBA draft of 2024 caused some criticisms and accusations of nepotism. The discussion has only become stronger since Bronny has fought for a 1.4 -point melody per game in 18 appearances in the NBA.

These criticisms appear to continue advancing if Bronny does not show a significant improvement, but LeBron may have drawn a proverbial line in the sand to show how to handle such situations in the future.