Stephen A I've covered NBA for quarter of century I can't count the amount of fraternization It's not to excuse anything Two consenting adults work together that stuff happened all the time If you are not firing him don't publicize it No reason to put that personal business out there

Stephen A Smith You and I were both talking to commissioner Adam Silver before the game and he's highlighting like Look we know how this goes But damn it that happens every NBA Finals

The Press Box Brian Windhorst on LeBron calling him weird He was just angry at Stephen A I've never once said I was his best friend I've never claimed to be a LeBron expert I've never seen myself as anything but a journalist covering a great athlete

Jaylen Brown ESPN is unethical and Stephen A Smith is the head face of that The organization the players they were all in agreeaance They all knew what I meant by that Our team was basically salary dumped We lost a lot of players For us to emerge and still be in the same position

Stephen A reacts to Jaylen Brown calling him out Hes so full of shit I want to throw up Suddenly were unethical because were telling you how your comments came across No wonder your ass is in France you can't deal with the heat I didn't know you were that soft bro

Zach Lowe on Sam Presti defending SGA by blaming social media What social media How about the coaches of half the NBA teams Hes trying to make it sound like its just these lunatics on SM and poor Shai has all these people attacking him Its people in the league head coaches on the record

Austin Rivers Trashes Anonymous Sources Around Jaylen Brown We got a smear campaign by a bunch of anonymous sources Nobody puts their name out of course It's a bunch of twerps A lot of people who have no background in basketball never really put any weight or any work or sweat in the game