Stephen A. Smith

Carmelo Anthony had a very impressive and somewhat historically relevant performance in Team USA’s 98-88 victory over Australia on Wednesday. Scoring 31 points and hitting nine three-pointers he is on route to becoming the leader scorer in U.S. Olympic Men’s Basketball history. [tweet https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/763500327374983168] This is Melo’s fourth Olympic games and he has a good [...]

Now I love Kevin Durant as much as the next person, but KD’s choice to sign with the defending Western Conference Champion Golden State Warriors and leave OKC got me wondering. When I open my internet browser, turn on the T.V., or listen to the radio, all I hear are journalists like Stephen A. Smith [...]

At some point, Allen Iverson has become incapable of not crying when talking about his Hall of Fame career. It’s great to see. In fact, he gets emotional thinking about how emotional he’ll be when he is actually giving his speech once he’s actually inducted into the Hall in a few months. He has rounded [...]

Stephen A. Smith says a lot of things with conviction. He always trusts his sources, and in his defense, a fair amount of what he says checks out. Well, he’s up to his old trick again and is commenting on LeBron James’ future with the Cavs. To many, when LeBron returned, it seemed impossible for [...]

When Billy Donovan left the University of Florida to coach the OKC Thunder, he landed in one of the best coaching gigs in the league. But in just a few years, it’s possible that it could be one of the worst. Kevin Durant becomes a free agent this summer and Russell Westbrook the year after. [...]

Do the New York Knicks know what tampering is? Okay, just checking. Because this sounds a lot like tampering. While on ESPN New York 98.7 FM, Stephen A. Smith made it clear that the Knicks want Chicago Bulls head coach Tom Thibodeau to be their next head coach. He also made it clear that they’ve [...]

If coaching the Knicks outside the NBA playoff picture doesn’t get Mike Woodson fired, New York’s interest in Jeff Van Gundy might. While Speaking during the Stephen A. Smith and Ryan Ruocco Show on ESPN New York 98.7 FM Thursday, Smith said he’s hearing the Knicks have every intention of parting ways with Woodson, per [...]

Should the Clippers trade Blake Griffin for Carmelo Anthony? Stephen A. Smith suggests the struggling Knicks should send future free agent forward Carmelo Anthony to the Los Angeles Clippers in return for Blake Griffin, but here are 3 really good reasons you don’t pull the trigger on that trade if you are the Los Angeles [...]

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Welp. New York Knicks fans weren’t supposed to be worried about Carmelo Anthony leaving. Why would he? He loves New York. The city has endless marketing opportunities. The Knicks have $129 million with his name on it. ‘Melo is the only player an alcohol-basted James Dolan would jump through a ring of fire for. He’s [...]