$110,000,000 Worth Clippers Star Rips Stephen A Smith For Calling Kawhi Leonard “Unreliable” and “Worst?Superstar”

NBA players are known for their bonhomie and brotherhood. Members of the hoops community routinely stand up for each other on social media platforms. This sense of synergy surfaced when an analyst drew ire of an NBA star over his sweeping statement. In Paul George, Kawhi Leonard found a pal who minced no words while taking veteran Stephen A. Smith head on over his reckless comments.

Stephen A. Smith learned this camaraderie a hard way after barely escaping the recent ESPN layoffs. The seasoned NBA analyst’s brutal First Take against Kawhi Leonard aka ‘Claw’ not only backfired but also sent a strong message to commentators running their freewheeling interviews in the offseason.

Stephen A Smith’s ‘unreliable’ comments against ‘Claw’

Stephen A. Smith lately went on a rant against Kawhi, saying that he should be on the list of ‘worst players in the NBA‘. That rant didn’t go down well with Paul George, who’s Kawhi’s teammate in the LA Clippers.

The small/shooter guard began playing for the Indiana Pacers in 2020 and today has a net worth north of $100 million. He has been on the roster with Kawhi for a while now. When he got on a mic, he gave his piece of mind to anyone who was tuning in to listen.

“I heard Stephen Smith saying that if Kawhi could give you five minutes or ten minutes, it’s not about that,” Goerge said. “If I gotta go on the floor, and I can’t be myself, then, like, ‘what the f**k I am on the floor for? Now, I am liable to get even more hurt. It was a dumb take’.”

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He continued, “I think fans just really understand, you try to play through injuries, that’s the goal. If you can play through it, you can play through it. If you can’t, there’s a reason why. Like, nobody wants to sit out for no reason.”

The game that led to Stephen’s rant

Stephen A Smith stirred a hornet’s nest when he went into a deep-dive discussion about Kawhi Leonard’s playing prowess during a post-game discussion after the Suns defeated the Clippers in the first round of Game 4 of the first-round playoff. The event was marred by the non-appearance of Kawhi.

Kahwi has been playing basketball since his college days, and he made his NBA debut with the San Antonio Spurs in 2011. He played with them until 2018. Post an injury-laden season in 2017-2018,?he played with the Toronto Raptors in the 2019-2020 season. He plays for the Los Angeles Clippers since 2020.

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The veteran analyst’s diatribe against his injured teammate not only broke Paul George’s silence but also created a stance making the game worth it. That’s how fans see it.