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But in a recent clip game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks, that line was crossed by megastar LeBron James when he confronted ESPN star Stephen A. Smith over comments the veteran media personality made about LBJ's son and current Lakers guard Bronny James.

Carmelo Anthony and Dwyane Wade have voiced their thoughts on Stephen A. Smith's confrontation with LeBron James. The two former NBA stars chatted about their perspectives on the situation on the 7PM In Brooklyn podcast (around the 15-minute mark).

LeBron James has been close friends with Dwyane Wade and Carmelo Anthony for many years. So in the recent dispute between the Los Angeles Lakers' superstar and ESPN's Stephen A. Smith over James' son,

"I said this before. He's switched roles. He AD and Luka is him." Melo talked about why the Lakers were winning after acquiring "Luka Magic" during last week's episode of his podcast. He talked about Doncic's ability to throw the passes that "King James" used to throw to AD and how Bron willingly let his new teammate do that by allowing him to be the team's primary playmaker.

LeBron James had a viral confrontation with Stephen A. Smith last week in defense of his son, and since then, a plethora of sports fans, pundits, and fellow players weighed in with their takes. Dwyane Wade reunited with Carmelo Anthony on the latter’s podcast,

Bron, I’ve never seen him as happy as he looks playing the game right now. They’re a lockdown defensive team right now,

It's not that the Los Angeles Lakers were having a bad season before, but the trade that sent big man Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for superstar Luka Doncic definitely shook things up (in a good way).

No matter how old LeBron James, he continues to defy Father Time as the Los Angeles Lakers star is playing some of the best basketball of anyone in the league during the 2024-25 season.

"The thing what's so great about LeBron's career is he continues to get to show his whole array of the game of basketball, you know what I mean, like his mind can tell his body what to do. When we get older your mind can't tell your body what to do no more.

The LeBron James and Stephen A. Smith discussion has taken a life of its own over the last week, as it seems that everyone with an opinion on basketball has weighed in.The Los Angeles Lakers superstar confronted the ESPN personality after Smith made comments about LeBron's son Bronny.