Stephen A. Smith blames LeBron James for ‘terrible’ NBA dunk contest

It looks like Stephen A. Smith is coming after LeBron James.

And this time it’s for something that has nothing to do with The King.

After the participants’ terrible performance in the Slam Dunk Contest during Saturday night’s NBA All-Star, which was won by Heat forward Keshad Johnson, the ESPN personality unleashed on James during his Monday morning segment on First Take.

When asked about the match, Smith didn’t hesitate to talk about how uninvolved he was.

“I didn’t think about the game,” he said. “I want to applaud Keshad Johnson for his win. Pat Riley stands up and applauds him… but we all know it was terrible because there was no star power. The reality is we’re going to bring it home where the GOATS can get it.”

Smith then took a turn and blamed James for how far the competition has fallen in recent years, despite James never competing.

“I’m going to blame it on LeBron James,” Smith said. “Now I’ve sat here for months and applauded his greatness and all the things he’s done and meant to the NBA, but I’ve said it and I’m going to be very consistent… the person who is really the agent provocateur who is ruining the slam dunk contest is him.”

Obviously Smith has no factual evidence as to why James is to blame and this is simply one person’s opinion, but blaming James because he never participated is a horrible approach.

“He was a superstar who would organize a dunk contest every night in the layup line, especially when he knew there was momentum for him to participate, and he never did. He even teased that he would participate one year.”

After doing so much to grow the game of basketball and being one of the two best players ever, it’s not James’ responsibility to save the dunk contest.

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