Stephen A. Smith is fired up about Kevin Garnett’s current feedback the place he dissed fashionable NBA gamers.
Garnett’s feedback got here after the Wolves legend reacted to Anthony Edwards saying that MJ was the one expert NBA participant of the 90s.
KG boldly mentioned, “I don’t assume anyone on this era might’ve performed 20 years in the past.”
Smith was of the folks to react strongly to Garnett’s feedback and defined {that a} participant of his stature shouldn’t diss an entire era simply to get again at Edwards.
“Let me inform you what pissed me off,” Smith mentioned on The Stephen. A Smith Present. “I shouldn’t say pissed off however I kinda felt somewhat pissed off at KG for this one factor. You ain’t bought to qualify how a lot love you bought for the younger brother and y’all podcast, ain’t right here to harm no person. Bro, you a Corridor of Famer and champion… Say what you need to say so long as you ain’t attacking however you’ll be able to assault what they mentioned.
“…As a result of I consider [Curry] is the perfect shooter God ever created, I believe he would’ve adjusted [to the traditional physicality of the game],” SAS mentioned. “You possibly can’t inform me {that a} LeBron at 6’9″ 260 [pounds] couldn’t take care of the physicality of the outdated days as a result of he would’ve been hurting folks. … Russell Westbrook would have been off the chain…Kevin Durant any period, he’s 6’11” with a deal with and a J. Steph Curry might’ve performed within the outdated days since you simply don’t educate capturing capability like that. … LeBron James? Any period.”
Little doubt the talk between outdated vs. new gamers is way from over.
It looks as if an outdated head is piping up concerning the good outdated days each second week now.
Carry on the 2024-25 season, so we’ve got one thing new to speak about.
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