ESPN’s First Take rarely makes for compelling television as manufactured debate basically exists to rile up viewers. But on Tuesday, we saw something that doesn’t happen particularly often on ESPN’s airwaves:
Stephen A. Smith got rattled on his own show.
Pelicans guard C.J. McCollum and former NBA guard J.J. Redick were a part of Tuesday’s panel, and they took issue with a comment Smith made about Russell Westbrook’s attendance at newly hired Lakers head coach Darvin Ham’s introductory press conference. Smith — without explaining his actual reasoning — said, “Him being at that press conference yesterday — actually to me — I didn’t like it.”
