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Andy Nesbitt

NBA Fans Crushed Stephen A. Smith for His Disgusting Take on Anthony Davis's Head Injury

The Lakers lost to the Warriors in Wednesday night’s Game 5. They also lost one of their stars, Anthony Davis, for the last few minutes of the game after he took an elbow to the head and had to leave the bench in a wheelchair. 

There were immediate concerns that he had suffered a concussion because he was pretty woozy after taking the inadvertent elbow from Kevon Looney. Thankfully it looks like he will be O.K. and is reportedly expected to be available for Game 6, but head injuries aren’t something that should really be taken lightly.

Stephen A. Smith, who is not a doctor, went on ESPN on Thursday morning and yelled a bunch of really ridiculous things about the injury and how he didn’t think concussions could happen in NBA games. 

This was all pretty gross:

UPDATE: Smith apologized for that take after the show:

NBA fans did not hold back: 

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