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The one time Stephen A. almost lost it on air 👀 #shorts #nba #stephenasmith #firsttake #warriors

10 Jan 2023 · 1 min

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Stephen A. Smith recalls nearly losing his temper during a debate with Max, feeling the urge to unleash a fierce response. He chose restraint instead, remembering his humanity and brotherhood despite his confidence as television's best debater.

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This is the one time I almost, almost lost it. Max almost seems Blacker than you, Stephen A. Time, time. With what he's coming. There's a lot of stuff that hasn't been involved with T.O. over the years. And it took everything in me not to go all in. When it comes to what I do for a living, which is television and debate and stuff like that, Dray, I ain't gonna lie, I think I'm the best on the planet. I agree. I just do. I just do. I don't— I literally don't worry about a human being when it comes to debate. I just don't. Especially on my platform. When he walked into that lion's den, I had to remember my humanity. I had to remember, listen, I'm a brother. This is a brother. I disagree with him. I don't like it. And there are things that I could have brought up. But I couldn't bring myself to do it. But that was the closest that I had ever come to like getting medieval. Okay.