ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith went viral Wednesday after he said Clippers star Kawhi Leonard should be forced into retirement after missing the final three games of his team’s first-round series against the Suns.
But retired NBA veteran JJ Redick, who now works as an analyst for the network, clearly did not appreciate Smith’s comments regarding Leonard on Wednesday’s episode of First Take.
“I mean this in the nicest way possible to both of you, but listening to each of you right now, it’s very obvious that you’ve played zero high-level basketball, and you do not understand the requirements of doing that, and I do mean that in a nice way,” Redick told Smith and Chris “Mad Dog” Russo.