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“Expectations for the rest of LeBron James career?” Stephen A. Smith and Co go off topic before Game 7 of ECF and NBA Twitter is on fire

Akash Murty
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“Expectations for the rest of LeBron James career?” Stephen A. Smith and Co go off topic before Game 7 of ECF and NbA Twitter is on fire

One might go mad if they think about the segments ESPN led by Stephen A. Smith brings up out of nowhere even on the big game nights.

“Expectations for the rest of LeBron James’ career?” Stephen A. Smith and Co go off-topic before Game 7 of ECF and NBA Twitter is on fire

Media works in mysterious ways. A way that will never seem usual to an outsider and will never be weird to anybody working on a foolish segment that the nation witnesses.

Let’s just talk about the visual media not because we are print, but because they get the opportunity to present and analyze games in real-time with hundreds of thousands watching.

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Take ESPN and NBA for example the way they use Michael Jordan and LeBron James unnecessarily for the clickbait on the internet is just maddening.

Having a top sports news platform to which countless people look live before, after, and while watching the games doesn’t suffice them to report what’s going on. They don’t even let their agenda slide when it’s one of the most important games of the season.

NBA Twitter roasts Stephen A. Smith and ESPN for bringing up LeBron James and the Lakers before Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals

During the Eastern Conference Finals Game 7 between the Miami Heat and the Boston Celtics, Stephen A. Smith ran a segment that said, “Expectations for the rest of LeBron James’ career?”

You heard it right. ESPN ran that segment about the Lakers superstar from the West coast before the Eastern Conference’s game of the season. Try to make sense of it. NBA Twitter couldn’t.

Although the Lakers are the biggest rivals of the Celtics, it still made no sense to bring them up out of nowhere just because they have LeBron on the team. They didn’t even make the playoffs, shouldn’t have been brought up in the most important Playoffs game yet.

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Akash Murty

Akash Murty

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An Electrical and Electronics Engineer by degree, Akash Murty is an NBA Editor at The SportsRush. Previously a Software Engineer, Murty couldn’t keep himself away from sports, and his knack for writing and putting his opinion forward brought him to the TSR. A big Soccer enthusiast, his interest in basketball developed late, as he got access to a hoop for the first time at 17. Following this, he started watching basketball at the 2012 Olympics, which transitioned to NBA, and he became a fan of the game as he watched LeBron James dominate the league. Him being an avid learner of the game and ritually following the league for around a decade, he now writes articles ranging from throwbacks, and live game reports, to gossip. LA Lakers are his favourite basketball team, while Chelsea has his heart in football. He also likes travelling, reading fiction, and sometimes cooking.

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