Sophie Cunningham laughs at Stephen A Smith's belittling claim about White NBA players
I think it’s so funny." Also funny: In the very season Smith is belittling the idea of building around three White players, the Lakers’ trio ranks as the NBA’s best, according to ESPN’s own advanced analytics.
Key points
- This week, Smith again said the Los Angeles Lakers cannot win an NBA championship led by "three White dudes": Doncic, Austin Reaves and Walker Kessler.
- Luka Doncic is on pace for one of the greatest seasons in NBA history, averaging just under 40 points per game.
- was, like, ‘Why would the Lakers ever build a team around three White boys?
WILL CAIN CHALLENGES STEPHEN A SMITH ON 'RACIST' CLAIM ABOUT 'WHITE DUDES' IN THE NBA As OutKick explained this week, Doncic, Reaves and Kessler are not the reason the Lakers have only the 10th-best championship odds.
WNBA star Sophie Cunningham loves watching him set these records, especially when he makes Stephen A.
Additional details
- CLICK HERE FOR MORE OUTKICK SPORTS COVERAGE "He’s killing it," she said on her "No Hesitation" podcast about Doncic’s historic start to the season.
- Here’s the catch: Those role players are almost entirely Black.
- And it sounds like he’s trying far too hard to appease the people who criticize his coverage of Black athletes.
- insists on blaming the Lakers’ championship limitations on a particular race, he’s blaming the wrong one.
- That’s never going to be successful.’ And he (Doncic) is out there freaking killing it.
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