Stephen A. Smith Accuses Everyone of Lying About His Kyrie for Ben Simmons Trade Report

SGKing

3 years ago

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Stephen A. Smith is calling BS on everyone who listened to his report and ran with it. The Sports commentator clarified his previous comments about Kevin Durant’s influence on the Nets’ rumored interest in trading Kyrie Irving for the 76ers’ Ben Simmons. According to Stephen A., Kevin Durant didn’t want to trade Kyrie for Ben Simmons.

Kevin Durant Reportedly Axed Kyrie Irving for Ben Simmons Trade https://t.co/RczwlvRYeK

— SideAction (@SideActionHQ) September 22, 2021

Smith took to Twitter to set the record straight about his report.

Here we go with the lies again. I never said any trade offers were made regarding Kyrie & @BrooklynNets. What I said is, they would do a deal to swap Kyrie for Ben Simmons in a heartbeat, but @KDTrey5 ain’t having it. He loves his brother Kyrie. He won’t have that!

— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) September 23, 2021

Twitter reacted to Stephen A. Smith’s callout:

How can you say that you never said that when you blatantly use phrases like “could’ve ended up in Philly”, “KD wasn’t having it” or “(Philly) might’ve said no”? Using past tense words would mean that this had occurred already? #wewantMaxback pic.twitter.com/dru7oIpZf7

— Pen Griffey Sr. (@nonsenseonly12) September 23, 2021

stop the cap, you fabricate stories to get views. Kyrie and Nets for clicks

— Jeri Tsai (@JeriTsaiNets) September 23, 2021

You literally said he could’ve ended up in Philly but KD said no. That insinuates a trade was discussed. Offered and discussed is semantics but what did you expect when you said what you said?

— David Imondi (@David_Imondi) September 23, 2021

Nah u gotta b more careful how u say things on TV because i heard it like u were staying facts.

— Wray & Nephew's Nephew🖤 (@SprtsAficionado) September 23, 2021

https://twitter.com/GoatedStepBack/status/1441060117114359814

Skip Bayless owns Stephen. Only trustworthy source in sports

— Gunnersaurus Jr. (@ShakhtArsenalFC) September 23, 2021

https://twitter.com/Trollel_Embiid/status/1441069478402564097

Stephen A. Smith has a history of saying things like their facts, then backtracking if he gets called out for his reporting.

The man has built his whole career off doing this crap.

No one should ever feel sorry about “lying” on Stephen A.

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