Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman have endured a rocky relationship in the past, after receiving the first ESPN dam before their division, of which Smith has been to blame for
Stephen A. Smith had a fairly uncomfortable reaction to his former colleague Max Kellerman was a reference to Espn.
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The ESPN personality, which signed an agreement worth $ 100 million to stay with the Disney network for five years, He has also had an agreement to host two radio programs for Siriusxm – including one that will not be related to sportAs he continues his foray into politics.
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Smith appeared in the first dam, Smith discussed the Seven NBA Seven game, which will be played on Sunday afternoon between the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder, when his former Co-AmpfiTrio was reminded.
Explaining his prediction for the game, Jay Williams raised Kellerman, saying, “Max Kellerman used to have this line, if the death beam focuses on Earth and they are the Martians against the United States.” At that moment, Smith intercepted, it seems to roll his eyes as he gave a neglect: “Correct …”
Smith has not been shy because he played an important role in the Kellerman’s departure from the world leader in sports.
Speaking in 2023, Smith explained why “First Take” never really came with the two on the program.
“I listened a little. I would do full responsibility for it. It was totally my fault and the reason it was to blame because I didn’t like to work with him,” he said.
“It’s so damn simple. I didn’t like it. I thought the program was rare [Bayless] to the left. I didn’t have it. That s — would not happen. “
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Smith then elaborated last year, saying that he blamed Kellerman from his division and the departure of Espn.
“Lack of chemistry. You believe or not, it was more fault than mine,” Kellerman’s Smith stated forcefully. “I have seen his friend Marcellus Wiley introduced things. Marcellus Wiley knows one side. He certainly never talked to me.
“He never called himself, he never asked him, not nothing like this. And I’m not hating -because of this because he is his man. He and Max are very, very tight, but if you want to talk -me, I don’t find it difficult to find.”
“It was a chemical problem and I think people have to understand, especially was my fault. I am the leader, I am the executive producer of the program. I am the protagonist of the program.
“I was not looking at Max Kellerman and said it was the fault that the program failed. I am talking about us … The test is in the gut.
“See how I vibrated with the people who have been there since I went. Look at how I vibrated with Skip Bayless as a debate partner before it arrived.”