Stephen A. Smith was a part of the protection of the ultimate weekend of the NBA’s inaugural in-season match, as ESPN and TNT teamed as much as cowl the semifinals and the ultimate sport of the IST. Whereas the Los Angeles Lakers captured the inaugural NBA Cup on Saturday night time, defeating the Indiana Pacers, the very last thing Smith wished to speak about on Monday was that sport.

He had one thing else on his thoughts.

Zion Williamson’s stomach.

It started on Monday morning, when Smith was on ESPN’s “First Take.” Throughout a phase that — as the underside third reveals was alleged to be in regards to the Lakers-Pacers sport — Smith was targeted on the semifinal matchup between Los Angeles and New Orleans. The Lakers received that sport going away, by a closing rating of 133-89, and Williamson had 13 factors in 26 minutes.

However that was not precisely Smith’s practice of thought:

“The phrase out on Zion Williamson is that he’ll eat the desk.”

However he was simply getting warmed up.

In a while within the day Smith launched a clip from “The Stephen A. Smith Present” the place he doubled down on his criticism of Williamson and … you simply must see this for your self:

It’s exhausting to select only a single second from this clip to spotlight. Is it the preliminary pause after the “[h]e seems to be fats”? The “GET IN MY BELLY” reference? The qualifier: “[h]e’s hooked on meals. I’m speculating, nevertheless it’s gotta be!”

All I do know is that this: If Stephen A. Smith recorded one thing like this about me — and I’ll be sincere, I’ve placed on a couple of LBs through the years — I’d be on the gymnasium that night time.