Stephen a Smith Was Under Fire for Asking Ayesha Curry to “Be a Good NBA Wife” Like Savannah James
Stephen A Smith doesn’t shy away from a bold comment, but his Ayesha Curry comment may have been a step too far.
In 2016, Ayesha Curry was in her sixth year of marriage to Stephen Curry, and saw her husband break the record for most wins. The Splash brother was leading from behind against Cleveland in a rematch of the 2015 Finals. With a 3-1 lead in the final, Ayesha was almost ready to celebrate with champagne.
And that moment never came, because LeBron James passed. Game 5 and Game 6 saw him take the game by the neck. 6 had some dangerous moments, with the calls looking more favorable for a comeback. And with them becoming more apparent towards the end, Ayesha took to Twitter to criticize the referees.
Stephen A. Smith found out and politely asked her to “shut up”. It’s like LeBron James being asked to shut up and haggle. Already frustrated with everything that was troubling her and her family, Mrs. Curry returned the veteran sportscaster’s claps.
Once he read her tweet, Smith felt it necessary to make additions to her comments, lest they cause more trouble. And to some extent, he was right in his explanation.
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What bothers fans is why a grown man like Stephen A Smith cares what another man’s wife tweets.
In his explanation, SAS talks about how if this was LeBron’s wife or mother, he would be the target of all the media. The media, the same career that SAS works in, the same SAS that would have a field day if she was LeBron James’ wife tweeting this.
This explanation can be interpreted more as “Why didn’t Savannah James tweet this so we have one more reason to hate LeBron?
” While she’s right about James getting flak, she’s completely wrong about what Ayesha tweeted.
Ayesha was right to express her feelings: the game can at some point affect you. She can support her husband behind the scenes as Savannah, or be outspoken as Ayesha, whatever works for her partner.
No grown man whose hair looks like a Lego clip should worry about what another man’s wife has to tweet. She tweeted like any other sports fan would: The only thing is this person has Curry attached to them. Stop the blame game, Stephen. They may have the same name, but that’s where the similarities end.
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