Bayless posted a video to social media on Monday responding to his former debate partner, Stephen A.Smith, who mocked the Lakers for trying to win with "three white dudes." Smith argued that NBA history shows it takes multiple "black brothers" to win a championship.He doubled down on those comments last week.ZERO BS.
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DOWNLOAD NOW!"I ain't backing down," Smith said."In NBA history, when has a team led by three White dudes ever gone to the promised land? Somebody gotta say it."Is that so?NEW YORK, NY - MAY 28: Stephen A.
Smith and Skip Bayless attend the The Paley Center for Media 2014 Spring Benefit Dinner at 583 Park Avenue on May 28, 2014 in New York City.(Photo by Laura Cavanaugh/FilmMagic) (FilmMagic)Bayless defended Smith, insisting the comments "were not racist," though the premise of Smith's argument is undeniably based on race.
Still, Bayless rejected Smith's conclusion.According to Bayless, it isn't about whether a team has three white players.It's about whether it has the right three white players.
He believes the Lakers could have exactly that with Luka Doncic, Austin Reaves and Walker Kessler."This isn't a group you can dismiss as just three typical white dudes because there's nothing typical about any of these three," Bayless argued."Could these Lakers be the third-best team in the Western Conference? Sure, they could.Look at how these three fit together."He concluded, "As right as Stephen A.
is about history, it's also possible these three snowflakes have the potential to shatter that mold."The fact that this is even a legitimate sports debate says plenty about the current state of sports media.It also exposes an obvious racial double standard.Imagine a white broadcaster asking whether an NFL team could ever win a Super Bowl with a black quarterback, black head coach and black general manager simply because it hadn't happened before.
Stephen A.Smith would almost certainly be among the first de...