Stephen A. Smith says Lakers can’t win a title with ‘top three players being white’
The Los Angeles Lakers have been one of the NBA’s best teams to start the season, winning six straight games behind Luka Doncic. But Stephen A. Smith still isn’t buying them as a championship contender for a rather bizarre reason: their top players are all white. This week, the ESPN star claimed that he wasn’t…
ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith criticized the Los Angeles Lakers, stating they cannot win a championship because their top three players are all white. The ESPN star made this argument following the Lakers' strong start to the season, which has seen them win six consecutive games led by Luka Doncic. Smith argued that he has never witnessed an NBA team with its top three players being white win a championship, and he believes it won't happen this year either.
The Lakers restructured their roster around Doncic during the offseason, adding Walker Kessler as a center through a sign-and-trade deal with the Utah Jazz. Doncic's impressive performance in a recent game against the Atlanta Hawks further bolstered the Lakers' early-season success. Despite the Lakers' impressive start, Smith remains unconvinced, citing race as irrelevant to the team's chances.
He insisted that he wasn't making a racial issue but emphasizing the facts, while alluding to the potential impact of a championship for the NBA, the Olympics, and Los Angeles.
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