Stephen A Smith calls out Chet Holmgren after Thunder lose Game 1

These types of veiled threats by @stephenasmith are familiar forms of retaliatory journalism. He gets called out for gossip mongering, and being hella messy, and what does he do? He threatens to use his power and resources to dig up dirt to discredit those–particularly Black male athletes–who are either critical of him or systemic oppression. It makes sense that he feels like he is qualified to run for president of the United States. Because a lot of his character traits overlap with homie in th