It’s not often that Stephen A. Smith is left speechless.
The popular ESPN personality has expressed his beliefs from politics to sports and Pokemonbut on Monday morning he did not know how to respond.
Smith, an analyst for ESPN’s First Take debate show, spoke about the recent controversy surrounding the WNBA, Caitlin Clark and Chennedy Carter. Carter body checked Clark late in the third quarter of Saturday’s game, resulting in the Sky guard receiving a Flagrant 1 foul after league review.
Monica McNutt, also an ESPN analyst, didn’t like Smith’s comments and soon left him speechless on air.
This is what happened at First Take.
Stephen A. Smith and Monica McNutt, first shot of the video
Smith expressed her opinion on the current state of the WNBA following the conflict between Clark and Carter and concluded her statement by noting that she also criticizes the men for similar behaviors. McNutt was visibly upset and welcomed Smith to the “world of being a woman.” He said women have to tiptoe around her words to please everyone, and Smith suggested, “How about being a black man?”
That led McNutt to explain why the lack of WNBA coverage in recent years has been unfair to the players who “laid the foundation” for Clark. To which Smith said: “Who talks about the WNBA, who talks about women, who talks about women’s sports more than First Take?”
“Stephen A., respectfully,” McNutt said. “With his platform, he could have been doing this three years ago if he wanted to.”
Stephen A. Smith: “Who’s talking about the WNBA, who’s talking about women, who’s talking about women’s sports more than First Take?”
Monica McNutt: “Stephen A., respectfully, with your platform, you could have done this three years ago if you wanted to.”
Stephen A.: “Wow.” pic.twitter.com/szQXOPQ3h4
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Smith was stunned by McNutt’s direct hit before a commercial break. Molly Qerim finally sent the show to a commercial break, relieving everyone of the tense moment.
Stephen A. Smith’s basketball career
It’s very difficult to avoid Smith on ESPN, especially for basketball coverage. It is the sport he knows best and he has a playing career to back it up.
Smith played Division II college basketball at Winston-Salem State University, a historically black university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Earl Monroe is the most famous NBA player who played basketball at Winston-Salem State. Chris Paul recently graduated from college, but played college basketball at Wake Forest.
Smith played one year of college basketball at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York before transferring to Winston-Salem State. He said he received a basketball scholarship, but his career was cut short due to a knee injury. blacksmith told the story on Paul George’s “Podcast P with Paul George.”
He CIAAThe Winston-Salem State Conference inducted Smith into its Hall of Fame in 2017.
Monica McNutt’s basketball career
Before McNutt joined ESPN and MSG for her television career, she was a four-year player at Georgetown University.
McNutt, a 6-0 guard, joined the team as a freshman in the 2007-08 season, playing 16.5 minutes per game in 29 games. He started 66 of 68 games his junior and senior seasons and earned All-Big East honors as a junior in 2009-10.
| Year | Equipment | GRAM | MPG | PPG | role playing game | APG | AAP | BPG | GF% | 3-PT% | FOOT% |
| 2007-08 | georgetown | 29 | 16.5 | 5.6 | 23 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 40.9% | 31.6% | 60.0% |
| 2008-09 | georgetown | 3. 4 | 25.5 | 8.0 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 40.4% | 34.6% | 79.4% |
| 2009-10 | georgetown | 33 | 27.6 | 11.2 | 3.8 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 38.9% | 35.3% | 85.9% |
| 2010-11 | georgetown | 35 | 30.4 | 10.5 | 4.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 40.1% | 34.1% | 70.2% |
| Career | 131 | 25.4 | 8.9 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 39.9% | 34.3% | 76.5% |
