“Are You Gonna Shut Up?”: Stephen A. Smith Takes Sides in Luka Doncic and Yaxel Lendeborg Feud on National Television

Yaxel Lendeborg made headlines after trash-talking Luka Doncic in his NBA debut against the Lakers. The rookie told Doncic that he couldn’t score on him and later said that he’d lost “all respect” for the Lakers’ star. Now, the two are set to go up against one another again, and Stephen A. Smith has picked sides. “This is basketball, y’all. Lendeborg was saying, ‘yo, you supposed to be that superstar. I’m a rookie. What you whining for calls for?” Smith said on a national broadcast. “What you looking for help from the officials for?