Stephen A. Smith has become a star on ESPN for his hot takes. But right how he’s on quite a cold streak when it comes to the NBA Finals.
A hilarious montage of the ESPN debater was recently put together and thrown up online. In it, the sports personality and basketball ‘expert’ incorrectly chooses the winner of the NBA Finals dating back to 2011!
And the best part is that The Big Lead further discovered his wrong prediction from 2010 as well!!
He was not at ESPN for a two-year period before that, but I found this transcript of his appearance on MSNBC in May of 2010, where he picks the Celtics over the Lakers (that came during the conference finals).
SCHULTZ: Lakers all the way?
SMITH: No. They`ll get to the final. There is no series. There is no western conference series. It`s the Lakers. They`re going to the finals. They will run roughshod over the Phoenix Suns. That`s over in five games. They`ll probably meet the Boston Celtics, who I`m predicting will take Orlando out in six games. And then I think the Boston Celtics, they are going to beat the Los Angeles Lakers, probably in seven.
The last time anyone can find a correct Finals prediction from the ESPN star? 2009, when Stephen A. correctly predicted a heavily-favored Kobe-led Lakers team over Dwight Howard’s Magic.
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