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(NewsNation) — Stephen A. Smith says the NBA is astatine the mercy of Kash Patel and President Trump's medication regarding the gambling arrests made past week by the FBI.
Patel, the FBI director, called out Smith aft helium said that the arrests whitethorn person been a portion of President Trump's revenge for each the protests and backlash he's facing astir the country.
"Kash Patel tin enactment similar I'm disconnected my rocker, and each of this different stuff," Smith said successful a Monday quality connected "CUOMO." "He tin speech that nonsense each helium wants to. I ain't got clip to beryllium getting into it with nary FBI director."
Last week, Portland Trail Blazers caput manager Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat defender Terry Rozier were among much than 30 radical arrested successful transportation with a national probe into sports gambling and rigged poker games, authorities said.
"I meant what I meant. I'm not saying successful immoderate mode that the probe is not connected a ineligible standing, that it's illegitimate oregon thing similar that," Smith added.
"What I said was, for those looking for the president to spare them oregon to supply a helping manus of assistance, similar he's prone to bash from clip to clip for radical helium likes, don't expect that here."
Trump doesn't forget, has 'petty' qualities: Stephen A. Smith
Smith believes if Trump were to beryllium asked to assistance those who were portion of the alleged scandal, helium would brushwood them off.
He specifically pointed retired those successful NBA circles who person been precise opposed to him.
"The protests, radical not wanting to travel to the White House, a contiguous prima calling him a bum, you know, discontents," Smith said. "Well, LeBron James called him ... a bum. The antheral is not going to forget. You cognize however petty helium tin be."
"And you know, if this inconveniences the league, who helium believes person gravitated to a leftist ideology that serves to canine him astatine each chance, listen, helium doesn't person immoderate occupation inconveniencing them whatsoever. And that's precisely what helium gave Kash Patel the OK to do."
