Oh no, Stephen A. Smith. This is probably not what you what fans to be focusing on during a terrific 2025 NBA Finals now that the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers are all tied up.
The ESPN personality and maybe future presidential candidate was at Game 4 of the series at Indiana’s Gainbridge Fieldhouse to cover the contest, but fans on social media caught him on his phone while the game was going on. And to top it all off, it appears that he was playing the classic Solitaire game to pass the time.
Smith ended up responding to all the attention with a joke … or maybe he was trying to point out that he was playing Solitaire while watching the game on his phone. But either way, there was a lot of attention paid to Smith not watching the game he was at.
Let’s run through these posts on X (formerly Twitter):
It started with someone posting the photo of Smith playing Solitaire on his phone
“How can you have all of these opinions while you’re playing solitaire instead of watching the game @stephenasmith?”
Smith then claimed he was playing during a timeout
“Yep! That’s me. Who would’ve thought….I can multi-task. Especially during TIMEOUTS! Hope y’all are enjoying the NBA Finals. This is going 7 games now, peeps!
A video appeared to show he was playing during game action, though
Smith then sent what appears to be a screenshot
Kevin Durant seemed to make fun of Stephen A. Smith on Instagram
Just amazing stuff here.
