In Friday night’s overtime win over the Phoenix Suns, Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokić had one of the best games of any player this season, strengthening his case to repeat as the league’s MVP potentially.
Now in the aftermath, ESPN NBA personality Stephen A. Smith has fired back at Barkley over his comments. Smith defended Barkley over his name-calling but did go after him for his opinion on ESPN's topic selection.
ESPN proved that again on Thursday. According to a report from The Athletic's Andrew Marchand, ESPN and Stephen A. Smith, one of sports media's biggest personalities, have agreed to a new five-year contract that will pay him "at least" $100 million.
Love him or hate, Stephen A. Smith is here to stay at ESPN. At least for the next half decade, with a new $100M ESPN contract.