Nick Wright Slams Stephen A Smith For Jaylen Brown Feud
If you've somehow missed the drama between Stephen A. Smith and Boston Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown, congratulations.
The Boston Celtics blew a 3-1 series lead and were eliminated by the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the NBA playoffs on May 2. Less than 24 hours later, Celtics All-Star Jaylen Brown livestreamed a post-mortem on Twitch, including a revelation that this was his “favorite year” of his basketball career and a ton of criticism of the referees. The NBA fined Brown $50,000, and what should have been the end was only the beginning.
We are still caught in the crosshairs of a feud between Brown and ESPN ‘s Stephen A. Smith , a timeline so convoluted that Bryan Kalbrosky did the lord’s work by condensing it here . In short, Smith blasted Brown for his original Twitch stream, prompting Brown to tell Smith to retire.
They’ve been going back and forth since then, with Smith using “First Take” as his perch to take shots at Brown, eventually threatening to do real reporting on how the Celtics feel about Brown. ESPN reporter and analyst Stephen A. Smith is seen on the set of “First Take” on Feb.
06, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images) FS1’s “First Things First” host Nick Wright went on a 15-minute monologue on the May 19 episode of his “What’s Wright?