Stephen A Smith Clowns Russell Westbrook For STILL Being A Free Agent!

Stephen A. Smith didn’t hold back. After Russell Westbrook remained unsigned in free agency, Smith publicly tore into him — not just with jokes, but with raw criticism that exposed something deeper: a rift between Westbrook and what the NBA demands today. Once the relentless triple‑double machine, Westbrook now finds himself sidelined, criticized, and mocked on national TV — a fall from MVP to castoff.

Smith opened by calling Westbrook’s behavior “inexcusable” and intimated that he deserved suspension for a reckless playoff showing. He warned that if Westbrook couldn’t accept a reduced role, he risked being without a job next season — an unthinkable outcome for a former MVP. But Smith’s attacks went further: he challenged Westbrook’s stubbornness, his inability to adapt, his poor defense, and framed his decline as inevitable. He even implicated LeBron James — accusing him of undermining Westbrook in past playoff matchups and stoking the narrative of Russ as disposable.

What’s especially brutal is the gap between Smith’s narrative and what many of Westbrook’s former teammates and peers still say: that he was one of the most energetic, competitive, loyal players in the league — a fiery leader whom many respected. But in a league that now prizes spacing, 3‑point efficiency, and system fit, Wesbrook’s old strengths are judged as liabilities.

So when Smith clowned Westbrook, it wasn’t just entertainment. He wielded a narrative that shapes perception, and in today’s NBA, perception often becomes reality. Russ isn’t just facing the decline of a career — he’s confronting the system that built him up only to abandon him when the game moved on.