India, March 8 -- Famed NBA Journalist Stephen A. Smith revealed that the pregame squabble with LeBron James originated from a previous comment the ESPN hoops analyst made about Bronny James.

The interaction took place during the Lakers' 113-109 overtime victory against the Knicks on Thursday night at the Crypto.com Arena. "That was LeBron James coming up to me, unexpectedly, I might add, to confront me about making sure I mind what I say about his son," Smith opened Friday morning's 'First Take' in reference to Bronny James, LeBron's 20-year-old son and Lakers rookie.

"Can't repeat the words because they ain't suited for FCC airwaves, that's what he was doing. And I thought long and hard about this over the last few hours cause I had n...