Exposed: Is Stephen A. Smith's bias against NBA's Luka Doncic based on race?

Is Stephen A. Smith race-baiting?

According to Jason Whitlock, that’s exactly what the ESPN host is doing.

When Joel Embiid dropped 70 points in a game, Smith and his colleagues were glowing. When the Dallas Mavericks’ Luka Doncic dropped 73 points in a game, Smith claimed it was just due to poor defense and a bad opponent.

The difference? A little over a week in timing and the color of the player’s skin.

“This brother is phenomenal, arguably the best big man in the game,” Smith told his colleagues about Embiid. “The message he sent is that he’s going for the championship. He’s not trying to mess around. He already got the league MVP.”

When it came to covering Doncic, Smith was much less impressed.

“The Atlanta Hawks, no wonder why y’all stink. Did you see how they played defense last night? I mean this is not Joel Embiid,” Smith says. “What transpired last night in Atlanta was disgraceful.”

While Smith doesn’t care much for Doncic’s performance, Whitlock doesn’t care for Smith’s.

“Anybody that’s paid attention to the NBA knows that what Luca Doncic did and how the Atlanta Hawks played, that’s par for the course in this new NBA,” Whitlock explains.

“For Stephen A. to single out this Atlanta Hawks game and Luca Doncic,” he continues, “it’s a joke.”

“Stephen A.’s contradictory messages here can only be defined and described in one way accurately: racist,” he adds.

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