Famous mouth: Everything James has done for basketball deserves the right to pave the way for his son.

For an update to Clutch Points, Stephen Smith is talking about the status of James and his son. Here's what you can see from Clutch Points:

Smith: "Honestly, you know, we can discuss how we feel about this moment, and I'm so disgusted with people who have a problem with lebron. I want to remind everyone that this is James we're talking about - no one has done more for modern basketball than he has, intellectually.

Yes, we can criticize his jump shot, we can criticize him for putting pressure on his coach when he's under A lot of pressure, but there's no question that I'm not going to overlook A's greatness and B's significance to the game of basketball. He has earned the right to pave the way for his son.

As his opponent, the Warriors considered drafting Browne out of respect for lebron, but ultimately did not do so, which is why Browne was selected by the Lakers with the 55th pick. We know Brownie has a lot to prove and we wish him the best of luck, but lebron has earned the influence to be able to manipulate the process. This player is undoubtedly one of the two or three greatest men in the history of basketball, and he deserves that privilege for what he has done for the game.

If it was anyone else, we wouldn't have seen that happen. We have to make it clear that lebron deserves this, he has earned this, and he has done so much for the game of basketball.

We see it all the time in coaching circles, we see it all the time in management. There are 1,234 of them, a bunch of relatives working on the team, but we don't give a shit about that. Why is it that now, for the first time in history, when this happens to lebron, someone is asking questions?"