LeBron James and Stephen A. Smith (Photos via Twitter)
AI videos and images have truly changed the landscape of social media, and now we are seeing it first-hand with LeBron James and Stephen A. Smith.

James confronted Smith during a timeout in the second half of the Lakers’ 113-109 overtime win over the New York Knicks in Los Angeles earlier this month.

Since Bronny was drafted last summer by the Lakers last summer, accusations of nepotism have followed the rookie around, and that was allegedly what had LeBron upset with Smith.

Smith has discussed Bronny and his situation on the air, but comments on the Jan. 29 edition of “First Take” seemed to escalate things.

“I am pleading with LeBron James, as a father. Stop this,” Smith said at the time. “We all know that Bronny James is in the NBA because of his dad. The first game of the season, opening night, the Griffey’s in attendance, father-son duo playing in an NBA game for the first time. An absolutely positively wonderful story. And then reality sets in.”

LeBron James looked heated as he towered over Smith during that game.

Now, we are getting a first-hand look at how a fight between them would look.

Somebody created an AI video of the two of them fighting on the court.

Stephen A. Smith Says He Would Have ‘Immediately’ Taken Swing at LeBron James

Stephen A. Smith (Image Credit: Instagram/@stephenasmith) LeBron James (Photo by Brad Penner/Imagn Images)
LeBron James broke his silence on that viral confrontation with Stephen A. Smith.

During The Pat McAfee Show on Wednesday, he joked that Smith was on a “Taylor Swift tour run right now” as he continued speaking publicly about the incident.

The ongoing Stephen A. Smith-LeBron feud would only escalate hours later.

Smith accused James of lying about his coverage of Bronny and whipped out a Chris Rock-Will Smith comparison.

Smith claimed that had James touched him, he would have taken a swing at the Lakers star.

“I just want to say for the record LeBron James is full of it, and in this particular instance, as it pertains to his son, he is a liar. He went on national television today, and he lied again. You see, when he approached me while I was sitting courtside at that game against the New York Knicks, when he rolled up on me, I didn’t know he was going to roll up on me. I had no idea, but when he said what he had to say, I was in no position to give any kind of retort without making a scene.

“It was during the third quarter, it was fresh out of a timeout, it was him walking to the basketball court, it was on national television, the cameras were rolling and had I done something, what do y’all want me to do? Do you want this to be a reincarnation of Chris Rock and Will Smith?

Let me state for the record that while we bring up that, let me assure you it wouldn’t have gone down like that. I would have gotten my ass kicked because had that man put his hands on me, I would have immediately swung on him. Immediately. That, I’m not going to tolerate. But I knew he wasn’t going to do something like that.

At least Smith was honest about what would’ve happened to him right after throwing a punch.