The ongoing drama between ‘First Take’ host Stephen A. Smith and Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has led to the ESPN pundit losing contact with some NBA players.

Smith and James are at a crossroads over the sports television personality’s comments about LeBron’s son, Bronny James, who has been struggling with limited action and poor performances in his first NBA season.

Stephen A. previously claimed that LeBron’s camp contacted him over his criticism of Bronny. But the 57-year-old Smith called James’ sensitivity ‘beyond the pale.’

Earlier in the week, the two met courtside before a game between the Lakers and the New York Knicks – where LeBron seemed to angrily confront Smith, telling him to keep Bronny’s name out of his mouth.

While this seems to be just a matter of disagreement between two grown adults, Smith revealed on the latest episode of his podcast that other NBA stars have taken issue with his words.

Specifically, he mentioned Golden State Warriors superstar forward Draymond Green.

Amid a controversy with LeBron James, Stephen A. Smith says some NBA players have beef

Smith and James both met courtside before a game between the Lakers and Knicks this week

LeBron has an issue with media criticism of his son, G-Leaguer Bronny James

Addressing his comments about Bronny on ‘The Stephen A. Smith Show,’ the host said, ‘As a matter of fact, I heard that not many, not all, but a few players were upset with me about that.

‘I think one player, in particular, was Draymond Green, who I haven’t spoken to since and has no desire to speak to me, primarily because of this, I suppose.’

Smith has built his reputation on his H๏τ takes and fiery dialogue – and has targeted Green in the past for his perceived indiscretions.

Last year, when Green received multiple fines and suspensions, Smith openly questioned if the four-time NBA champion had the temperament to transition into the media world.

But on the latest episode of the show, Smith added that Green has been making his issue with the ESPN star known to many others.

‘When I think about somebody like Draymond Green, and I’ve kept my mouth shut about this for a while, but without getting into too many details, Draymond Green has felt the need to go to other people to say how he feels about me,’ Smith later explained. 

‘And, I got mad love for Draymond. Draymond is a good brother that, quite frankly, I’ve always tried to be good to. And this shift in his feelings about me — I got it.

‘But I’m gonna get to a bigger level. You see, one of the reasons that I had so many great relationships in the world of sports over the years is because if cats had a problem, they called me.’ 

One of the people who has an issue with Smith’s negative words is Draymond Green

Smith says he’s surprised by this because he and Green had a generally positive relationship

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Smith added, about Green, ‘Silly me, I’m thinking that if you get along with people and you talk with them, if they have an issue with you, at least they’d call you and confront you man-to-man before something’s resolved.’

He continued: ‘The reason I’m not talking about LeBron is because, excuse my language, LeBron and I don’t really f**k with each other. It’s primarily been ‘hi’ and ‘bye’ for more than a decade — and I’m fine with it, and so is he, OK? 

‘But that wasn’t the relationship with me and Draymond. That wasn’t the relationship with me and quite a few cats. And one of the biggest reasons that I loved the kind of relationship that we had, is that I always got the impression, ‘Yo, if they got an issue with you, they’ll call you.’ You talk it out as men and if you disagree, you part ways, even if you part ways not speaking with one another, or you can be agreeable, or you can agree to disagree.

‘It could be a boatload of things, but the blind sightedness of it all is what throws me off. You see, if I got a problem with somebody, I’m not hard to find. 

‘You call me; I’m gonna pick up the phone. You want to see me? I’m rap to you, and we can hash it out, and we can reach a resolution, or we don’t. That’s not what’s happening. And so, it is what it is, you know?’

So, for now, it appears that these two won’t be able to reconcile their differences until they each have a heart-to-heart about them.

While Smith has been in the news this week about LeBron, Green has also been in the news about an entirely different issue.

Earlier in the week, the Knicks and the Warriors played a game that did not feature Knicks star center Karl-Anthony Towns.

Green was in the news this week for spreading a lie about Knicks star Karl-Anthony Towns

Towns missed Tuesday’s game against the Warriors due to the death of a close family friend

Green said on his podcast that Towns may have purposely tried avoiding his Warriors team

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Green, a Warriors veteran, believed that Towns was trying to duck the game against Golden State for some reason.

In a podcast appearance earlier in the week, the four-time NBA champion speculated that the Knicks star was faking an injury so that he didn’t have to play him or Towns’ former Minnesota Timberwolves teammate Jimmy Butler on Tuesday evening.

But in reality, Towns missed the game in order to mourn the loss of a family friend – Sarah Holtzman, who died of cancer.

Green learned of this after a game against the Brooklyn Nets. He offered condolences, but also plugged his podcast and tried to deflect blame.

‘That’s unfortunate. I’m sorry to hear that. That sucks,’ Green said before adding, ‘But my comments that I made was that “People I heard was this” and that’s what I heard.’

He concluded, ‘You never wish that on anybody but “The Draymond Green Show with Baron Davis” must go on.’

Multiple fans voiced criticism with Green’s response, his lack of ownership of his actions, and a general lack of tact.