Saturday Night Live Mocks Stephen A. Smith’s ‘Close Relationship’ With Kobe Bryant, Steve Nash, Pau Gasol (Video)

Saturday Night Live’s Jay Pharoah is a master impressionist, and his Stephen A. Smith is right on par with his Will Smith, Denzel Washington and Jay-Z.

SNL mocked Smith’s boisterous claims that he has has more insight because he knows athletes personally. According to Pharoah’s Smith, he has shared a plate of spaghetti Lady & the Tramp-style with Steve Nash and taken a his-and-his Vespa ride down the streets of Barcelona with Pau Gasol.

Watch “Smith” dissect the 2012-13 Lakers on SNL’s Weekend Update with Seth Meyers in the video below.

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