Stephen A. Smith has been accused of “crossing the line” by an ESPN coworker.

ESPN’s $100 million man appeared on “NBA Countdown” on Friday evening. Smith was called out by one of his coworkers for crossing the line during the show. He was accused of asking his ESPN colleague, former NBA big man Kendrick Perkins, a fairly invasive question.

The question came following a conversation about Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, who is retiring following a legendary career. Perkins had a cool story about the iconic NBA head coach.

“My story with Pop actually happened when I was 18 years old,” Perkins began. “[Oklahoma City Thunder GM] Sam Presti used to drive down to old Beaumont, Texas, when he was a scout for the San Antonio Spurs, and watched me in high school. And during my draft workouts, I had to go to San Antonio, right? And so when I got there, Pop was in there, and he said, ‘Hello, you ready to work?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, I’m ready to work.’ And he said, ‘Well, one go to the weight room. ‘So, first thing that they did was body fat, right? I didn’t pass the test.”

Perkins said his entire workout changed.

“So, my entire workout changed and was straight conditioning,” Perkins continued. “And I remember Pop said, ‘I’ll see you in about a month for your second workout.’ Because the plan, Bob, they had the late first round pick at the time, and they was going to pick me. But that woke me up, and the next time I worked out in front of Gregg Popovich, I got a guarantee from the San Antonio Spurs. So, he’s always been that truth teller.”

Stephen A. Smith prior to the Phoenix Suns against the Milwaukee Bucks in game three of the 2021 NBA Finals.

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Smith attempted to ask Perkins what his body fat percentage was, but ESPN NBA analyst Bob Myers, the former Golden State Warriors GM, intervened.

“Don’t do that. Don’t do that. That’s over the line,” Myers said. “Perk, you don’t have to do that. You don’t have to answer that.”

Perkins, meanwhile, was honest.

“I’ll tell you,” Perkins told Smith. “I’m not ashamed. You know what I mean? I’m comfortable. I was at 26%, and when I came back, I was at 15%.”

Perkins went on to have a very good NBA career, now working at ESPN alongside Smith.

Did the popular ESPN personality cross the line with his question toward Perk on Friday evening, though?