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ESPN’s highest-paid sportscaster with an annual salary of nearly $8 million Stephen A. Smith has a conversation with the Dallas Mavericks star guard Luka Doncic about his play so far in the 2020-21 NBA season, the Mavs’ struggles, his play vs. the Los Angeles Clippers in the bubble playoffs, big man Kristaps Porzingis, critics of his body language, the 2021 NBA All-Star Game and his criteria for being NBA MVP: