Stephen A. remains CRITICAL of the LeBron James-JJ Redick podcast optics 👀 | First Take
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- On First Take, Stephen A. Smith and Jay Williams address the "egregious timing" of LeBron James' podcast with JJ Redick as Darwin Ham was on the hot seat as the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers.
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If JJ was on First Take this morning:
"I love your podcast with LeBron. I think it's amazing what you're doing." - Stephen A
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
stephen a is the type to pillow talk & sneak diss then act like he didn’t do anything
I think JJ and SAS secretly don’t like each other. They only try to get along for TV.
@@nsd_respect jj made stephen a look stupid on first take one time that’s why
He actually said he loves his podcast and everything he’s doing though. He’s just saying it was shady of Lebron to do that at a time when he knew his coach would get fired and I agree.
LeBron can't drink water without Stephen A commenting on it
because fans react to it more than any other topic. First take is a business.
It gets peplle to click and comment.
it’s no fiji he’s drinking the problem I have is that he’s drinking zephryhill during the nba finals 😂
It’s disgusting
Well how could he drink water knowing the optics of it... I mean there are people around the world without water and he's just gonna drink it? Conscious of it as well!!!
Stephen got an agenda and its so obvious
What’s the agenda?
Why does Stephen A constantly use how other people supposedly feel, to mask how he actually feels about a situation. And somehow these “other people” or “sources” never lead to anyone saying any of the things he’s saying but Him.
Bc he likes to make up sources. Dude is loud and wrong most of the time
Because it has nothing to do with him it's about others.
LeBron hasn't played since April 29th, and there has NOT been one day when First Take hasn't talked about the Lakers or LeBron. The NBA Finals are going on right now.
LeBron could be retired and they will say ‘why didn’t he make the playoffs’😂😂
@@alfieb6711 I can see it now "Why hasn't LeBron come back from retirement? Mike did it twice" 😂
@@Grizzle2894lmfao
Lebron put sugar in his grits. Coming up next on first take.
Yet they didn't lose your viewership. That's why they can be bullshiting about anything cuz they know nowadays viewers are just about to watch anything
How did Stephen A somehow turn this into a race issue?
he always does he’s a 🤡
That's what black liberals do. They know there's black privilege in liberal platforms across America.
He always does. He is a 🤡. Always need to bring race to make a point.
Every f'n episode 🙄
Because he's a Black Man!!!!🤡🤣🤣🤣
Bron can’t do nothing without people clout chasing behind his name
It’s so strange
nah bro LeBron puts all this on himself cause he includes himself in everything cause he's a narcissistic parasite
Like he does nothing for attention 😂😂😂
@@JusSick24and he loves attention lol
lol dude stop talking i literally have half of fame slithery and gold corner specialist
Y'all know what's funny, D'Angelo Russell also started a podcast during the season and his first episode was about coaching flaws and guess who was the featured guest on that episode? Anthony Marshon Davis Jr.!!! But Stephen A. won't say anything about A.D. & D'lo doing a podcast episode about coaching flaws....hmmmm I wonder why 🤔
They don’t wanna mention reaves went to the front office about the coach too
That doesn’t fit their narrative. Skippy A is a joke.
We know what Stephen agenda is 😂.
Bro facts good point!!!
SAS is just racist
One of my biggest unpopular opinions is that Stephen A Smith hates LeBron James way more than Skip Bayless does
Not unpopular at all Skip bayless never got this animated or angry. It seems far more personal for Stephen A
Yeah. Skip has toned it down a little 😂
I think you right
It's because LeBron won't give him the access that he got from Jordan and Kobe
@@nsd_respectcuz Shannon ain't around no more 😂
Bro wanna control the narrative around LBJ life more than LBJ do 😂
Facts thats why I hate when they talk about lbj like that when Steven a does this every morning
@@blackmanisgod7667 SAS talk about him on ESPN & his own TH-cam channel. For someone SAS clearly dislikes, amazing he can talk about him ad nasueam as long as LBJ keeping SAS relevant. Because we all know he isnt an analyst who actually knows basketball.
@@Reaper13-hi3yo Its about Business at the end of the day you go to where the money flows.
@@jagr06 Nah its weak AF of SAS. Making $$ off a dude you constantly hate on. Dude is a lame
@@jagr06and that’s why I espn is dying
Stephen is just mad that Lebron know basketball more than him.
Most people do
I dont think stephen a is upset that a basketball god knows more about the game than him.
This is beyond pathetic bro , the narratives are getting out of control. SAS has spoken about this many times just to turn JJ success into a negative thing , like why you just can’t be happy for the guy ? Nobody gives af how the other coaches feel it’s a business
There’s a Finals game on today by the way…
Yeah that is the real story fo sho
You want them to talk about that for the whole show?
@@marcusb.8974 I just want them to be honest about the Lakers. Dancing around the fact that its a fiasco and J Buss has run the 'Bron train into a brick wall is absurd
Molly yapping way too much today
Now the story is that Stephen A received some calls from different coaches saying that the podcast undermined Darvin ham 😂😂you see how this man hide behind his sources ?? But that’s the first time he mentioned that. the man has a problem with the podcast from start and he said lebron is doing a podcast because he wants to control de narrative 😂😂
"His sources"?? You think those are real??🤣
@@youngerudit2524 they are not 😂😂 but you know he hide behind that you can’t tell him reveal your source so why not use it
they're so obsessed with lebron its crazy
This guy is so JEALOUS of JJ it funny. SAS spent YEARS turning himself into a dancing clown and now JJ and others have shown up bringing something to the table and hes salty AF
Care to explain this ridiculous claim?
@@jagr06 which part? he once was a respected journalist and then became the guy who puts on cowboy hats and cigars and dances like a clown on the show.
Imagine if Stephen A was this critical about MIke
Mike didn’t play these type of games
@@marcusb.8974or Mike has him on speed dial . He constantly texts to be a mouth piece for Mike
Lol Mike definitely played games bro 😂😂😂
They didn't have 24 hour sports media channels back then
@@marcusb.8974he was too busy playing craps & crapping out on his fathers life , then outright QUITTING the sport because of it 🤦 doofus
The fact these two gotta talk to each other a certain way to not argue is crazy😂
Cuz the yeller can’t have his feelings hurt
Nahh SAS you are reaching a lot in this one... this sounds like an empty criticism to create a narrative where there isn't one.
He is right though
@@Paulovrish7334are you saying that SAS is right.. 😂😂😂
@@wUnknownPerson yes😂😂😂
@@Paulovrish7334 there is no right, he's not breaking any news. He doesn't have the information he wants so he's just making up his own version of the truth.
@@Paulovrish7334he’s making up stuff😂😂
“It was about 5 or 6 calls I received.” That means he got 1 or 2 😂
If one of those calls wasn't from JJ or Lebron then it doesn't mean anything
Stephen A is salty af. He just mad he ain’t getting enough subscribers for his show.
LeBron can't pass gas without Stephen A saying he is plotting and scheming! #pathetictake!
lefraud always plotting and schemeing tho
@@rudykadous4005the man is 40 and said he wants to play with his son for 5 years. There’s no scheming, the lakers need to do what they need to do to make AD happy because LeBron has already said he plans on leaving
@@DE4D_Pool man I'm from Los Angeles...and believe me nothing would make us more happy than for LeBron to just leave...he is a cancer and ruining our franchise...jeannie buss needs to take back her team from this cancer really...i hope he leaves and nevr comes back
You ain't lying always attacking black athletes so sick of him
@@TravisCopelandIII-z4b black athletes are irrelevant. It’s the white guys from overseas like Joker and Luka that’s your daddy now. Get use to it girl
As a fan he was not in trouble until AD called him out they never mention how reaves and DLO went to the front office they never mention how players were upset he started prince over Rui and they won the bulk of the games with Rui as the starter no but it’s Lebron fault lol because he started a podcast with JJ no fault of darvin and his 3 guard lineups when the question should be asked WHO PUT DARVIN ON THE HOTSEAT that would rob and Jeanie so why did they do it???
YOU KNOW WHY...... CAUSE THAT'S NOT GETTING CLICKS
S.A. is just mad that this is a segment that he can't REMOTELY tap into because he doesn't have the basketball I.Q. to partake.
Stephen A got a crush on Bron 😂😊😂😊😂
Literally. I think he’s realizing he might never hear from him again so he’s trying very hard now
Who’s tired of Stephen A talking basketball?
He’s mad because he can’t analyze the game like them and people are seeing it…stephen a i been stopped listening to you takes years ago…only clicked to comment
because youre a braindead subhuman cultist, easy
THIS, and hes a hidden racist 100&
@@Alien_Cuts idk about all that
Analyzing the game is 4-6 LMFAOOOOO
@@Alien_Cutsshut up clown
SAS says lebron is behind this when Jj’s name gets brought up for the lakers then it comes out lakers r going after Hurley and he says well nobody with the lakers care about who he wants and now we r back to the lakers do care smh this is how stupid narratives get started
This man passed his Kyrie hate to Lebron
Man MJ really working on Stephan A to be critical of lebron day by day now
You idiots are funny Jordan don’t care about lebitch
Fax bro
lol so because he exhibits his basketball knowledge it’s bad because his coach is on the hot seat. He can’t tweet, he can’t do anything
in a perfect world, yes he shouldn't be doing any of that
You really think there's nothing to see here? This is all normal to you? Jesus christ you delusional casuals will say anything to protect precious Lebron
@@jacobmcklowski4428not every move LeBron makes has to have an ulterior motive and not every person who disagrees with a narrative is a blind witness. Podcast take time to setup and it'sproduce aomw great content. Fans have been calling for Ham's job since last year and this ain't the 1st job JJ interviewed for in the NBA.
@@jacobmcklowski4428 you’re delusional to try to make it seem like he has anything to do with it. Y’all believe any negative press about bron no matter who says it, yall don’t even need concrete evidence to support whatever yall try to say. It can be “I heard” and because you already don’t like bron you believe it and force it on anyone that doesn’t agree with you. Y’all are the delusional ones!! Can’t tell me anything on why you don’t like bron without reciting what you hear on these shows and on Twitter. Y’all are baby Stephen A’s and skip bayless’ fr
Make it make sense 😂
Invite JJ so he can put Stephen A in his place like always
Stephen A Smith talks about race more than NASCAR...
I swear people act like LeBron is some all controlling puppet master. They'll probably start blaming him for wars overseas and global warming.
SAS should be critical of his own hairlines optics.
The jealousy oozing out of Steven A is so obvious to watch. Jay even tried to make sense of the idea of the podcast and still big ol' Steve HAD to make it all about the jealousy
Can you tell me why you think Steven A is jealous?
What is wrong with Lebron doing a basketball podcast? All the players do it. Who cares if he talks about schemes
Right
Bro, really stop blaming LeBron for the Lakers decision to interview JJ Reddick, and getting Darvin ham fired. The reality is Darvin hand came on and did a live press conference and said I’ve talked to Jeannie bus personally and that my career here with the Lakers is not in jeopardy. I’m just fine. Now all of a sudden you want to say that LeBron‘s podcast is what caused Darvin get fired sitting there acting like the rotations he had going on in the playoffs were not garbage acting like he knew he should’ve got rid of D’Angelo Russell because he has a problem with showing up when it counts
Agreed
Stephen A Smith the king of deflecting
the pod was made last year & the first couple episodes were already filmed way before they dropped 😂😂 stephen L smith always thinks he knows so much, such a clown
Jay Williams supporting LeBron? Shocking.
Nobody called Stephen A to defend Coach pockets getting fired. That man was trash.
Race baiting and Stephen A = Kobe and Shaq
Let it go Stephen A😂
Skip walked stupidly, so Stephen A. could run idiotically.
Molly tired of Stephen A antics & narratives he try to push 😂
Stephen a being a hypocrite i respect him but you can’t get mad when people make a narrative about you base off what people say then you do the exact same thing to bron
We knew Darvin Ham wasn’t just on the hot seat, we knew he was gone. And rightfully so
Yo how many coaches have they had since Phil Jackson left!Luke Walton,Mike Brown,Frank Vogel won a championship then got fired! The Lakers front office is more the problem than Lebron! Hello Rob Pelika is the gm! He made no moves at the deadline and then threw Ham under the bus to take the fall no accountable by the lakers! Fire the whole front office!!😂😢😅Unbelievable!
LEBRON COULD TWEET
YABBA DABBA DOO
AND ESPN WOULD DO A 15 MIN SEGMENT TRYNA DISSECT HIS TWEET
THE OBSESSION WITH THIS MAN IS SCARY TO SEE
Nobody wants to blame Rob Pelinka?
Stephen A hates on anybody that can talk about basketball and analyze the game better than he do
Why would lebron wait for another mans professional interest to come into fruition before going after his money moves lmfao
Bro even Thannis has a podcast but LeBron ain't allowed to 😂😂
SAS is jealous!! Can't put it any more simple than that. He really hates the fact JJ is considered a brilliant NBA mind over him. He's been covering the game so long and for someone to get that title over him who he indirectly feels responsible for their media rise, eats at his ego like a mofo. He didn't want Kellerman on the show anymore due to his ability to at times obliterate SAS in certain conversations. He had a little pull to get Kellerman out of there. When it comes to JJ, he has very little pull and with JJ teaming up with LBJ, he knows he can't touch JJ in that regard and he hates it.
SAS doesn't wnt lebron to control the narrative because he (sas) wnts to control the narrative!
This was a great advertisement for Mind The Game.
This dude Stephen A lost his mind
Did Jay really just call Paul George “Playoff P?” LMFAO
Bron probably can't breathe without Stephen A. commenting something about him
Lebron can be 60 playing a pick up game and Stephen A will find something to call egregious lmao
“LeBron blowing his nose on the sideline was incredibly disrespectful”
- Stephen A
If we knew darvin was on the hot seat TELL US WHY?????
SAS has been on ultra hate mode ever since the podcast came out. What happen to lifting 'brothas' up? Why is he hating so much and using Darvin Ham as an excuse when he knows Ham was trash? Anyone with decent hoop IQ knew Ham was trash yet SAS has yet to acknowledge that.
Thank goodness for Jwill being there to disagree when Stephen A gets nonsensical. Breath of air.
Every Brother ain’t a Brother
That part.
No coverage of the Stanley Cup Final at all??
SAS meme vc: "I'm here to tell you right now...We don't care. We don't care!"
I'm not much of a hockey fan, but it is the Finals and I'm sure there have been some awesome plays to watch. It would be nice if ESPN covered it more. Even baseball more
They cover sports that people actually watch 😂😂😂
When have you ever seen a hockey topic on ESPN?
I know right? I clicked on a video about lebron James and was shocked to find nothing about hockey. They can’t keep getting away with this.
This stink take is up there with Stephen A calling Jimmy Butler a perimeter player.
They love hating on lebron for no reason
Stephen A really finds some Pepe Silvia type theories everytime he discusses Lebron lmao
All the homies hate Stephen A Smith .
A bunch of black coaches are mad because players have podcasts? Really? That is straight bs.
J Will seems kinda bitter JJ & LeBron is doing a podcast together
SAS runs so much cover for Rob Pelinka
Stephen A pissed that JJ started an X’s and O’s podcast like he wanted him to
Lebron...give this man an interview to boost his career even further...so he'll stop hating on you
MJ didn’t have a Stephen A on the 90s.
S.A.S is a Player Hater
Dont playa hate yo
For someone who talks about "pushing" narratives, SAS certainly does push his. Bad optics is one thing, but sort of accusing him to make it deliberately is something else entirely.
SAS makes a great point, he's right...this time
"i just want to come to Lebrons defense" should be listed under Jay William's name on the screen
Jay Will you tell him what’s up
LOL so now things need to be “professionally?”
Jay Williams speaking logic into the illogical, tyvm
STEPHAN A IS RIGHT! It’s not a coincidence the podcast started before Darvin got fired
Any person with common sense would know that this only warmed Darvin’s seat. I don’t understand how that’s so hard to understand. I could see if the season was going excellent then it would just be portrayed as two guys with brilliant basketball minds talking about the game. But players were already not getting along with Ham and the record was bad. The podcast just seemed to be a passive aggressive way to signal to Pelinka that Ham should be fired. I don’t know Lebron’s intentions, but it doesn’t change the impact. I wasn’t a fan of Ham either, but you can’t bite people in the back. Stephen A had a point.
Molly please stop talking 😂
She wants to be an analyst so bad
Please! 😂
@@chrisbrown8641 She made some good points of disagreements in the debate with Stephen A.
What’s the point of this conversation is this what sports media has turned into?
The content of the podcast was inappropriate and Labron who is always aware of public perception was also aware of the negative impact to coach Ham. Also if JJ is that genius that many claim, there is no way that he wasn't cognizant of the potential negative impact that the content of the specific discussion (Lakers strategy and schemes) would affect coach Ham.
Fast forward to today and JJ has the job. LBJ will definitely have more influence. I'm curious to know who'll be on the coaching staff other than LBJ lol.
For the first time Stephen A has a point. JJ Redrick being the primary candiate at pne and being the podcast partner. That caused a lot of side eyes.
HE THRIVES ON INSINUATIONS AND THATS WHY BLACK PEOPLE HATE HIM..HE IS ONLY MAD AND JEALOUS BECAUSE LEBRON DIDNT COME TO DO IT ON FIRST TAKE…SUCH A HATER..I REMEMBER HIM SAYING THAT PLAYERS DONT COME ON TV AND EXPLAIN THEMSELVES NOW HE IS DOING IT WITH MILLION VIEWS HE IS MAD AND SALTY ABOUT IT! SERIAL APOLOGIST
Molly adds nothing but eye candy to this show.
I swear someone calls Stephen a out for making a crazy accusation and he’s always like “according to my sources in the league that I never reveal they feel the same as me”
Imagine a big network like ESPN talking about a podcast that explains the game better than them. Instead of talking about basketball, points, they talk about the morality of the podcast lol
Get rid of Molly. Jesus christ
SHE GONNA MAKE SURE SHE GET HEARD SMH ANNOYING
She wants to be an analyst so bad
Nah get rid Steven A
They hate cuz JJ white nd him Bron podcast is actually about the game nd not drama
Y'all never should be able to speak on LeBrons name.
WHAT DID BRON DO THIS TIME?
How SAS is still on air amazes me.
It's has undoubtedly lowered sports broadcasting. ESPN has only fed the problem further. I find myself avoiding ESPN broadcasts and opting for international coverage of the NBA.
Where is Unk? I hate when I watch and he ain’t on
Same
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