[2015] Stephen A. and Skip argue whether Michael Jordan could still beat LeBron 1-on-1 | First Take
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- In a 2015 episode of First Take, Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless debate whether Michael Jordan could beat LeBron James 1-on-1 -- not in their primes, but in the year 2015.
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Skip literally gets paid to be a troll. That’s my dream job
lol facts, Skip tweeted in January this year that Melo was making the case that he was the best 35-year-old in the NBA (over LeBron)
Immanuel He’s obviously playing a character, and it’s working for him
Lol
W O skip is the boomer version of flight
😭
this was the golden era of first take
Good ’ol days
First take still carry espn😂
Took the words right outta my mouth
I think Bill Simmons or ryen rusillio should replace Max
@@deflategate1297 I don't think Bill would accept that after they completely disrespected him. Plus with the way ESPN is now and how his empire is doing, it would do him no benefit nor would it save ESPN.
If shannon sharp was here he would have been like :SKIIIIIIIIUUUUUUUP
💀 💀
Sthkiiiippppp
I heard his voice say it in my head 😂😂😂
@@jv.league same
I'm crying bro🤣🤣
Say what you want, Skip & Stephen A will forever be an iconic duo for cable television. That 9-10 year run was gold.
Why they aren't together anymore?
I wanna see them together occasionally
@@hristijandimitrovski8664 Skip went to Fox News. Now gets paid 34 million.
Yeah I come back sometimes out of pure nostalgia. Legendary period in television
they gotta debate for just for one last time
Skip: "Bill Russell right now could beat LeBron James"
😂😂😂
You know, he might just be able to
Wait when did he say this??
I love the old time greats but we all know they are in the 60's and 70's possibly 80's if they get backed down they'd hurt themselves
Skip: "Wilt Chamberlain's ghost right now could beat LeBron James."
I can't believe that they actually had a debate about a 52 year old Jordan vs LeBron at 30, skip is insane
And Jordan is actually 57! lol
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@Isaiah Burke Video says May 21 2020
ddm62571 video says it is from 2015. The UPLOAD is 2021z
Skip just trolling to make the debate interesting
Skip is going to leave his wife for Michael Jordan
Lebron fans gonna leave there girls for him
Tim C shut up
Look at bron man you sthu
Tim C use the right “ there “ timothy
Look at bron man take care I’m about to watch Jordan real basketball player
2021 and this is still one of the most ridiculous things Skip has ever said
Skip has died on a lot of hills. But this still is up there in 2023 😂
No it is the most ridiculous thing he has ever said.
I’m with skip on this one. Lebron’s historically a choker in the big moments. MJ on the other hand is the clutchest we’ve ever seen. Yeah he’s old but even in his 50’s I’m sure he’s still skilled and athletic. Plus he’s a better scorer and defender. My moneys on MJ
@@kylelaforest9919stop smoking crack
@@kylelaforest9919an old MJ wouldn’t get past bron, no need for clutch when bron dominates. 💀
Sometimes I come back to watch this just for the laughs. Instant mood booster.
“I would train him actually” fucking had me dead
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 2021 im crying bruh
Skip is such a troll 😂😂
🍆🚴♂️
“Be honest...don...do....do...don’t do this... okay 😤” Don’t ask Skip about MJ, just don’t. That is a lot of ifs Skip.
He really just hates Lebron
@@jadangor7885 he doesn't.
It’s all for the show. Welcome to tv and entertainment kids
@@danieloceans9652 exactly.
O
No disrespect to Max and Shannon. But I miss these 2 together. Good times.
No disrespect to Molly but Cari Champion is much better
Nahhhh Max is better, Skip is just stupid
Stephen A is a casual
@@stephenasunnamedsource2943 I thought she was annoying, she couldn't shut up when Stephen A was talking. I'm not saying I like Molly, but yeah.
🤣😂 but can u imagine all 4 of them 🤣
I can watch these classic episodes of First Take over today’s episodes any day.
Did this man really just call Jordan the MENTALLY toughest player in sports?? Did he forget Kobe Bryant was a person? Last time I checked Kobe never needed to come out of retirement, because he only retired once. He lived and breathed hard work and determination.
Skip bayless really is the most biased sports analyst this world has ever seen. Just terrible
Jordan was mentally stronger than Kobe. Kobe was crying on the bench because he was down 39 in game 6 of the finals.
@@aaronsamuel7243 bro stop... Kobe been through it all. Even through his rape allegations Kobe was still puttin 40 on dudes heads. Jordan was the better player, Kobe was mentally stronger. No one put in the work like him. Don’t let the last dance fool u
@@drasta314 Jordan won a championship in the wake of his dad being shot and killed.
@@aaronsamuel7243 I’m not discrediting Jordan’s mental toughness, it takes a lot to win after that. With Jordan’s gambling issues, and his retirement, I’d 100% say Kobe is mentally tougher... but honestly we’re talking about #1 and #2 so it’s just depends on the person u ask I guess.. skip bayless still a clown
@@aaronsamuel7243 stop it no he was not, you don’t quit 3x, technically 4x if you want to count baseball and say your more mentally tough than everyone else!
SAS went much easier on skip than he does on max
Respect factor
Skip was his daddy, literally brought him onto his shows
Yea, it’s called respect...he has it for skip...doesn’t for max
#1 Thunder Fan skip held more weight at ESPN then Stephen a did
Hey brother I can tell your still wet behind the ears, breath smellin like Similac I don’t hold back I go hard at those brothers the same
I thought this was the segment where Stephen A asked Skip if Jordan could walk on water and Skip responded with : “Did he Try” 😂😂😂
When Jordan was 50 they asked the same question and that’s when he said it
first time i'm hearing this and still cracking up as i typeee
I'm floored☠
looooooooooooooooooool
😅😅😂
*Lebron gets married*
Skip: MICHAEL JEFFERY JORDAN WOULD STEAL HIS WIFE WHILE KEEPING HIS OWN WIFE
😂😂😂😂
Skip: “lebron isn’t as explosive as he was before” MJ: is literally 50 years old
That’s what I was thinking, he wants to bring age into it when it’s Lebron but somehow overlooks the fact that mj is an actual senior citizen.
This is 2015 lebron too. God Skip is a genius.
LeBrons explosiveness went down like 9%
@@skywatcher9176 barely. Only went down 3% really. Lol
The man is hilarious 😂
2:50 They've been talking about Lebron being old and slowing down since 2015, and look at him now
Yup. Bron still has flashes of physical prime
@@andrewgarratt1503 flashes is the key word... im not a lebron fan like that but i do kno lebron can switch back to miami bron if he decides to ... he jus b taken his foot off the gas sometimes during the regular season
What’s funny is about this debate all those chips goes out the window in a 1v1 lol mj can’t truly challenge lebron in a 1v1 because lebron too strong bruh too athletic
@@DayBanks lol yeah the "flashes" aren't really flashes, its just lebron showing the world that he's still lebron. come playoff time his iq is going to propel the lakers against the clippers.
@@andrewgarratt1503 yes, basketball is such a special sport that Lebron can do this at this age. But, can't sustain it over 48 minutes, as he admitted himself. Even muscular guys with great work ethics can have good longevity, as shown by Malone and Lebron.
“And I would train him” i lost it when I heard that 😂😂😂
Skip had to hold back laughing at some points 🤣🤣🤣
Kerri [or however you spell her name] said, "bye Stephen A.” Not to mention that annoying laugh that she made seemingly in defense of Skip.🙄
As much as I'm not much of a fan for Molly - the current First Take hostess - I think Molly would never do that to SAS because she has a little more class or grace than that. Oh, the disrespect of Molly's predecessor. 😑
No chance mj wins. With skip training mj the chances decrease even more 😂
LOL. Yup, with Skip training him, the likelihood would go from 0.1% to 0.0000000000000000000000000 [continue to infinite].
@Russell Westbrook yelling at women and children not easily lol relax
@@pouchcp3 he would probably win i would say jordan has a 80% chance of winning
@@pouchcp3 lol jordan can erase lebron in his prime
Skip can’t play ball but he definitely is fit for his age
These MJ Oldheads are delusional
Facts
Obviously Lebron would beat him because of age difference.
Facts 💯
Nah skip is just a troll
Adam Samuel f that why does 1 on 1 matter😂
That smirk before he answered the question was golden
“Father Time is undefeated”
Lebron: Hold my beer
LeBron: Hold my HGH
@@brianrobinson4710 so I guess Vince Carter on hgh too huh?
*red wine
Cheyemos true😂 I knew there was a better word out there
Jordan Jones 😂😂 right
This was hilarious back when it first aired Skip was something else man still is too but he said if HE Gets time to coach Jordan he’s get him ready bruh 😂😂😂 I miss these two together
For the amount that skip talks about knowing mj... I don’t think skip was ever shown or mentioned once in the last dance
Fans are the most toxic people in the history in universe
This was the day Skip Bayless lost his credibility as a sport analysis
Skip is definitely on a strong narcotic
He on that Adam Gase Angel dust
Smokin crack?
Joseph Whiteside 🤣🤣🤣
It’s called trolling
😂
Nowadays FIRST TAKE is holding the most irrelevant arguments
2015 FIRST TAKE: hold my beer
Wait how does a TV show have a beer ? Hmmmm
They once debated whether they would take Brady or Tebow in the 4th quarter 😂😂😂
Lol but can u imagine skip and Shannon max and Stephen A u know just for a extra kicker Ryan hollins
“You and I both know” when skip says that you know it’s some BS
It’s funny how the journalists mostly never played no type of sports lol
If m.j. beat l.b the NBA should close the doors that's at the agies they are now
6:59 🤔 but LeBron is bigger and stronger than Jordan, skip just says anything to discredit bron
Skip's "I covered him..."
Vs.
Stephen A's "My man, my brotha"
That look on his face when she asked him the question was too funny🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm convinced skip never played one on one before
Yeah a 52 year old ain’t staying in front of a 30 year old Lebron lol like he would scored 21 straight
I miss these two together. Even tho Shannon is a goat too. These were classic.
Skip: LeBron is a horrible 3 point shooters
The 0.17 percent that separates there three-point percentage in favour of LeBron: Am I a joke to you!
Were you high when you typed this?..
@Xre B fax and when the 3pt line went back to normal he averaged like 23%
and way better from the regular line
What type of crack are u smoking
@@fitsumwoldemeskel4363wdym back to normal?
Honestly, Skip is so great because he’s not even really trolling. He actually believes what’s he’s saying.
Clips like this are exactly why people hate Skip. If MJ or TB22 ever posed for Playgirl, Skip would be the first to buy it.
2:17 "I WOULD TRAIN HIM, ACTUALLY"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I FUCKING DIED.
Once Cari asked the question and Skip got ready Stephen A already knew what he was gonna say 😂😂 you could see it on his face.
"I got along with him better than most in the media did"
The Last Dance says something else though..
Lol you kill the guy 💯😂😂😂😂😂😂
Cuz he wasnt in it? Lol
Yeah, after all of Skip’s talk about being so close to MJ, I expected he would be on the documentary...
@@R.E._Peony i mean Skip said he was like Pete Maravich when he was in high school and Skip averaged 1 point per game. Like this dude just lies and when he gets exposed changes the topic
This was peak sports debates. Skip plays the troll side extremely well lol
If Max would’ve said this Stephen A would’ve blanked so hard 😂
DAWG. This man Skip said I would train MJ 😂💀
Hey, where's the security? There's a crazy guy name skip talking nonsense.
This was the interaction I never knew I needed
Yes, skip was more annoying back then. 😅😂
DEFINITELY 💯
As a man in my late 50s I can say without any disrespect to Michael Jordan, there is zero chance Michael could beat Lebron 1 on 1!
I believe without a doubt Michael Jordan is the GOAT but Michael is not immune to the ravages of time. 30 to 40 is a massive physiological change, 40 to 50 catastrophic!!
Lebron could beat Mike at his peak too.
Did you find up about this by yourself?
@@nate8604 Lebron at his peak wasnt even a polished scorer 😂😂😂 he has a better chance beating him now than he did in Miami. I dont think you understand how athletes play 1 on 1s
@@stephenasunnamedsource2943 LeBron at his peak was shooting 40% from 3
@@kingbamm1392Lebrons Prime was his 3rd year in Miami i know that but he wasnt a polished scorer. He shot 40% from 3 but not in isolations the way it would be in a 1 on 1. Thats why i said i dont think you guys understand how athletes play 1 on 1. Do you understand what that means?
“Mathew Dellavedover”
-SAS
Sharpshooter 02 don’t forget Kember Walker
@Sharpshooter 02 Don't forget the classic Dennis Schrader
My favorite is Minasoter 😂
@Sharpshooter 02 Luker Donchick*
Kyle Kuzmer
I miss these days. Their shows suck now
SAS was literally looking like “skip please don’t say it”
Skip:you know Stephen A, I think they got it right
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
These were before the days of “You’re wrong and here’s why...”
52 year old Jordan would have lost to the best highschool player at that time.
ehhh
If Jordan gets the ball first he wins. No highschool player would be able to stop Jordan in the post.
@@MrC77 Ben Simmons is a highschooler at the time Skip said it and Jordan is 52.. Not 42 but 52..
@@balldontlie4524 shows ya mj fans are delusional
@@beanteam2217 lebron fans are worst
People believing a 52 year old Jordan could beat LeBron just shows how delusional MJ fans in terms of him being compared to LBJ
“As you know (insert name here) I’m the biggest Jordan fan there is.” Skips favorite line for years
the legendary trio SAS ,Skip and cari champion
I swear Stephen A and Skip used to have a classic segment like every week bruh back then
This should've been a career-ending moment for Skip Bayless. Yes, I know it's his job is to be controversial, but he still needs to be mindful that he doesn't completely ruin his credibility in the process. He comes across as someone who simply doesn't know anything about basketball in this video. If I were Stephen A or any other sports analyst, I would outright refuse to debate Bayless after this because... well, what's the point?
Yo Stephen a smith face when skip is talking im fucking crying 😢 😭 🤣 💀 😂
This conversation shoulda been with Shannon 😂😂😂
Prime Jordan is the GOAT but at 40 he got torched by Kobe. 52 year old MJ wouldn't stand a chance against LeBron.
Kobe a different force!!
Soon as Stephen A said “Not only are you wrong . .”
I was cooked 😂😂
0:54 When Skip was making that face while saying "You know Stephen A Smith..." I was already laughing.
Lol you can tell he doesnt even believe what he's saying
Take Karl Malone off that Utah jazz team and replace him with LeBron and they would've swepted the bulls..
keep dreamin dude
Nah....you trippin...malone was as good as lebron..seriously
@@OGGOAT23 what drugs r u on?
Do you know the team DALLAS MAVERICKS???
Whose this girl? I love her laugh it’s so quirky. She was dying In the back! 😂
Cari Champion
“This would be the biggest moment IN LEBRONS LIFE”! 😂😂😂
I never laughed so dam hard in my entire TH-cam career 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The only time First Take was good. Too much yelling now from everyone on the show
They got to stop disrespecting LeBron James
That head shake at 3:20 says it all
Skip: “lebron shot 11% from 3 against the bulls”
MJ knowing he shot 13% from 3 for a whole season: it izzz what it izzzzzz
3s weren't important then like now...13 beats 11 tho
Joshua Sierra one game v one season
It still existed
It’s different back then. Coaches would shout at players for even attempting 3’s in the 70’s and 80’s. So obviously a player wouldn’t be banging from 3 400+ times in a season
@@AKBOXING-13-1 sound sped
Skip took hating to a whole new level. He didn’t need to make sense, he would just hate on LeBron in every situation.
His biggest Claim to fame 💯
I really miss this duo
It's a shame skip and steven A aren't on the same show anymore
Ahhh, so THIS is what rich people talk about.
Skip is the reflection and projection of all the biggest trolls haters critics and people who have no empathy and who envy Lebron and his career and his character and his personality he is literally the direct mirror of all those individuals out there.
I see why SAS left Skip and I can see why Shannon’s leaving skip too
Gotta love Skip, man is delusional on every level, he got along so well that he was nowhere on the last dance documentary
Mj gonna get hurt straight to hospital
Mortuary
I remember he used to say the Texans are forever going to regret not taking Johnny Manziel and that Manziel is going to be bigger than LeBron James in Cleveland.
Head to head if each were 25 years old I would take Michael
2023 and this still makes me laugh AF =))
I shoulda been on espn 😂 skip too funny
Gotta love Skip for being such a troll. He's doing it for us, so we can have fun talking smack about him on our little keyboards, even though his reputation is far far down the drain. Not the hero we deserved, but the hero we needed 🙏 🙌
Skip legit took his so serious and came up with a whole reality in his brain where MJ could best Lebron right now... as long as Skip trains him ofc
I remember watching this live. Skip seemed as insane then as he does now.
“Some no name” 😂😂😂😂
Lebron would beat that old man by 20
@Gary Nicks we talk about a man who wasn't in the nba for more than a decade against a guy who is in his prime and known as one of the if not the greatest player in the planet.REALLYYYYYYY??????
@Gary Nicks Lebron is levels above Kawhi
@Galatians 2:20 Woah Relax
This aged great skip,seven years later and is he still declining skip
Stephen A body language is priceless 😭😭 He’s looking at Skip like you got to be kidding me man 🤦🏾♂️
When Jordan came back in the early 2000s he would have lost 1 on 1 to many of the then existing NBA players...
Many not all though he was still pretty good especially before injuries
"Skip stay off the weeeeed"
We didn't appreciate Skip until he's not there anymore. He's got the passion if nothing else!
LeBron is just too big for him
Bille wasn’t too big for Kobe when he got shut down in that all star game. Lol don’t play yourself
@@wenotdabank_2835 LeBron is like 16 - 4 against Kobe in his career. Just saying.
@@riverofcustard3233 is that a team record? I thought we were talking 1-on-1 here. Kobe always owned Lebron. Look it up.
@@MrGenexxx Kobe played on a better team in his prime
@@riverofcustard3233 1 on 1?
So we've been wasting time on this for this long
And here we are do in it again.
It's been going on since lebrons debut, he didn't help by nicknaming himself the GOAT in highschool though
I don't know he had so much to say with that ridiculous argument 💀...
This aged well, Lebron going into Year 21