Stephen A. Smith’s INITIAL REACTION to Isaiah Hartenstein’s move to the Thunder 🍿 | First Take
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- On First Take, Stephen A. Smith offers his thoughts on Isaiah Hartenstein agreeing to a three-year/$87M deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder.
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The Thunder pulling some moves out here 👀
clippers blowing it again
They overpaid
Bad move he not worth that much
So annoying how they said nothing about the thunder
thunder making moves for years to come with all those saved draft pics and trades
Thunder got Caruso and Hartenstein. I'm liking the moves, Chet and the crew finally got a big to help come playoff time.
Also them boys are young. They're only getting better and stronger themselves as is. Bright years ahead. I'd be shocked if OKC doesn't win a chip within these next 4 years. They got a full team.
SHAI*** and the crew.
Also keeping Joe & Wiggins! #thunderup ⛈️
@@Toast1659I like pancakes.
“So you hate waffles?”
2 good White players
This hurts the Knicks big time. I know they extended OG and got Bridges but without Hartenstein they definitely seem less formidable. He was always coming up with clutch offensive rebounds, blocks and shots that kept the Knicks afloat. Their title chances just took a big hit.
that part
Not only that he was so durable. Mitch gets injured if he stands up the wrong way. Literally I'm so upset over this
I’m hoping Knicks pick up a solid back up center cause it’s a must. Ihart played important minutes in the Knicks playoff run and huge rebounds but imo I think our scoring got way better at a cost. There’s a tradeoff to everything. We’ll be aight. GO NYK
This actually helps the knicks, Isaiah while a good big was not a great shooter and he was a liability on the court at times. We need speed and scoring, if we can get another 6'7-6'9 who can do that while defend we're good.
@@jagr06 ok who tf is that 6 7 who can do that?!
Big Loss for the Knicks The Thunder defence is going to be crazy 🔥
Hol on lemme edit that@@jricks92921
Hartenstein could have taken a pay cut if he wanted to stay in NY. It was always about the money for him. Once these guys get their money, they take their feet off the gas pedal, even if only a little bit.
The Knicks got immeasurably better by drafting Tyler Kolek, provided that they let him run the point and move Brunson over to SG.
Pacers offense went crazy as well against iHart last post season😅
@@RobbieStacks90kolek aint starting
@@RobbieStacks90Kid, Kolec is not running pt. Hartenstein wasnt making ant money and you want him to take a pay cut. LMAO. Other players would have to take that pay cut to pay Hartenstein.
As a Thunder fan watching this, it was pretty disappointing they made the whole segment about the Knicks, as opposed to talking about what he brings to OKC, but soon the light will shine on us and they’ll be forced to talk about the smaller market team again.
it's a 2 minute video, not much to add to that
You gunna lose in the 2nd round again?
You should know how they do us😂we was 1st place for 3 weeks and they was crying about Lakers and warriors and Celtics
I’m an OKC fan and a raider fan so I’m used to it lol😂
It's OKC.
Presti is a man on a mission.
Always has been… him and Daryl Morey are the best
And OKC still has assets available to make moves 🔥🔥🔥
No, this is the team now
They added Alex Carruso and Isaiah lmao. 2 of the most overrated players in the league. They're 1st round exits.
@@Seidylasker and the casual of the year award goes to …
@@SSJRome Bet on them going to the finals then or even the WCF. Vegas agrees with me. What did Carusso do in Chicago? Nothing. Isaiah is an 8ppg role player.
@@Seidylasker lol i don’t need to bet on them to do anything , and typical casual behavior bringing up points to describe a player that’s not known for scoring like that and what did Caruso do in Chicago ? Oh nothing but establish himself as a all nba defender 🙄
OKC is now the best defensive team..
Hartenstein is more valuable than Julius Randle. He does the little things on court that no one notices. Does the dirty work for others to shine. Steals, protection, extra possessions etc.
OKC adding Caruso perimeter defense, Hartenstein and if they add Klay with perimeter shooting, they are the team to beat.
Yeah okay should go to Oka or Mac’s by okc seems like the better fit long term
Holmgren needs to improve further if they should have a shot at winning conference. Nuggets are gonna be hungry for blood after last year.
they aren’t adding klay
they don’t need klay, they just need ihart as a more physical rebounding presence and another body to throw at jokic
Your out of ya mind!! Randle is 3xallstar and 2x allnba , hart was good not 29mil a yr good !!
So pumped for the Thunder they got two dogs this offseason!
💀 they might get Eddey another 7 footer can u imagine
@@cxthejokercx8302 In a trade with the Grizzles?
Solid move. Chet’s got some serious backup now!
You mean Shai unless chet turns into KD or Larry bird it's SGA's team
@@foxmoontphe probably means down low in the paint.
@@foxmoontp Shai is not a big...
He meant backup center not backup star
terrible contract. the new timofey mozgov
Big loss, not sure what the Knicks were thinking not locking this dude up. Julius Randle and Josh Hart will have to go off this season on the boards
They offered the max they were allowed to
The second unit in OKC is gonna be good. I also think that Chet will have big jump on his second year, all star level. OKC will be again top 3 in the West.
Lost Hartenstein and got two injured bigs...yikes 💀
Could be 1st rnd exit nxt season, the Heat could beat them, possibly even the Cavs
Caruso for Giddey and now Hartenstein as a FA? Amazing off-season right there for a team that is bound to have a ton of internal growth.
Feels like a slight overpay, but makes sense for both Hartenstein and the Thunder to have a 3 year, not 4 year contract. Thunder will have some serious cap issues in a few years. It happens when you have lots of good players
They got a ton of draft capital and their scouts have proven to be amazing. By the time those issues are about to occur players would have been moved for young players on team friendly contracts and more assets. This team knows they're a small market team. Can't rely on free agents. They gotta keep this going.
@@paulwall7045 agreed. And with Hartenstein, my guess is they will draft his replacement next year or the year after. Give that player a year or two to develop and then take over once Hartenstein’s contract expires
yeah i think Presti will find a way to deal with the cap issues down the road. As long as they have good players secured for next several yrs they will be excellent team
After Caruso & Hartenstein signing OKC is the outright favorite to come out from the West.
I think so too. They have been the most consistent team in the west and Caruso and Hartenstein makes them tougher. Nuggets lost KCP, and the Thunder got better. SGA might win MVP next season.
There definitely in a better spot but don't forget about Timber Wolves they made some moves even drafts the past 2 weeks.
Naa Wb to the Nuggs. It's a Wrappp!! Can't wait
🤣😂 stop it
@@Jnoel608mavs got better, and mavs beat yall pretty easily..also Luka> Shai and lively> Chet
Stephen A didnt even know who hartenstein was halfway through the season
"Perk that was supposed to be a quick take" 😂
Said the man who _never_ gives a quick take. 😅
The knicks got relatively smaller...which hurts them against the bucks,sixers,pacers and especially the Celtics
This dude was super clutch last year. I watched the knicks all year, and he always came up with clutch rebounds and shots. Gonna hurt them more then they think.
We gonna miss him but get precious back on this team and sign goga Bitadze. And thibs will figure it out.
@batmanthegoat6196 yeah they shud try to retain precious but they declined his qualifying offer. Hopefully they did tht cus they felt they cud sign him for cheaper.
Mitch Robinson is an elite rebounder
It only hurts then a bit offensively
Huge loss for the Knicks, how can I-Hart not be a priority? He has a motor for the boards, plays the post-pass game very well, plays defense etc. But we would rather wait on the Julius Randles of the world? Cmonnnn
He was a restricted free agent! Knicks literally could NOT offer him more than 72 million despite having the cap to do so. It's the rule.... they offered him the max money the CBA allowed right away but OKC is allowed to offer whatever the want. Stupid rule that punishes teams for developing players
Do people think everyone can replicate what Julius Randle does?
Don’t let 2 playoff series fool you
I’m so ready for that Mavs rematch dawg
It’ll be good, but you ain’t gonna pull for yourself? Uncle drew?
OKC is my pick to win the championship next year.
OKC can't keep getting away with this
lol
Shai, Jalen, Lu, Alex, Chet, Cason, Isaiah, Aaron, Jaylin and Isaiah. That’s a 10 man rotation for the playoffs. Crazy. Still need a big wing though. Ousmane has 1 more year to earn minutes
The Thunder’s wings might be “undersized” but they (especially Dort and Caruso) are good at guarding players bigger than them. I don’t think they need Ous, as much as I wish he would’ve panned out.
@@spencerwarner9268 a bigger wing gives them more lineup versatility, which has been a perk for every championship team in recent memory
@@spencerwarner9268 He still has time yo, Ous won Finals g-league mvp, I’m sure he’s gonna get minutes and contribute next season. He been developing well on the OKC Blue
@@weijayclan2531 maybe but I’m not gonna get my hopes up. Maybe he’ll prove me wrong.
OKC pulled a Celtics move just like Holiday and Porzingis.
exactly
Hartenstein and Caruso ever been all stars? Didn’t think so.
Boston Celtics and the OKC Thunders in the NBA finals you can book it
@@garyldickerson1They play like ones in their roles tho… Caruso an all nba defense team back 2 back. Hartenstein was literally an auxiliary battery for the Knicks doing all the little things IQ grit and tons of hustle on the offensive glass and defense being added to the best shooting team in the league and a bunch or 2 way 3 & D players with an MVP lvl superstar in Shai
Okc is a title favorite you can’t deny it
Gigantic move for the Thunder. Caruso and now Hartenstein. Top 5 offense and defense has gotten even better with this signing and the Caruso trade. Amazing for Presti to pull this off and make Thunder fans happy.
Big time! We now have a legit 10 man rotation.
yeah having Hartenstein and Chet at the C and PF positions will be rough for other teams. Plus OKC still owns a war chest of draft picks and have the best scouting gm
No more rebounds for the Knicks.
Hart gonna have to grab 20 rebounds per game :D
Yea big blow for them 🤦
Randle averaged over 10 rpg and Josh hart is a good rebounder and og can rebound
Love how they only talk about how it affects the knicks, instead of the team that is getting the player. I love being a fan of a small market team where no one talks about the previous 1seed
Sam Presti is cooking
Him and Chet gonna be crazy
lol really? hartenstein?
@@jccarp2 🙄
@@jccarp2casual
@@AccoIade hartenstein is a good player. But let’s be real. It’s no Tim Duncan and David Robinson situation. Hartenstein is gonna be like the 5th option at best. Relax glazer
Why does it feel like every team in the east is getting better except for the Milwaukee Bucks. They are on the clock with Giannis. Lmao.
Miami is in a coma right now
Forreal bucks r trash they done. Lillard booty. No d.
They’ve been failing Giannis
He's a future thunder. We'll live Ihart for picks and get him
hmm hmm
"way to go Shannon way to go" 😂
It’s funny how everyone talks about a single player makes a championship team but in reality it’s the whole team and hardenstein was a really big piece to the Knicks
Thunder will be in the finals the next the next year or two easy. Okc 👀 scary!!
Uncle shay is gold 😂😂😂😂
You guys remember when stephen a smith said "some guy named hartenstein" when mitchell was injured and he became our starter. This was after he got 20 rebounds lol.
Okc looking nice
The Thunder are killing the FA this offseason. And remember that Paul George going to Philly is a big thing for the Thunder because the own the Clippers picks the next 3 seasons!!!!
He was a restricted free agent! Knicks literally could NOT offer him more than 72 million despite having the cap to do so. It's the rule.... they offered him the max money the CBA allowed right away, but OKC is allowed to offer whatever they want. Stupid rule that punishes teams for developing players
Okc is going for a ring
The thunder gonna be crazy
Thunder making moves to keep the momentum going
Stephen A is on one today 😂
why i feel like the way okc is being built is similar to the wolves
two way star guard (shai, ant)
all defense level perimeter defender (dort caruso, mcdaniels NAW)
all defense level rim protector (chet, gobert)
second star stretch four (jdub, KAT)
and now 6th man center (ihart, naz reid)
I feel like that's the formula for any championship team: Superstar, defensive menace, secondary star creator, rim protector, and then as many shooters with good defense as you can find. To be honest, I've thought the past year the Celtics just built an All-Star version of the Thunder and that's what they can be in a few years.
@@hestilllives192 yeah but i do think they have a kind of pressure to win anytime soon, because some of these players would want to get paid later on which might be tricky if they want to keep their core players
Im so excited. Thunder up
for some reason Stephen A is a lot more bearable without someone else hosting
Okc is the favorite now, this guy will put them over the top
I didn't know much about Hartenstein before the start of this past season, but I certainly came to appreciate his game as the season progressed. Really hoped that the Knicks could have been able to sign him, but I can't blame him--too much money to pass on. Wishing him well in the future. Mitchell Robinson--hope he's good to go this year.
Orlando adding 2x champ KCP to their extremely young team is another great move.
Thunder Up
This is a big loss, but remember, the Knicks were already leading the league in offensive rebounds even before Isaiah became the starter over Mitch
The Oklahoma thunder would like to announce the parade route for are upcoming championship.
As a Knicks fan i wish i hart luck and he got his bag good for him! I wish the thunder the best of luck but their fans should check ihart’s stats this is a terrible contract
Lmao this guy thinks we got him for his scoring. We got shooters everywhere, we need more size for rebounding and shooting. He has Shai, Dub, Chet, Joe, Wiggs, Cason, Caruso all ready to shoot. All he gotta do is give us rebounding and size vs bigs
Spoken like a true casual.
Spoken like a casual
@@GreaterSociety why u say that twice and like ur own comment
@@Gunner1302 yeah but u could get Drummond who is better at both those things for a fraction of the price
Trading New York for OKC.. umm what? 😂🤣
OKC is a nice place to live and play
@@jacobk8830 no.. lol. I was talking about the quote in the thumbnail
@@intothefrayyoahhh okay, yeah it’s a wild thumbnail 😂
29m for a backup center. its worth to live 3 years in OKC
What a change. Going from New York City to Oklahoma LOL
Stephen A found out Hartenstein was black and decided to cover the trade 😂
He covers anything Knicks. Even though he's pretty terrible about it, as a Knicks fan.
Okc gunna be niceeeeeee
Everyone getting better but my Lakers
OKC is the favorite for next year book it obviously health is a concern with Chet but he played every game last season
No matter how many times everyone else at ESPN correctly says "HartenSHTINE," Stephen A. will continue to say "HartenSTEEN."
SAS is a casual fan
OKC should of just re-signed Steven Adams for less.
Stephen is funny hosting today with the warning and reprimands 😂 Nice touch. Molly is still missed in that host chair ...
Molly is not missed she's ruins the show
Thunder gonna be fire
This will hurt the Knicks during the playoffs! 😮
The thunders will get their Revenge on the mavericks this year watch and see
This is almost like OKC going after KP when KD and Russ were young.
Let Hartebstein win, bro just want a shot a winning something. Can’t hate on that
Now get Lauri, and we'll call it a day.
Caruso and hartenstein?? It’s over for the nba
okc not playing
okc is gonna go through the west like hot knife through butter
Same presti cooking this gonna benefit Chet and the entire OKC team along with Caruso too😭😮💨😮💨😮💨
Knicks lack a healthy consistent Center
Good trade they need girth
Guarantees the Thunder the #1 seed in the West
OKC, Best team in the west right now.
I’m the 1st view 😂
Knicks cool without him.
The offense would not have been the same anyway with the additional offense they would not run the offense threw him anyway.
Thunder gonna have a deep playoff run now as if this past year's conference Finals was boring enough
Another dagger to SAS feeble heart.
What are the Knicks really losing? A 7 ft player who can’t shoot a put back jumper or lack of low post skills.
Okc needs a back up big off the bench and slide Jaylin Williams to the 4 and honestly they’re set
They do Mike mascala, Bismarck biyombo
Chet playing 4 Isaiah 5 Jdub 3 dort/alex 2 number 1 we Al know who that is
Honestly OKC is the best team in the West. It will be a tie between them and Dallas though once Mavs sign and trade for Klay ;)
Don't count out Denver and Minnesota.
I don’t see Mavs as a matchup for oKC
Sixers moved ahead of the Knicks for biggest threat to Celtics
As good as IHart was for us, he’s numbers are replaceable. OG’s contribution was most certainly not. I don’t think there is one team who wouldn’t want OG
hartenstein good but not worth 29 mil a year but he got his bag dont blame him
SAS is going to miss the Whitest Brotha the KNICKS ever Had in Franchise History.
He's 75 percent white, unless you use that old slave master one drop rule
Embarrassingly pathetic that this man is supposed to be the premiere voice of ESPN and says the Knicks are "his team" yet the man can't even pronounce Hartenstein's name correctly..........
Ignorant statement by SAS.. Hartenstein was offered the max the Knicks could give right after the NBA finals. He WAS THE PRIORITY! Knicks were limited by early bird rights. Max offer was 72 million over 4 years…
Knicks signed an injury prone OG for 40+ million a year, and let their budget friendly backup Center who has proven to be a starting Center and a key piece, walk..........a player who was backup for a Center who also is injury prone (Mitchell). So stupid.
Bridges+Hartenstein>Bridges+OG. That first pair is far more useful and balanced for what the Knicks needed.
where is muly ?
The Knicks are in trouble. I had them going to the Finals with OG and Hartenstein. The Knicks also blew an opportunity to sign Andre Drummond. Mitchell Robinsuck is not the answer. The Knicks are probably looking at another second round exit. Good luck Hartenstein.
Mitch is better not worried about
30 million/yr sounds like like a whole lot of recency bias to me. lol Hartenstein was great as the backup center on a young/scrappy/underdog knicks team. But with that money comes expectations. And i'm not sure you can expect him to do what he did for literally 1/2 a season every night. We will see.
For 30m/yr he needs to average 15p-10r and make an all-star appearance MINIMUM.
I actually kinda like Stephen A as host/debator.. he lets ppl finish their thought even if they’re going too long and calls them out AFTERWARDS.. Molly just interrupts and yells over ppl mid sentence and it’s annoying asf
I’ve been a Thunder fan for about 5 years now. I know, I know, you’re like “5 years?!?!”. I was a Bulls fan as a kid. I grew up on MJ. Back then, Chicago’s WGN was the only channel I had to watch NBA during the weekdays. NBC had the weekend covered but they only started showing games at Christmas until the end of the season. NBC was the only place to watch the playoffs. So, I was exposed to Jordan in the latest 80’s and feel in love with Bball. So, I felt that I needed a new team. I liked OKC’s team after Durant and Westbrook departed. Now, I’m elated with what the team has become.
Nothing wrong with that...Thunder Up!
I was a big Gary Payton fan so the Sonics became my favorite team. Then Penny and Shaq caught my eye and I became a lightweight Orlando fan who also fell in love with TMac's game when he came along. Soon the Sonics were moved to OKC and naturally I've been a fan since.
been a fan for 14 years lezgooow!!!
Okc barely lost to the refs and fix a finals team. The Knicks barely skipped by due to injury. Then got smoked by a cupcake who would be at the bottom of the wc. The Knicks wouldnt even be a playin in the west. 🤣🤣 enjoy the lottery poverty chise. Season losers the clippers of the east
Okc got Caruso and Hartenstein without giving up any picks, only loss is Giddey which any Thunder fan would gladly have happen at this point, hurts the Knicks more now since Sixers got Drummond now too