Stephen A. Smith & Sports Media Hypocrites Celebrate LeBron James & Lakers Nepotism
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
- Nepotism is acceptable only if we all stand to benefit from it. The rest of the sports world celebrates LeBron James’ son getting drafted by the Lakers ... well, not everyone. Jason and Steve discuss the dangers of allowing star athletes control over sports leagues.
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Stephen Jackson left the hood but the hood never left his ignorant self
Is he a gang member?
@@michaelhunziker7287 talks like he is but don't know and don't care
Black people, is the game y'all really want to play? When white folks only start hiring white folks. Our black asses are in trouble
@@michaelhunziker7287 I have heard that Jackson has ties to the Bloods, but take that with a grain of salt.
@@michaelhunziker7287he is just an idiot
Stephen A. Is getting deep?? This guy is a joke
I'll take "Things that have never happened" for $1200!
He thinks he is. He’s not…..
He’s the worst !!
I looked up the definition of nepotism. It showed me a picture of Bronny James.
Well he better get Bryce on the team too or he’s a bad father
This has been going on forever! Look at Obama, the Clintons, Biden's, Cuomo's, Pelosi's, etc. children! How did they all get into IVY league schools? Definitely not on smarts. All you have to do is listen to them talk! Nepotism is because of money and power! As long as you have a clueless public who keeps worshiping celebrities and athletes, it will continue!
Look up Jerry Jones too
Look up Donald Trump, while you're at it
Donald Trump and Ivanka and her husband
It’s not Black privilege, it’s LeBron privilege.
There’s no black Lakers fan happy about a roster spot being wasted on Bronny James
You mean no white lakers fan lol you not even black but you on here trying to speak for black people yes LeBron made a way for his son good for him if you had the power you would do the same you just another white conservative LeBron hater same with Whitlock its funny he's trying to make excuses for Giannis and other whites doing it but somehow its a problem when LeBron do it i don't get the envy jealousy and hatred for have for that man
It was a 55th pick.Tell me another player that has been picked 55 or lower that has gone to be a great player
@@ikegh6334Manu Ginobli and Tony Parker to name 2
I am! Let's go Bronny! #whitetears
Not sure how it's "black privilege" for Bronny James to keep another, more deserving black guy out of the NBA.
Where is Whitlock' video on Trump's Nepotism bringing Yvanka and Jared to the whitehouse? And I need your comment on that please😂
💯 plus LeBron and Rich Paul only helped Bronny get drafted. Why didn't they help other deserving college players get drafted🤔?
@@MadidiMadidi-dm6vwdo you really think the president doesn't live with his family in the Whitehouse 😂? Here's a shocker for you, Obama lived with Michelle and his two daughters in the Whitehouse when he was president 😱
@@vReez0 truth
@@MadidiMadidi-dm6vw you stupid right?
Im black. Give that spot to the poor black kid that earned it. 👍🏾
Amen! How much joy could there have been for another family? We will never know,
Ok. There were three selections past Bronnys. Also, if they have talent, those same players you're talking about. Can still get signed by a team.
Thank you
Obviously for the Lakers, it suits their sefl-interests more to keep LeRoid happy than to help raise another hard working talented deserving kid out of poverty.
@@dissinfo6358The Lakers are capitalizing from this. The money they are making from drafting Bronny and also the hate via views and clicks from yourself, and me as well. Ask yourself why does this upset you?
Bronny not good enough to be laker ball boy
Neither are you bum
water boy
AJ Johnson last year’s 23rd pick in the first round avg 2.6 pts a game😂😂😂
I'm sick of Stephen A Smith victimhood bullshit........forget nepotism........when the fk should a PLAYER dictate who gets drafted.?
Truth
people love it like tariq nasheed ... its like oxygen
When they can.
@@thewanderer6388 that's Kool.....but save the race card for something important....not this bullsht......it'll show on the court
When a player can dictate and tell the coach and players who shouldn't get ball, especially at the end of games
It’s neither nepotism nor black privilege. It’s extortion
Somehow who used the word I used. It's extortion. He threatened them. And they bent over. It's extortion. Literally the definition of this is extortion.
Nah, its all three.
Such a good point
@@karlcrouch2641 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Why does it take an ASIAN to BREAK things down for BLACK SPORTS MEDIA?
Weird comment
@@3naturalBionutritionit's just a question, maybe your feeble mind can't comprehend
@@allpraisestothemosthigh9418 🤣🤣
Stupid comment
@@3naturalBionutrition feeble dummy 😂
They crucified Tebow for getting a workout.
No they didn't lol yes they talked about it but nothing close to the amount of hatred LeBron and his son is getting
@@kapptinafrikaaah371 yes they did
@@kapptinafrikaaah371 I've heard sports media reference Tim Tebow getting a tryout with the Jags from Urban Meyer as nepotism when talking about Bronny this week. The ironic thing is media was pining for Tim Tebow to switch positions to tight end ever since college but now it's nepotism he tried out as tight end and didn't make the team.
@@BigginsInAmerica but he got the opportunity didn't he? Bronny only have an opportunity thats it yall acting like he don't have to prove himself
@@kapptinafrikaaah371 Tebow got a tryout and didn't make the team. Bronny just got an unprecedented guaranteed multiyear contract for a 2nd round pick. Tim Tebow was a 2 time National Champion Heisman winner and Bronny was a scrub off the bench. Antonio Gates played college basketball and tried out as tight end in the NFL in training camp. He became a hall of famer.
Know what we're not talking about? The young black kid, more deserving of a roster spot than Bronny, who was cheated out of by nepotism. And that kid probably doesn't have a billionaire father.
I'm surprised you didn't say the young white kid who was more deserving to be picked 55th.
Now we care about spots form the 2nd round lmao
Spot on!
@@thewanderer6388 anybody regardless of race would have been more deserving that this clown father and son, clown both
Exactly, LEBRON is a multi Billionaire, who has Done Nothing for the Black community!!! None of these guys I haven't seen Any Black BILLIONAIRES do Anything of Substance for the Black community!!!
What a sad little man SAS is.
It's amazing how people will forsake their credibility and fall on their swords for an ideology.
This is how you know it's dying. When we have earned the right to be openly hypocritical.
like a guy who talks about a biblical world view who watches g*y porn?? we know this is true
Deion Sanders will definitely get to choose where Shedur plays in the NFL because of this!!!
oh yea that whole story is far from over. deion is gonna be a coach in the NFL with shedeur. I guarantee it.
@@drinkingpoolwater 99% chance it happens in Dallas.
NFL isn’t ran like the NBA.
@@kingcurmudgeon8685 Please God no!
@@therealmvp232 you are right, the nba doesn't have end racism written on the court for the past 4 seasons and a black national anthem. the nba isnt involved in a g*y flag football league. the nfl is though
Why does Stephen A start every rant with a disclaimer like he’s about to drop a Martin Luther King Jr speech
I'm happy to see and hear that they have finally admitted to "black privilege". They admit that it does exist
Facts
Lmao a basketball player getting his son drafted is not proof of black privilege. You and the media claiming tht it is are ignorant
@@tdup191 😂 you're a fool if you think it's just happening in sports
@@bletchdroshek5984 lol you're the fool for making a false equivalence and not having any real world examples to back up your foolery 😂👎🏽
The new LeBron James' rule: if NBA's superstar son is a division 1 scholarship player, he can be draft no matter his stats and skill set. Wow, years ago Michael Jordan could have got his two son into the league or as owner Micheal Jordon could have drafted his sons. Michael Jordan missed the boat.
ESPN wonders why its circling the drain.
Can’t wait until Lebron retires and people come out about his narcissism
Be fair the fact that he's stayed married this long is crazy. Not sure I'd take the deal to be. Billionaire if you had to stay with 1 woman, that takes out all the fun
I wish people would separate Nepotism of ownership as to a player. Someone hiring their son who’s been around the business as opposed to a player holding hostage a team of they don’t is different. Be nice to see a black pundit outside of Whitlock not make everything about race
So it’s ok for an owner to do it but not a player?? Who is to say that these the people the owners hire out of nepotism are qualified??
Whitlock makes everything about race. He only attacks Black people. Whites? Well he has to find something positive no matter what.
Whitlock does make everything about race, because he's black talking about blacks you don't have an issue with it
How is LeBron holding the lakers hostage he was a free agent the lakers didn't have to resign him or draft his kid they could've simply said bye LeBron we not resigning you or drafting your kid but they didn't so tell me how is he holding the lakers hostage did he put a gun to their heads?
The Lakers have invested hughe amounts of time, money & resources building the team around James. To the point they sold out the future of the team for years, maybe even beyond Lebrons retirement.
You dont like the word "hostage" so lets say the Lakers are compromised. If they let James go all that investment would be wasted.
Bronny is a DEI draft pick
Didn't
Earn
It
🤡
If this kid was named Bronny Smith he'd still be playing at USC maybe scoring 10 points a game next year. He would NEVER get close to playing in the NBA. Of course all these black pundits made it, once again, about race. It's not about race. It's about skill. And Bronny just doesn't have enough of it....
Stephen Jackson confirms, black privilege is real
It's about time!
I am happy now that Nepotism is widely accepted. Let's keep getting rid of things for people to complain about...
Laker fans are disgusted.
I'm not.
If Bronny wasn't Lebron's kid, he would have gone undrafted. Period. I still think a team would sign him as an undrafted free agent, but he would not have been drafted.
Stephen A Simp
Stephen A using all them big words 😒 he just sounds like he’s trying to hard 😂
Steven A Smith is the biggest Bust I’ve ever seen
Ryan Clark is such a simp remember this guy cried on love tv!
Giannis brother has been drafted by the knicks. That has nothing to do with Giannis. He's also 6'8, not 6'1.
Irresponsible, resentful, envious, complaining, undisciplined, chaotic, murderous, academically challenged, blamers, accusers... Lord Jesus deliver.
Tell us more about yourself.
If the owner of the team wasn’t a woman this wouldn’t have happened at all. Oops did I say owner I mean “governor”.
That's why she laud her head on lebron
I'll say this, none of the current crop of Busses hold a candle to Dr. Jerry Buss.
It's true but in today's world, we're not supposed to think that way, even less saying it.
Jerry Buss is turning over in his grave and
Red Aurebauch is 😂 in his grave.
Bronny is barely better than Skip Bayless and Stephen A Smith at basketball and the dude got drafted in the 2nd round. What about all the deserving BLACK players that SHOULD have been drafted in the 2nd round? I guess nobody cares about them.
SAS is simply a punk. Walks like one, talks like one and his act is getting old.
Jason Whitlock is simply a punk. Walks like one, talks like one and his act is getting old.
The amount of white tears in this comment section is hilarious. 🤣🤣 Now all of a sudden everyone is concerned about the 55th pick.
The Blaze should have a sports talk show for about 30 minutes with just Jason and Steve. I would watch 5 days a week. Would I be alone in watching? I am guessing no.
Congrats Bron Jr! Bron Sr is the GOAT Father, forget basketball. Salute!
FYI - Thanasis Antetekoumpo was DRAFTED by the Knicks. And when Giannis was averaging 6 ppg! He might have gotten drafted on potential (as most 2nd round picks do), but he was not given that job because Giannis was telling the Knicks to draft him.
Jerry Jones as an owner of a franchise u absolutely hire your children to run the Family owned business Bron doesn't own the lakers 😂
Facts I don’t understand people can’t tell the difference
George Karl’s son is 6 foot 5 and averaged almost 20ppg at Boise State.
Is Stephan Jackson a crackhead?
Yo,what planet am i on??
This is bad.
Wow.... Can't believe someone in the media called lebron out. To see the rest of the media chicken out on this issue and not tell the truth really made me sad.
People get their friends and family jobs in the front office and corporate america all the time. College coaches have their son on the team all the time. Now that a player has power and used it people are upset smh.
Coach k at Duke had like 5 family members on the payroll with various titles. Charlie Weiss at Notre Dame had his son as "assistant offensive coordinator" making 300k at 24 years old. It's rampant
@@manager4409 Were any of those dudes playing on the court with PROFESSIONALS earning 8 million for 4 years after being drafted 55th with 4PPG? Did you not even watch the video? Nothing like THIS has ever happened before. No athlete has ever held a franchise HOSTAGE like this to force them to use a DRAFT PICK and 8 million dollars to guarantee 1 of 15 roster spots on a team like the Lakers without even playing a single second in Summer League. Never before. You can't compare THIS to any of those examples you just stated. Not even remotely the same. So with this logic let's just start drafting every son of every great player... I mean the league OWES those fathers now right? Can't wait to see leagues full of sons and dads.
The only thing that was weird about it was, before he got drafted - they were all saying that junior could not play. After he got drafted, the scripted, commanded excuses came out.
Jason doesn’t know about hypocrisy but he does know about snacks .
The mannings decided where Eli went & no one said shit.
Eli was a proven college quarterback - #1 ranked player in the country. Stupid analogy. Doesn’t apply to this.
@@rackball5858 bullshit it doesn't ,Using your power and name is using your power & name no matter what the situation is.
@@kalanievans2341 Eli would’ve been drafted number #1 no matter what his name was. Do you not understand? Bronny did not get drafted based on his game. And absolutely people said shit when his pop & agent said he didn’t want to play for the Chargers. Rich Paul said “It’s LA or he’s playing in Australia.” The Mannings simply did what Elway did in 83’ when Elway didn’t want to play in Baltimore. Bronny’s situation is totally different.
It’s already been said
But he was THE NUMBER ONE QB coming out the draft
Not the same argument
Bronny would have NEVER been drafted if daddy didn’t get him in
Dude averaged 4 pts a game 😂😂😂😂😂
But people did hold it against eli until he got the rings…
Sometimes still hear about that and elways power play
The question at hand: Nepotism and qualified to do a job or Nepotism and not qualified to do a job. Lebron's nepotism opened the door for Bronny, but he got to earn it based on his own merits.
Nepotism can be both
It's everywhere. That NFL coach Sean mcvay, his father was a GM for another team or executive. Then they act like it's some huge accomplishment when his son was given opportunities and made a head coach at only 32 or something like that
Wow😮 didn't know this?!
But he’s actually a good coach… That’s the difference goofy
Coaches don’t get hired because of their skill level… Sports is supposed to be merit based. Especially at the professional level. The clowns love making excuses for your favorite player.
His father got him some basic low level assistant gig when he was only 22. So by the time he was 28 he had a resume with "years of coaching experience" and got moved up to coordinator
Happens all the time. Eli Manning dad did this in the NFL. Danny Ainge son is in the Celtics front office..etc. Life is and will forever be about who you know.
This is why Draymond should not have sat down on NBA in TNT.
the reason i didn't feel bad it was canceled. With Draymond on, i wouldn't watch it anyways
SAS is on point with this one. Sorry Jason…
Ryan Clark and Jackson talking about black power and black privelage. But at the samtime telling their black audience that they're not talented enough and that their black lives doesn't matter because they're not Lebron or Rich Paul.
Exactly. Black elites are so out of touch with the lives of regular black Americans and only champion what benefits them.
That's not what he's saying.
Wealth and power privilege!!
ESPN staff are getting tired of SAS N SHANNON SHARPE. Supposedly they’re a toxic tandem 😂
How are they sick of Shannon
They threw Shannon a bag to do more stuff with ESPN other than First Take
They aren't. Shannon just signed a new contract and they both were just given accolades for significantly increased viewership on First Take. You want that to be the case but it's not.
How anyone can watch ESPN is beyond me. They don't even hide their favoritism any more. And they using the same talking points!! Klutch sports really do have their claws in the media.
Excellent to hear you two guys talk straight facts
Jason Whitlock is the only analyst that is not getting paid to lie about bronny James
I'm tired of this
By " invested into your community" , opening a strip club in " the hood" in your hometown doesn't count.
The reason it’s a problem is because it compromises the integrity of the game blatantly
I will say your point on the Lori Loughlin scandal was a bad take. She and her husband pleaded guilty to commit wire and mail fraud when they were accused of paying $500,000 to get their daughters into USC. What they did was illegal. This is a different situation with Lebron and his son, the Lakers drafting Bronny was legal. Stupid, but legal. Different scenarios.
There's so many colleges in Las Angeles I can't imagine why it matters. Only people from that area would even view USC as superior to the others
Truth is... we don't care about nepotism, just stop saying America is racist already.
I agree with you but unfortunately people are never going to stop saying America is racist
Amen 🙌🏾
@@b-rad3681 you're correct. It's a multi billion dollar business to hustle that lie.
You're sounding mad that whites aren't the only ones who can have favoring situations.
@@williambrown4357 and I’m black but a lot of my fellow black people have this victim mentality and to justify anything they always point to white people I just can’t get down with that at all . I know I’m not a victim , I have the same opportunities as everyone else so it’s up to me to carve out my own path because I refuse to blame anybody for my own failures in life I’m no victim !
Always the comparison of black or white. The kid didn't deserve to get picked period. Stop playing.
The issue isn't even drafting his kid. It's the whole act as though oh his connection to LeBron his dad has nothing to do with it.
When have white players made the NBA off of nepotism? Maybe I missed something.
You are right. This is a Lebron ego run amok thing.
When money ruled the day.....
Steven a and LeBron are
just doing there
Jewish Masters bidding
Like always
Facts!
The reason people have such a huge issue with THIS example of nepotism is because it’s LeBron James and it’s wide out in the open. People don’t know coaches and other staff members..they know players.
Charlie Weiss made millions as a college coach and he put his young son with all these titles like assistant offensive coordinator where he was making 300k at 23 years old
@@manager4409 again, as I stated in my original comment…coaches and staff are way more likely to fly under the radar compared to one of the most popular players to ever play the game of basketball. 🤷🏼♂️
What about the fans? The fans wanna WIN.
People bring their family into companies all the time and nobody complains. Name the Corporation and you will find people who got hired or promoted because a family member brought them in.
Love the show...
#1
Thanasis was drafted by new York so he was already in the league and traded, pretty sure. So worst Giannis kept him in the league didn't get him there
Bronny has grown men losing their minds 😂
its simple. the lakers had two choices. draft bronny and keep bron. or dont draft bronny and lose lebron. whats the big deal
I don't think the concept of nepotism is the issue here. I think it's all the posturing done by the Lakers in an attempt to make us think this isn't a case of nepotism. Once again, ESPN is conflating the issue and topping it off with a lil racism for that razzle dazzle.
Another topic Jason hasn’t fully studied. You can easily do a google search and find the other parallel examples. This guy can’t even name the other second round draft picks that had similar stats!!! Clown 🤡 takes!!
Guaranteed 4-year contract for a late second round pick.
Bronny could have distinguished himself from his father by staying in school.
It’s not even that serious for two grown men to be debating about another man. What has the world come to. Like bro these people are regular people why do yall gotta talk about other people so much why does it bother you so much what somebody else is doing for there family.
Stephen A definitely made sure that he doesn't have any competition on ESPN. The people that they have had on since he's been off have zero personality.
Never in my life would i have thought any pro sports franchise would be controlled by a player. lebaron is a DICTATOR
Im a lawyer my son jus passed the bar ima try get him a spot at my job n thts wrong lol
Maybe if you were the best lawyer in the world … lol sorry you don’t get the same privileges …that’s just life
@@Savviflo1 lls happens every day in life in all kind of professions dam near every job i had somebody put me on lls thy jus famous and doin it
Tired of the nepotism bs. Bron is an employee. Why doesn’t Bron stand up for black coaches?
Great show
BRONNY could end up with a 15yr NBA career if LeBron owns a team!!!! Smh
Darnell was on your show at fs1.. what was his qualifications??
Steven A. just did a "But what about...." You cannot compare nepotism in the office to nepotism on the court. We don't pay to see people in the office, but we do pay to see *TALENTED* players on the court.
1:00 All I heard was Stephen A say 'if I get personal, Its on me' and I was out.... 🙄🤡
4 points a game? Horrible performance. Bronny did not earn it, so he does not belong in the NBA!
What's goin on here is "A really high profile vanity play"
That is the best description I've heard.
4pts a game yeah that’s talent!!
Ultimately this is not good for Bronny. He is going to have to carry this burden of everyone knowing why he ended up in the league. Unless he’s good.
If Jerry gave his children a job with the cowboys, then that is not an inheritance. It's being appointed to a job. An inheritance would be if Jerry gave ownership of the team to his children.
It was fun watching Jason destroy his own arguments.
Imagine being so good at your job that the team you play for is like, yeah, we will draft your son dawg😂. And people getting upset at that!!! It’s sad!! So called grown men.
The school LeBron attached his name to has a READING/MATH problem. LeBron can read at the same level as those kids
SAS is completely right about nepotism in the executive ranks. Doesn’t make lebron right.
Well said Kim well said, every statement Kim has made is on point🙌🏽🔥🔥🔥
So Lebron can take care of JJ Redick, but not his son? Y’all are weird
Couldn't care less about him being his son. Bottom line is he's below average player. Wouldn't be surprised of they retire together as the first father/son duo...
Corey Holcomb said SAS is a copy boy😂 He's right