@@roberto5red5rocky85 not at all, you can “assume”perfectly in analysis, you can’t swearrrrr up and down you know someone better than they know themselves(which skip has said severalllll times) their not psychologists they’re just critiquing sports
@Tyler Sullivan You clearly don’t watch either channel if (a) you think those two are dumbasses and (b) you don’t think either channel has any other or better analysts.
@@abcdefg1392 he said a lot of crazy things over the years, it’s not just Lebron. Tebow, Johnny Manziel, Tiago Splitter, RG3, just some things out of many that come to mind.
@@kinglbj2345 oh for sure yea that's facts but LeBron's been his arch enemy for time lol. I think he's gearing up for Doncic to be his next nemesis he's gonna need another once LeBron is gone😂😂
To everyone saying skip was right..... No he wasnt. The debate wasnt about whether or not the Lakers would win a title, it was about whether Kobe BELIEVED they could
@@JDesch They didn't, OKC beat the lakers 4-1 in semifinals. Dallas swept the lakers 4-0 the year before edit: thought they were talking about the 2012 playoffs, my bad
@@PrisonMike117 nope. LeBrick cant carry Kobe's shoes. Kobe better defender, better scorer, better overall player. He played in the triangle, so he wont have assists like lebron. LeBron only has rebounding and athleticism over him.
@@PrisonMike117 i disagree, I still have Kobe over Bron, Kobe willed his 2013 Lakers team which was the 10th seed by the way, into the playoffs, Bron didn't will his team the way Kobe did and Lebron's Lakers this year was better than Kobe's 2013 team. Kobe's skill is on a level that Bron's skill won't reach when you break down the game from footwork, all around shooting, ball handling, defense etc etc. Kobe's will is on another level and lets not forget Kobe won a championship in 2010 with a broken finger, bad back and bad knees. He played injured that year and still lead them to a championship. Kobe's will and work ethic is unmatched besides mayybe Jordan.
I mean. I could see why Kobe was so confident. They won the tile just 2 years prior and still had some key pieces from that group. They ended up finishing as the 3rd seed and lost in the 2nd round to the Thunder
@@MikeJay-on5tt Stephen A -Skip was a far better duo than shannon Skip.Far better.The ratings were extraordinary during FirstTakes prime.Shannon might be better individualy than Stephen A but as a DUO-Skip Stephen A was far superior.SKIP declined a lot in Undisputed.He was way crazier back in first take
I don't watch ESPN anymore, but if anyone could bring me back to watch their network, it's these two. Such a great duo. Asinine! asi-ten! asi-eleven! asi-twelve!
Skip and Stephen A were hilarious lol. The funniest part is not even looking at the guy who's talking when both are on the screen and just looking at the reaction of the guy who's listening
Yes he liked to crazy with Tebow, LeBron, KG and even AI. People say he hates LeBron, but he backed off LeBron drastically in the past decade. Before LeBron beat OKC with Miami Skip used to destroy LeBron. Now all he says is LeBron is not the GOAT. He's still entertaining, but he definitely isn't the same as he was in his prime lol
@@MikeBNumba6 Exactly skip was a pure savage back then and could trigger Stephen a smith rage like never before. Plus everyone talks about his bad takes but never give him props for the goods ones and when not speaking on biased topics he knows his stuff
@@marcell2590 No this is not '08. Look at the description under Kobe's name, it says Finals MVP (09‐10) and the graphic behind the guy that starts the talk off has Melo in a Knicks jersey, and he was not playing for New York in 2008.
That’s that MAMBA MENTALITY!! We miss you so fkn much Kobe! Life just hasn’t been the same since you’ve left us please give us a sign that you’re still ballin in heaven with the other all time greats. RIP The greatest basketball player ever
@@Teezythegoat you gotta do some research. They were definitely not contenders. Yeah Kobe was great but he was on the latter end and the rest of the roster wasn’t as loaded as that 2010 team was
He was wrong about his Spurs winning it all and that they would beat the lakers in the playoffs since Okc took out both teams so he wasnt exactly right
@@richardgutierrez26 Yeah but he didn’t say he was right about everything he just said he was right in the lakers were not going to make it. And tbh the spurs won the west the next two years
@@followthebrickroad6518 ? maybe i’m off or something but Kobe won a ring in 09 and 2010 so if this was 2008? the spurs didn’t make it out of the west especially not for the next two years
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Man 2012 looks older than 8 years lol
For real!
This 2008
Cesar Zavala nah it’s not cause melo had a kincks jersey in the promo pic
@@marvless8155 the Kobe Bryant interview clearly shows 2008
If it was 2008, how would Kobe be the 2009-2010 finals mvp already?
“I don’t believe that Kobe believes “ to this day skip still swears he knows everything going on with any and everybody
Its kinda his job to think he knows....
@@roberto5red5rocky85 no it’s not
@@roberto5red5rocky85 not at all, you can “assume”perfectly in analysis, you can’t swearrrrr up and down you know someone better than they know themselves(which skip has said severalllll times) their not psychologists they’re just critiquing sports
@@wayneverhoff9928 😭😂😭 forreal though
I mean that is the question he was asked. He was literally asked "do you think that Kobe believes..." It's not like he made the statement blindly.
Skip and Stephen a Smith needs to reunite before both of them retire
@Tyler Sullivan
You clearly don’t watch either channel if (a) you think those two are dumbasses and (b) you don’t think either channel has any other or better analysts.
@Tyler Sullivan Shannon Sharpe's better than both. SAS is a legend legend tho.
Two greatest trolls of all time
Nobody wanna hear skip lol
@Tyler Sullivan Rachel Nichols good lord lol She litterally smiles NON STOP its so annoying to look at
This is in 2012 and the footage looks vintage compared to now lol
Shid look rare
I'm a 93 baby and i feel old 😭
This is 2008
@@lighty805 lol 93 too
@@lighty805 shii I’m 97 baby I feel old watching this 😭
RIP Kobe 😭😭
I can’t believe it’s January already 🥺
I hate how the description doesn’t even list the date of the video
Honestly! this was 2011 right?
that's 2012, Mike Brown is the coach.
Yea he said Kobe in his 16th year. Thats 2011-12 season
@@luny2nez281 no this is 2008 when they first made the finals again , 2011 they where the favor team in west even tho they lost
@@Jayyfromdetroit Pause at 0:46. Was Melo on the Knicks in 2008?
I miss when people treated Skip like an idiot for saying idiotic things
Skip was actually right on this one...
to be fair most people roast him for hating on LeBron, except mindless LBJ haters who are the loud minority hahaha
@@abcdefg1392 he said a lot of crazy things over the years, it’s not just Lebron. Tebow, Johnny Manziel, Tiago Splitter, RG3, just some things out of many that come to mind.
@@kinglbj2345 oh for sure yea that's facts but LeBron's been his arch enemy for time lol. I think he's gearing up for Doncic to be his next nemesis he's gonna need another once LeBron is gone😂😂
@@abcdefg1392 I agree that itt’l be Doncic. 😂 He’s already started hating on him, probably because Lebron was Luka’s idol growing up.
Stephan a Smith always gave bean his respect
Rip the 🐐
Honestly Skip was right with them not winning but wrong as far as them not contending
Skip is objective.
@@thrillwill5 last I checked Ol GOAT James is still out here winning championships. 🐐👑💪💪💪💪 Kobe is outside of top 10 my guy.
King LBJ23 lebum
Skip grin so much from trolling it’s permanently on his face
😂😂😂 good one
The Joker of sports lol.
💀
He's like Ali,,,,...he gets in people's head..
Skip owns everyone
"You actually have an obligation to make sense skip" This is hilarious. Both of them could do well to think like that sometimes.
He never STOPPED believing... The ❤ of a 5x 🏆... RIP
It's almost if Stephen A Smith and Skip Bayless were friends like Magic Johnson and Larry Bird tbh
They were goofy
@@tgreg9542 Niggas a goofy🤦🏽♂️😭😭🤣😭
Definitely the Larry and magic of talk show sports
My eyes must’ve worked different 8 years ago this looks like it was recorded on an iPod shuffle
I thought it was recorded on a sega dreamcast honestly 🤷🏾♂️
Data gets old if yall didnt know.
These were the good old days. Better than trash ESPN now.
Naw you just didn't now any better back then.
This aint even bad lol
Its more funny that Skip keeps talking as if Stephen A was listening to what he was saying
He couldn’t see his screenlol
R.I.P Kobe 🙏🏿💜💛
@Leo Vasile and this why people don’t like Christians
@Leo Vasile ?
@@olu8729 lol fr 😂
To everyone saying skip was right.....
No he wasnt. The debate wasnt about whether or not the Lakers would win a title, it was about whether Kobe BELIEVED they could
Thank you!! 🙏
Stephen A. still said it was possible. Possible I guess, but the Spurs swept the Lakers
Well Kobe "believed" they would win every year 😂
In that sense, Skip is correct.
@@JDesch They didn't, OKC beat the lakers 4-1 in semifinals. Dallas swept the lakers 4-0 the year before
edit:
thought they were talking about the 2012 playoffs, my bad
Exactly
SAS: Kobe Bryant is a close and personal friend of mine....
Cap
@@shaijayreacts lol u don’t get the joke
Skip Bayless: I WAS THERE
@@freddy1k he's probably 12yrd old
Stephen A Smith or San Antonio Spurs? Lol
What a time to be alive I'd do anything to go back to the kobe days
“You actually have an obligation to make sense Skip”🤣🤣🤣🤣 Classic Stephen A
This show was so much better than today's
TIIIIAGO SPLLITURRRRR 😂😂😂
🤪
😂😂😂😂
🤣😂🤣😂
Skip just keeps talking when Stephen A reads the paper 😂😂
Such an iconic duo
He couldn't see him reading the paper. He didn't know lol
You can see the brotherly love all over their faces
Who saw skip say the Lebron block on splitter don’t count 😂 he went from being a splitter fan to saying he himself jumps higher than splitter smh
Saw it on Undisputed the other day. The old man is a total clown. 😂😂
Skip and Stephen A have come back one more time in First Take.
This hits different now that Kobe gone😭I can’t look at Kobe anymore knowing he’s gone.😓
Get help
Lebron is better
@@PrisonMike117 nope. LeBrick cant carry Kobe's shoes. Kobe better defender, better scorer, better overall player. He played in the triangle, so he wont have assists like lebron. LeBron only has rebounding and athleticism over him.
@@PrisonMike117 i disagree, I still have Kobe over Bron, Kobe willed his 2013 Lakers team which was the 10th seed by the way, into the playoffs, Bron didn't will his team the way Kobe did and Lebron's Lakers this year was better than Kobe's 2013 team. Kobe's skill is on a level that Bron's skill won't reach when you break down the game from footwork, all around shooting, ball handling, defense etc etc. Kobe's will is on another level and lets not forget Kobe won a championship in 2010 with a broken finger, bad back and bad knees. He played injured that year and still lead them to a championship. Kobe's will and work ethic is unmatched besides mayybe Jordan.
I mean. I could see why Kobe was so confident. They won the tile just 2 years prior and still had some key pieces from that group. They ended up finishing as the 3rd seed and lost in the 2nd round to the Thunder
Man Skip looks so much younger! What a difference in just 10 years. Still, loving this duo, hope they reunite!
Asinine, asiten, aseleven 😂
Wasn't that great. I miss these 2.
Skip's comments are soooo triggering.
4:06 "Tiago Splitter" out of nowhere 🤣🤣🤣
Btw Rest up Mamba I miss you mane!!
Skip probably feeling like Dave Chappelle right now...espn getting money off his face and sht 😅😅😅
Right especially since he was vastly underpaid when working at ESPN.
He put debate shows on the map
Lol 😂
He might be getting paid because they rarely put up Skip videos and they have a ton
You sign the contract. You can't cry years later.
"They stole my show" lol
These 2 have to link back up together one last time
Imagine Stephen A Smith on Undisputed with Skip and Shannon like that would be very interesting for sure
They're the best
@@MikeJay-on5tt Stephen A -Skip was a far better duo than shannon Skip.Far better.The ratings were extraordinary during FirstTakes prime.Shannon might be better individualy than Stephen A but as a DUO-Skip Stephen A was far superior.SKIP declined a lot in Undisputed.He was way crazier back in first take
@@erikpuka2627 Shannon is my man but he’s nowhere near SAS, that man is a legend.
They are both morons lol
Kobe... you are forever missed
Back when skip didnt say mmmmm mmmmm mmmm every 5 seconds lol.
He was way more enjoyable to watch on first take. He’s a weirdo on undisputed
The coke hasn’t fried his sinuses yet
Before the Alzheimer's kicked in
This hits different now that Kobe is gone 😔 RIP Mamba we miss u everyday 🙏🏽
I can’t lie Skip Bayless was funny... The perfect antagonist for Stephen A. Dude was a savage! 😂🤣
I don't watch ESPN anymore, but if anyone could bring me back to watch their network, it's these two. Such a great duo. Asinine! asi-ten! asi-eleven! asi-twelve!
Skip and Stephen A were hilarious lol. The funniest part is not even looking at the guy who's talking when both are on the screen and just looking at the reaction of the guy who's listening
R.I.p Kobe 💛💜
Reporter: what makes you think you guys are a championship team?
Kobe: they got me
Never seen Skip laugh as much as when he was with Stephen A
Skip used to hate on Kobe because he was scared of Kobe passing mj in rings
Man why 2008 look like 1989 😂
"You have an obligation to make sense, Skip!" 🤣🤣🤣
I miss seeing anything involving Kobe Bryant.
The disrespect to Kobe was phenomenal. That man earned the right to be addressed with all due reverence at all times.
Skip was right tho, he didn’t win the West that season
@@MIDNightPT4 Fr 😂😂😂😂
Skip was right though. The lakers got destroyed by the thunder in the 2nd round.
@@Abbad1579 the point is skip didn't believe that Kobe believed he could win & which kobe would believe that he can win.
Players legacies are different while they are still playing. Look at the current lebron disrespect, as soon as he retires people will give him respect
Man Skip really been pulling these nonsense takes since day one. Almost forgot hahahaha
I mean he was right
But he was right
@@Anicento how? Kobe believes he can beat anyone. Skip is wrong here
@@user-ju4ew6hn1i he was wrong
@The flippers blew a 3-1 lead that's not the argument here. We are arguing if Kobe believes that they can win a championship that year.
Rest in Power Kobe! Say hi to Chadwick for us
Crazy how no one nowadays will flat out state their team is going win the finals. Miss you kobe
Watching in 2020....still the same ol Skip Bayless
Stephen A was giving Kobe flowers in this debate.
It’s crazy how i see this video and Stephen a news paper says titanic lol 🤣.. knowing what’s going on right now
same, I think that’s exactly why the algorithm has picked up this video.
People talking about how ancient this footage looks, meanwhile 2002 images seem like '80s VHS. 😂
Skip has become a woke laid back old man nowadays.Back in First Takes prime he used to be crazy.He doesnt get into it like he used to do
Yes he liked to crazy with Tebow, LeBron, KG and even AI.
People say he hates LeBron, but he backed off LeBron drastically in the past decade.
Before LeBron beat OKC with Miami Skip used to destroy LeBron. Now all he says is LeBron is not the GOAT.
He's still entertaining, but he definitely isn't the same as he was in his prime lol
@@MikeBNumba6 Exactly skip was a pure savage back then and could trigger Stephen a smith rage like never before. Plus everyone talks about his bad takes but never give him props for the goods ones and when not speaking on biased topics he knows his stuff
i’ll never forget when skip said lebron is 26 looks 36 and acts 16
Tbf he's gonna be 70 next year, he's still pretty animated for a guy that age.
This was my favorite era of First Take. 2012-2015. Especially with Skip's outlandish takes.
“You actually have an obligation to make sense skip!”
LOL all Skip could do was laugh
I highkey wanna see Skip and Stephen A together again 😭😭😭
I bet you really do now lol
“I wish there was a way to know you were in the good ole days before you actually left them.” - Andrew Bernard
😪
Man that skip and Steven A had a good run man
RIP Black Mamba
😥😢
It’s been well documented that Kobe didn’t like Skip at all... BTW Skip’s favorite professional athlete, LeBron, won the championship that season 😂
Skip hates LeBron, his favorite player is MJ.
This was 08’ celtics won...
@@marcell2590 No this is not '08. Look at the description under Kobe's name, it says Finals MVP (09‐10) and the graphic behind the guy that starts the talk off has Melo in a Knicks jersey, and he was not playing for New York in 2008.
@@marcell2590 This was in 2012
@@hopoff9968 ik u saw my comment saying he was right...
First take and undisputed are still good shows but let’s be real now nothing can beat this duo
First take is trash. Undisputed is amazing. But this duo was legendary.
Blasphemous will forever be Stephan A favorite word
Wow cant believe I'm 16 and I missed out on watching kobe Bryant in his prime years 😔
Just turned 22, got lucky enough to see him go back to back in 09 and 10
Jizzer hahahaha sucks for you
Lebron for you
Everybody watched laker games nightly win or lose
Werent alive during his most exciting prime from 2001-04, tbh
Crazy, I
Come watch this old segment & the titanic is on the back of the news paper SAS is holding crazy
Was thinking the same thing
That’s that MAMBA MENTALITY!! We miss you so fkn much Kobe! Life just hasn’t been the same since you’ve left us please give us a sign that you’re still ballin in heaven with the other all time greats. RIP The greatest basketball player ever
Crazy to think this was the last time Kobe played in the playoffs
"My Spurs"💀🤦🏿♂️
Now it’s “my clippers” fakest guy out there
Skip following COVID Claw wherever he go 😫
Agustin Baca he’s just rooting against lEbum 😂😂😂
He's an bandwagon🤣
Legendary skip line
I wish these 2 would reunite someday. Goat sports show!!
Kobe always had too much faith in his teammates even when they were long in the tooth lebron would've expedited those guys after the 2011 postseason.
42 trades since 2010 for mr lebron James… is looking like they’ll be a few more trades after he disappeared vs the suns
Literally.
Loyalty matters to some people.
Steven A. 4:08 🤣♥️"Tiago Splitter!!"
Watching this 2021. These two were a great tandem.
Jay Crawford, Skip and Stephen A were the dream team of First Take
Mic quality is just amazing
Steven A Smith and Skip Bayless was a great duo, the best duo ever.
2:15 Đang he's reading about the titianc submarine crash of 2023 11 years before it happened, time travel is crazy
It was the 2011-12 lakers team went 41-25 lost in the second round to the kd russ harden thunder 4-1
1:31 "WHAT"?!
Tf was Skip saying did they not just make the finals the year before😂🤦🏽♂️
They didn’t make it in 2011, this is the 2012 season where OKC were against the HEAT. I hear you though 2010 they won so it’s recent
Nope the year before they was swept by Dallas.
@@raybowens3765 oh yee still tho to say that they weren’t contenders with Kobe and Pau sound kinda stupid I thought this was 2011
They did not
@@Teezythegoat you gotta do some research. They were definitely not contenders. Yeah Kobe was great but he was on the latter end and the rest of the roster wasn’t as loaded as that 2010 team was
These guys have been going at it with each other since the 2000s gotta love that bromance lol
He was trying to speak something into existence. Poor Kobe
rest in peace the goat 🐐 8/24💛💜💛💜 we miss you sooo much 😢 😭😭😭
Asenineteen 🤣🤣🤣
"You actually have an obligation to make sense!"
I remember watching this my 8th grade year smh I miss Kobe so much
I was in 3rd grade at that time
@@juliangarcia1221 it’s crazy I was talking to younger person yesterday they don’t have memories of Kobe fr that’s crazy to think about
@@dionicio24 cuz that person probably started watching basketball after he retired
Fr tho rest in Heaven Kobe...and his daughter...you are Free now
Take me back to this time
4:48 ITS ITS ITS BLASPHEMOUS! JUST BLASPHEMOUS!
LeBron and Kobe be like: I’d take stephen a. smith over skip bayless
Skip looks just as old lol
Skip look like Maury 😂😂😂😂
He looks younger
I feel like Skip got
Younger😂
@@amadoumaiga8503 yeah he kind of looks younger now lol
@@amadoumaiga8503 😮
Why am I just now being recommended this video😂😂. I was 11 when this first aired
I miss when Jay Crawford was the host of First Take/1st And 10. First Take is unwatchable ever since Molly Qerim hosted.
Yea Jay was legit
I didn't like Carrie either. Carrie was very annoying and she was pretty much the same as Molly.
Bro give it a rest, we get it, incels not down with Molly, we know, chad.
Jay sucks 🏀
I completely forgot how entertaining was SAS was on Undisputed
This is first take not undisputed
Considering what Jalen said in recent weeks about Kobe’s first conversation with Dwight, Skip is right.
Why did this look like the 90s to early 00s?
Plot twist, he’s reading his own article
This clip has everything, reading the newspaper 😂 tiiiago splitter 🤣🤣🤣so good
Rip Kobe 🙏🏽
Man FT back in the day was lit I enjoyed watching Skip/SAS together
I mean... Skip was right in the fact that the Lakers weren’t going to make it
Man i fucking hate that he sneaks facts sometimes into his comedies.
He was wrong about his Spurs winning it all and that they would beat the lakers in the playoffs since Okc took out both teams so he wasnt exactly right
@@richardgutierrez26 Yeah but he didn’t say he was right about everything he just said he was right in the lakers were not going to make it. And tbh the spurs won the west the next two years
@@followthebrickroad6518 ? maybe i’m off or something but Kobe won a ring in 09 and 2010 so if this was 2008? the spurs didn’t make it out of the west especially not for the next two years
What year was this ?
Watching this in June 2022 and I’m the picture of the paper is the Titanic 😮