"A man who believed adding a 3pt shot to their repertoire was the right thing for his game" And 8+ years later having a big man who can shoot from deep is now one the top most valued thing to have on a team now. Funny how so much changes in nearly 10 years.
Yep Jim Buss wasted the last years of Kobe’s career. Kobe could’ve won more rings but Jim was a certified dumbass who didn’t know anything about basketball and surrounded him with a bunch of trash players
@@ace2nice I think in 2013 and 2014 the Lakers could’ve competed with those teams. But I agree with you especially in regards to the 2014 Spurs. Nobody was beating the Spurs that year.
made the playoffs next year but they got swept, 2012-2013 was a cursed season for the Lakers, we were unhealthy the entire season and no one on the team played consistently well besides Bryant
@@SI10379 it’s was accepted by the New Orleans front office only to be vetoed by the NBA and stern after Dan Gilbert wrote a letter to Stern crying about how that trade would ruin the NBA. The trade was accepted and some players even were notified of it being official until Stern messed up Kobe’s career by doing the veto
@@alvinyakitori7055 Stern had ownership of the franchise at the time he could do whatever he wanted to. Stop acting like he vetoed the trade. He said no. Just like the Pelicans didnt trade AD to Boston
@@thrillwill5 as much as I loved Kobe growing up as a laker fan I’m sorry but LeBron is killing it out there in the league in his 18th year now at 36 years old. The black mamba wasn’t doing what bron is doing now.
@@jonathanmuro1011 what are you talking about? Kobe was having one of the best seasons of his career carrying the lakers to the playoffs before he tore his achilles dude
@@jonathanmuro1011 but compare the help that lebron has and body size when u factor that lebron drives and has more layups and dunks then short, intermediate, 3s combined. Thats more god given talent then skill
Lakers pretty much faded away lol after this they went no where but down roster became so trash that for them to win Kobe had to carry them and at his age with that many seasons under his belt he couldn’t do it
@@eddie-g1996 People say Kobe's death was the saddest thing in their life. For me, seeing Kobe getting injured in 2013 against the warriors was just as sad.
Kobe Bryant got robbed by NBA because of that cp3 trade and right now Kobe Bryant would've been an 7 time champion,And rest in peace Kobe Bryant and his daughter.
I could see that in 2012 for sure and maybe 2013. However, 2014 Spurs would’ve said otherwise for sure in my book. However, a Lakers vs Spurs series in 2013 with a CP3 and Kobe Lakers would’ve been an epic battle that likely would’ve sent the Kobe vs Tim Duncan rivalry out in style (both were amazing that year). Manu and Tony had injuries right before the playoffs in 2013, Tony recovered well but Manu didn’t that year so maybe that could’ve hurt the playoff series. Would still be great though. After that though Golden State and OKC destroyed everyone in their path and I don’t think either team would’ve done a thing against that.
The funny thing is that in 2012 people already considered the NBA soft (I was one of them). Now in 2022 I would gladly go back to 2012 NBA in terms of what players could do on defense and how the game was called. :D
As silly as building a dynasty around Andrew Bynum is, it's not even in the top 5 of ridiculous things Skip has said. It's admirable how the man has made millions for decades over being a professional troll on TV.
What's funny is I have absolutely no memory of Bynum with the 76ers, like at all even though I know he was there. But I do remember him on the Lebronless Cavs with Kyrie for some reason. Weird.
In hindsight: Bynum retired shortly after leaving LA. He never reached full expectation. While Dwight is still playing in the NBA to this day (Although he isn’t signed to a team atm) & he won a chip with the Lakers. Dwight Howard is way better than Bynum was. No contest
and to think there was a time when ppl like Skip Bayless rlly argued that ANDREW BYNUM was "the best center in the NBA based off potential" and you could "build a DYNASTY around (Andrew Bynum)" and was "one potentially UNSTOPPABLE player in all of basketball" and Stephen A. Smith who thinks DERON WILLIAMS was a "BAD man" and "was LETHAL" and was worthy of being traded for someone who was sought to be the best center in the NBA by some.
@@JK-fw3tb yeah ik I’m just saying that it’s hard to believe that there was such a time when they were amongst the best players in their respective positions
@@joelbritton4067 bruh I know im just saying that it's weird to think someone as mediocre as Andrew Bynum was once considered a top 3 center in the league despite only averaging 19 and 10. ik he could've done more because he had Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol on his team and injuries and a poor mindset set him back but it's weird to hear that such an unmemorable name in Andrew Bynum was in the discussion as one of the league's best center.
I said this 9 years ago Andrew Bynum was a disgrace to the NBA when they got swept in 2011 by the inventual NBA champions, Dallas Mavericks Kobe Bryant's era ended in that series as well Y so serious 😈🃏🥃
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When $14.5 million over two years was considered a bad contract... oh, how times have changed
I mean Harrell signed a 2 year 19 million with the lakers but I get your point
Versatile Wolf I think he means relative to what people are getting now. For example Luke Kennard
That’s just what Danny green got and that was a bad contract
@Versatile Wolf "on potential alone, you know it and I know it"
@@shuaibhassan1715 bad for the team, not for the player
When stephen A actually talked sports instead of being a cartoon character
Facts
Facts
He didn't have his big payday yet. After that it's sjw, blm champion and let Molly talk all over him and ruin first take
They are owned by Disney…
SAS still has excellent sports takes.
This channel is the pinnacle of first take
Couldn’t agree more.
Facts
First skip, than max. Steve’s ego is getting in the way.
@@Mrcharles.Skip decided to leave on his own terms
@@rohangupte3545I though he left over money
"A man who believed adding a 3pt shot to their repertoire was the right thing for his game"
And 8+ years later having a big man who can shoot from deep is now one the top most valued thing to have on a team now.
Funny how so much changes in nearly 10 years.
there were always bigs who can shoot, just more now.
Dwight is the wrong person to try tho
welcome to the nba
Steven A was on point. They traded bynum to phili and he faded
@@DrRhilTV Bynum’s knees are the reason he faded. Lakers gave Philly damaged goods
RIP Kobe
Back when ESPN was still ESPN. Good ole days!
Bruh I was stationed in Japan for two years n first take was always on lol
Facts!!
Remember when Andrew Bynum was a thing?
Yeah sitting on the sidelines growing his Afro
That's when he started to get good
He’s only 31 tho🤣
@@spencerforney7602 meanwhile Dwight still in the league
Bynum's talent made people overlook how much he just didn't care about basketball
This didn't age well for Skip.
Few things do
Or Kobe
All of the player except brook lopez didn’t pan out
Mostly nothing he says does
“Andrew Bynum is better than Dwight Howard”
Wow, Skip was so wrong about Bynum
when is he ever right?
He really wasn’t Bynum just didn’t care but Bynum was a beast and could’ve been great had he cared more
Bynum was trying to add a 3 point shot because he saw where the league was heading before any of us saw it coming 😆
People gotta stop the excuses he could've been a Gobert or Whatever bigs who don't shoot. Literally got Ivanca Zubac starting 😂😭
You could build a dynasty around Bynum? That didnt age well
Bynum never came back to haunt anyone
As predicted
The way Skip is now got me waiting for him to cut off SAS and say "Ok my turn!" 😂
SO fun to look back on this! RIP KOBE
This was the end of the Kobe Era 😔
Fr
Yep Jim Buss wasted the last years of Kobe’s career. Kobe could’ve won more rings but Jim was a certified dumbass who didn’t know anything about basketball and surrounded him with a bunch of trash players
@@diablocls55 You think Kobe could’ve been the best player on a championship team post 2012?
@@jackmclane6961 if no injuries definitely
@@jackmclane6961 2013 Kobe definitely could
Brooo this was the golden era of first take. If only I knew I woulda cherished it more
That’s why you gotta cherish this era of First things first on FS1. It’s the only great sports show
"You're not trading The Black Mamber" 1:24
😂
“Kember walker”
"Toronto, Canader"
Is that a niqqa accent?
Serge Ibaker
Kyle Kuzmer
Rob Pelinker
Kawhi Lenard
Dennis Schrader
Chris Paul would’ve done wonders for Kobe’s basketball career going forward after the 2011 season smh
Facts !
Miami, okc and the Spurs would have easily beat them
@@ace2nice that’s so untrue. But alright
@@ace2nice I think in 2013 and 2014 the Lakers could’ve competed with those teams. But I agree with you especially in regards to the 2014 Spurs. Nobody was beating the Spurs that year.
@@ace2nice yup. Lakers even with CP3 don’t overcome the Thunder or Spurs
Its funny how 7footers are so emphasize back in the day... now 7footers are practically expendable in most cases
Blame Stephen Curry for changing the game for the worst
@@MrAP217 how is it for the worse?
@@RandomGuy-09x it’s become a 3pt contest
Crazy thing is Kobe ate them words. Never made it back to the playoffs rest of his career 😢 R.I.P Kobe
RIP Kobe! He was the reason they made it to the playoffs the year after ! Would have been amazing to see him play if he didn’t go down
@@Rsaint17 facts
he made the playoffs one more time, the year following when he tore his achilles willing the lakers to the playoffs..
@@arthurcaravellas3924 No he didn’t.. 2012 was the last time lakers made the playoffs before he retired. This is from 2012 when they lost to OKC
@@seanm935 Incorrect. Lakers made the playoffs in 2013 and got swept by Spurs
I remember when this segment first aired
"You can build a dynasty around Bynum"
SHAQ, Glen Rice, Lamar Odom, Ron Artest, Pau Gasol, Andrew Bynum all carrying Kobe smh
I laughed so hard when he said that.
You definitely could’ve built around Bynum if it weren’t for his knees
You can build a dynasty around Steph
They went to 3 finals in a row with Bynum. In a league with almost no good centers except Howard he was an important piece.
At one point deron Williams was considered the best pg in the game along with Chris Paul
My have times changed
Don't forget Brandon Roy
@@brandondetroitfanmichaels4325 would have been the best Portland trailblazer behind Clyde
Crazy thing is they technically did “go into the shadows.” 8 years before the next playoff appearance.
made the playoffs next year but they got swept, 2012-2013 was a cursed season for the Lakers, we were unhealthy the entire season and no one on the team played consistently well besides Bryant
I was just about to say this i don’t think he ever made the playoff again after this
Kobe tore his Achilles , while having a historical run towards the home stretch of that season… that was the end 🥺
@@DondeFrxnceOfficial historic run???? Hahaha they were garbage that year
@@arizonaFIREent
He meant Kobe was having a historical run
The way skip talked about Bynum if you didn’t know any better u would think he’s talking about Lebron
Bynum weasel good just injured . How could skip see that coming stop it
No interruptions from the moderator :)
Bynum knew big men was about to shoot 3s crucified for it in 2012
He couldn't
@@mostmost1
Brook Lopez couldn’t in 2012 either
Back when they blocked Chris Paul from coming to the Purple & Gold smh 🤦🏾♂️
Wrong. The NBA owned the franchise at that time , so it wasn't like they blocked a trade that both teams wanted. It was the franchise saying no
@@SI10379 Stern blocked it cause he didn't want Kobe to win number 6
@@SI10379 it’s was accepted by the New Orleans front office only to be vetoed by the NBA and stern after Dan Gilbert wrote a letter to Stern crying about how that trade would ruin the NBA. The trade was accepted and some players even were notified of it being official until Stern messed up Kobe’s career by doing the veto
@@alvinyakitori7055 Stern had ownership of the franchise at the time he could do whatever he wanted to. Stop acting like he vetoed the trade. He said no. Just like the Pelicans didnt trade AD to Boston
@@alvinyakitori7055 and then kd goes to warriors 😭😭 this league Kobe could of had 6 with Chris paul
Lol ron artest making 14-15 million for 2 yrs in todays NBA would actually be a nice contract for a contender
Crazy how Bynum went from being the next great Lakers big man to out the league crazy
1:03 Tim Leger: "Stephen A, I don't know how you do this." 😂
"You can build a dynasty around Bynum."
THAT didn't age well...
Andrew saw where the league was headed & was trying to develop a 3.
He knew it before Curry did lol
When Dwight Howard was actually an all star 😌
Facts that Orlando Dwight was something serious
Not only an all-star, but the DPOY.
Casual alert
Orlando Dwight was a superstar and an MVP type player.
Boy was Stephen a Smith right about Bynum
That was both the last of Bynum and d12. Sixers destroyed Bynum's knees and d12 bounce around the league
0:06 hearing about age 34 and year 17... Just shows how when LeBron is doing today is that more impressive
Huh? Bean was having one of the best years of his career in year 17 and then got hurt.
@@thrillwill5 as much as I loved Kobe growing up as a laker fan I’m sorry but LeBron is killing it out there in the league in his 18th year now at 36 years old. The black mamba wasn’t doing what bron is doing now.
@@jonathanmuro1011 cause he tore his Achilles...
@@jonathanmuro1011 what are you talking about? Kobe was having one of the best seasons of his career carrying the lakers to the playoffs before he tore his achilles dude
@@jonathanmuro1011 but compare the help that lebron has and body size when u factor that lebron drives and has more layups and dunks then short, intermediate, 3s combined. Thats more god given talent then skill
“I’m not going anywhere” doesn’t make it to the Finals again.
Lol Skip's argument didn't age well. Bynum who?
0:13 sorry to say that, but the Lakers did disappear after that...
Why skip look like handsome squidward
Kobe spent his last 6 years in the nba padding his stats
Dwight Howard got a ring with the Lakers long after this debate occurred. Stephen A. won this debate. One is better than zero.
Who’s here after skip calling out SAS yesterday lol
Is it me or was skip bayless wrong almost all the time
I’m going back to a lot of old videos and realizing that Stephen a is almost religiously wrong 😂😂😂
To be fair he did say to trade Bynum, which at the time was kind of far fetched cause he was easily the second best centre in the game
Bynum was trash tho. Went to the 76ers and got a perm and fell off.
@@samehear-360 lol his hair was hideous
@SmallTownCemetery Comediante Not like Skip tho
Tru but not like Skip
RIP Kobe and slightly simpler times
I remember crying after they lost
I miss these 2 together no cap
This segment aged well
Lakers pretty much faded away lol after this they went no where but down roster became so trash that for them to win Kobe had to carry them and at his age with that many seasons under his belt he couldn’t do it
Facts like 2012 was the last good good team year for the lakers but 2013 was the last good year for my guy before he got hurt
@@eddie-g1996 People say Kobe's death was the saddest thing in their life. For me, seeing Kobe getting injured in 2013 against the warriors was just as sad.
@@Abbad1579
Nothing is more sad than an untimely DEATH, especially comparing it to an injury
Kobe carried them where? It was pretty clear neither Dwight or Pau wanted to play with Kobe or the Lakers
Old school first takes I like this
The way the league has ended up…Bynum was correct to work on his three point shot lol
0:14 all due respect to the legend but bro was 100% wrong thats exactly what happened to the Lakers
Kobe Bryant got robbed by NBA because of that cp3 trade and right now Kobe Bryant would've been an 7 time champion,And rest in peace Kobe Bryant and his daughter.
Facts!!!!!!! Facts!!!!!!!!! I was so sh***ing that year
I completely agree!!!
I could see that in 2012 for sure and maybe 2013. However, 2014 Spurs would’ve said otherwise for sure in my book. However, a Lakers vs Spurs series in 2013 with a CP3 and Kobe Lakers would’ve been an epic battle that likely would’ve sent the Kobe vs Tim Duncan rivalry out in style (both were amazing that year). Manu and Tony had injuries right before the playoffs in 2013, Tony recovered well but Manu didn’t that year so maybe that could’ve hurt the playoff series. Would still be great though. After that though Golden State and OKC destroyed everyone in their path and I don’t think either team would’ve done a thing against that.
@@ffr8186 please the heat would beat a kobe cp3 team
@@soulzy3596idk about that dirk and jj barea beat that heat team
They looked SO YOUNG back then!!
The funny thing is that in 2012 people already considered the NBA soft (I was one of them). Now in 2022 I would gladly go back to 2012 NBA in terms of what players could do on defense and how the game was called. :D
What Skip said about Bynum did not age well
Stephen A got that bag & his suits got waaaaay better 🤣
This aged well
RIP Kobe.
Building a dynasty around Andrew Bynum is wild
This is Prime First Take
Bosh and Wade for Bynum is the wildest trade idea that has ever been...
I knew this was way back in 2012 but Skip had a delusional take on Andrew Bynum thinking he can win championships on his own. 😂
As silly as building a dynasty around Andrew Bynum is, it's not even in the top 5 of ridiculous things Skip has said. It's admirable how the man has made millions for decades over being a professional troll on TV.
Fun fact, Bynum was released 2 seasons later after two trades. Tried to get back into the league, but never happened.
What's funny is I have absolutely no memory of Bynum with the 76ers, like at all even though I know he was there. But I do remember him on the Lebronless Cavs with Kyrie for some reason. Weird.
@@hankscorpio7767 Bynum never actually played a game with Philly… one of the worst trades
Because of knee problems and he was an unmotivated player that didn’t want to work.
Skip so full of it that he said you can build a dínasty around Bynum hahahah
"You can build a dynasty around Bynum" - Skip Bayless 7:25
Oh Boy... 🤣
I miss this duo
Skip looks like a movie villain
That’s hilarious
“You’re not trading the black mamba “
Love going back and watching old videos just to see how wrong they were 😂😂😂
a dynasty around Bynum? Skip smoking crack
This aged well 😂
Man I miss these days. Espn was still good then lol
In hindsight: Bynum retired shortly after leaving LA. He never reached full expectation. While Dwight is still playing in the NBA to this day (Although he isn’t signed to a team atm) & he won a chip with the Lakers. Dwight Howard is way better than Bynum was. No contest
Dang these 2 have aged a lot since then
Who watching this in 2021
and to think there was a time when ppl like Skip Bayless rlly argued that ANDREW BYNUM was "the best center in the NBA based off potential" and you could "build a DYNASTY around (Andrew Bynum)" and was "one potentially UNSTOPPABLE player in all of basketball" and Stephen A. Smith who thinks DERON WILLIAMS was a "BAD man" and "was LETHAL" and was worthy of being traded for someone who was sought to be the best center in the NBA by some.
D Will was the second best Point Guard in the league for quite some years bruh.
@@JK-fw3tb yeah ik I’m just saying that it’s hard to believe that there was such a time when they were amongst the best players in their respective positions
Hindsight yes.
But Bynum was considered a top 3 center in the league. Then his injuries and attitude messed him up.
@@joelbritton4067 bruh I know im just saying that it's weird to think someone as mediocre as Andrew Bynum was once considered a top 3 center in the league despite only averaging 19 and 10. ik he could've done more because he had Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol on his team and injuries and a poor mindset set him back but it's weird to hear that such an unmemorable name in Andrew Bynum was in the discussion as one of the league's best center.
Bynum was that dude. Then injuries happened. You're wrong bud
Said Bynum is the one potential unstoppable player lol think he was out of the league about 3 years later
This take didn’t age well for skip
Bynum was too ahead of his time trying to add the 3pt shot to his game
True
Crazy how far the money has come cuz metta would been outta there with that contract 😂
Gosh I miss these dudes
Andrew Bynum is five months older than Steph Curry.
Neither one of them wanted to address that Kobe was washed.
FACTS: And Watching This Really Makes Me Respect LEBRON JAMES Even MORE 🤷🏿♂️
Can't believe the NBA vetoed the cp3 trade. Then went on to allow LBJ to form the super duper historically talented Heat.
How quickly they aged in 8 years. That’s what happens when you scream all day I guess
I noticed the same. From 2016-2018 sas aged FAST !!! Watch his last episode with skip and his segment on kawhi being more clutch than Kobe
Stephen a hasn't aged that much. He's in his 50s now. Its called aging or getting old. And skip has looked like Dracula for 30 years.
@@hellohell77 you got Dracula from kwame... but sas definitely aged a lot. He looks young for 50 dont get us wrong
@@TheyOverThereBro I definitely did get that from kwame. Lol
Bynum better than Dwight?
That didnt age well 😂
Skip is alwaysss wrong 😂
Skip knew he was about to say some bull sh*t 🤣🤣🤣🤣
That one unstoppable player line almost rivals I want iguodala
Oh how wrong skip was.... Andrew had no heart. He didn't have that desire
Guess it was like the Bulls beating the Pistons and disappearing forever cause the Lakers was done for yrs
You can build a dynasty around Bynum !! Skip really go over the edge on that one
You can Build a Dynasty around Bynum" HAHAHAHA
I said this 9 years ago
Andrew Bynum was a disgrace to the NBA when they got swept in 2011 by the inventual NBA champions, Dallas Mavericks
Kobe Bryant's era ended in that series as well
Y so serious 😈🃏🥃
The way Bynum faded into oblivion after this season needs to be studied 😅😅😅
Even back then they just dismissed Steve Nash as one of the top PGs...
nooobiechild
No, they dismissed Tony Parker as one the top PGs, (at least top 3 in 2012), as always. Nash was 38, and was scoring 12pts per game...
This was much better than today's discussions 😅
Funny how Stephen A smith said Dwight Howard never wants to go to LA but he ended up going