🗣️ Stephen A.'s Intense Grizzlies Rant 🗣️ LAUGHINGSTOCK! EMBARRASSMENT! ALL TALK! | First Take
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- Опубликовано: 30 апр 2023
- 🗣️ Stephen A.'s Intense Grizzlies Rant 🗣️ LAUGHINGSTOCK! EMBARRASSMENT! ALL TALK! | First Take
Stephen A. Smith explains how the Memphis Grizzlies look after being eliminated from the 2023 NBA Playoffs.
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_Morgan Freeman narration “Ja indeed found out he was not fine in the West…”_
😂
People need to give Ja some slack. The injuries to Adams and Clarke really hurt their paint protection against inside-heavy guys like Lebron and AD.
Most people also would have expected the Lakers to win now or the start of the season if they didn't know the seeding. The Kings were another perfect example of a higher seed that wasn't expected to be a contender. The Kings had a great regular season offense but they had no defense so they cant win in the playoffs
@@suneelj93Uhhh that’s why you stay humble because a season is unpredictable. He will learn from that hopefully.
Read it in his voice too!
@@suneelj93 The Grizzlies don’t “deserve” any slack, especially Ja. They talk big during the week and run like punks when they get slapped. Least sympathetic group of guys you could ask for.
After such an embarrassing series loss i don’t think anyone is gonna take Memphis seriously again until they reach a conference finals at least
They will always be hyped up though, because of how popular Ja Morant is. The media likes to hype up teams because of specific players.
If dillon brooks gets sign and traded people will give it a pass
they an great regular season team they truly are the morant pick an roll action into swing to open 3 or morant getting slight speed accelaration down hill will literaly destory any team, they play physical and crash the glass thats an good regular season team but just like last years playoffs complete emberrasment when facing title contenders
I’m a Grizz fan and you’re right. Dillion Brook is a clown in every sense of the word. I don’t mind the trash talk but to run away from accountability by not talking to the media and blaming everyone else for something you started is absolute cowardice. Honestly I hope he gets traded or cut. You can win championships with ppl like that.
Lol you said again!! That’s a good one bc ain’t nobody took Memphis serious since Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol.
Dillon Brooks was left so wide open!!! It felt like the lakers went into the locker room for half-time😂😂😂and he still didnt make a shot 😂😂
You're righted about that
Nah he was definitely out there building a mansion 🧱
@@SkipBaylessBurner best comment on here 😂😂😂
😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lefted WIDE open
They needed to be severely humbled like this...and by seasoned veterans and one of the top players in NBA history...I'm glad they lost the way they did
Even during this humbling it doesn’t even look like it’s worked. Dillon brooks doesn’t
Own up to what he said, Ja is not owning up to what he said and was laughing on the bench during the whole blowout, team is in shambles and apparently needs more humbling
@@ctmusic7360 he did own up to everything in his press conference
The vet started the smack down, but it was their young cats that finish them. Once Bron sat down, them young bucks decide to beat down the Grizz until it was 40... just to emphasize a point. Bron didn't need to score 40, he was on cruz control. The team drop 40 on the Grizz for him.
Correct. Been saying this for months.
@@ctmusic7360 Memphis most likely won't resign him
Dillon brooks better get his job application for the Shanghai sharks
😂😂😂😂😂😂, savage bro.
I feel bad for the Shanghai sharks they to go to team lol.
He's gonna be a laker one day. Look at meta world peace. Look at matt barnes. Look at rondo.
@@1990758they aren’t Dillon Brooks
@@itisvon Same difference.
You know you have to be a serious laughingstock when literally every single fan and pundit is clowning you. Brooks has single handedly unified the entire basketball fanbase against him. THAT is way more impressive than anything he'll ever do on the court
FACTS
Nah not single handedly, Ja had a hand in it too cz he's the superstar of the team and talked alot too
@@BigZoe99 True
And now the Grizzlies kicked him out
@@BigZoe99 most people don't have a major problem with Ja running his mouth, because he can back it up.... Brooks on the other hand 🤡
“but when you down 40…. and laughing on the bench..” 😂😂😂
Bruh.. Imagine those grizzles fan try there best cheer to the team 💀
Brooks in the locker room after 40 point blow out…”Bron ain’t give me 40 though…”
_Ja pulls gun on him_
(Martin Lawrence) "you so crazy 🤪 "
AD dunk over Jackson was sick. Dude was laid out on the court for a good 15 seconds
Thought that man wasn’t alive lol
😂😂
Dude was like “No Mas!!!”
😂😂😂😂 that's the defensive player of the year 😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣
“We good in the West.”
Pride is ALWAYS defeated.
Proves being cocky isn’t good especially in competition
Pride comes before the fall.
Ja thinks he’s the favorite coming out of the west? Denver, Suns, Lakers (this year), GSW, Kings are faaaar more competitive and more complete than the Memphis Girliezz
FACTS
Dillon brooks is taking deserving heat. But bro Ja needs the same treatment. In the postgame interview the coach and bane both said they weren’t locked in and people weren’t taking it serious. Then Ja proceeded to say he’s the leader of the team but that they were wrong and everyone was locked in all year long. Bro what.
The Grizzlies couldn’t hit shots, their 3 pt shooting was terrible. That’s what cost them the series
It’s not like they weren’t competing or trying
@@nydibs There are more ways to score than just chucking up threes. And there's an opposite end of the court where you can shut down the other team as well.
@ThrottleVinnieModo - the Lakers shot 46% for the series and 31% from 3. Both are not good. Defense wasn’t the problem, it was the offense and their inability to hit shots, especially from 3
@@nydibs Offense is influenced by the defense. Both teams had the same percentage from three, but the Grizzlies attempted more from long range while the Lakers drew more free throws.
They absolutely deserve this.
Ja: We good in Hawaii
@@jude3180 We good in Cancun
Brooks: I dont respect anyone until they drop 40.
Ja: Proceeds to drop 40k at a strip club
@@philiplee1769 😅😅
These kids got HUMBLED! Ol heads FTW 👊🏾
They didn't humbled last year when the Warriors beat them. Some people just never learn
Nah they are still young they didn’t learn anything.
@@vincelopez8844 that don’t even make sense, Bron was young when Duncan humbled him, he came back even better
@@2TrainWakefield dont compare these bums to bron. they are kids look at how they act. steven adams is the only vet on the team and they dont even listen to him.
@@vincelopez8844 Nah hey def can’t be compared to the goat, just compared the scenario. I just wish Ja wasn’t so fragile, that’s why I rock with LeBron so much, man is durable.
Brooks was one of the Lakers best contributors! Thanks dude
Grizzlies are the perfect representation of gen Z.
Lmao 😂 Facts
@N 🎯Sad, but true. They gonna have to learn everything the hard way.
What brand of 🍺 do you drink?
@@nwaokobiavictor4992 Spotted Cow 🐮
@@jenj5152 so older people didn’t. Y’all sound so stupid like y’all was perfect and it’s plenty of people in this generation running laps around y’all old miserable mfs
They’ve been in the league for 2-3 years, never won anything but they walking around like they’ve already reached legend status.
Even Jason Tatum and Boston don’t act like that and they been in the conference finals and finals already.
Several times at that for the ECF
They're certified front runners.
With a stamp of approval
Steven Adams and Clarke weren’t changing this series, they couldn’t deal with Kevin Looney properly.
Davis would’ve sent their shots back too
Nope they were injured
@@idgaf2024 u sound slow asf adams and Clarke and Kennerd are huge pieces u delusional
I can’t imagine being a Grizzlies fan and seeing my star player on the bench being excited for Cancun.
Fact
you do know most players wouldnt have even played with morants injury? learn basketball trash can
I’m a grizzlies fan and I’m kinda mad but not the team wasn’t healthy and ja been going thru it this year he prolly just happy to get the season over and get a piece of mind
@@Beno_nolove A real competitor wouldn't have a peace of mind after getting embarrassed like this.
@@jp3813 they most definitely pissed off everybody already hating on them no need to show it
20/20 game, On top of 40 point blow out. LeBron did give him 40😴 but so did the LakeShow✔️!!
Dillion ran back to Canada 🇨🇦 with the quickness 🏃♂️
As a Canadian, we don’t want him either
Ja Morant's team just got pounded on and he there laughing on the sideline like it didn't matter.
@Mack Bolan Yep! Bcuz he “got the bag” regardless, like Stephen said. Not a good look.
In other words, he did it for a check because he gettin paid. The same poor attitude that people do at their jobs and don't take their work seriously, as long they're getting paid.
To be eliminated by a team that had orginally started the year off 2-10, didn't even make the Play-In last year, kept the core pieces, and weren't supposed to be here is embarrassing enough. For a Play-In team. But for a team that thinks that they're a championship level team, that's heartbreaking. Well, Draymond Green did tell us the results of the series before it all went down. "The dynasty doesn't start with you; its starts after you."
Huge difference between arrogance and confidence.
Great insight as always
I been waiting for this
All things considered, Steven Adams gets a pass
I WAS WAITING FOR THIS!!!
I would honestly trade Ja and Build around JJJ and Desmond Bane. It’s clear he’s a time bomb waiting to happen.
Ja definitely proved he's better than Michael Jordan. MJ couldn't figure out how to under deliver at this level.
They talked last year got sent home early talked this year got sent hime early same thing
Exactly because that's all it is talk. It's something for the media to talk about. They had no chances of beating the lakers and they know it. Brooks said what he had to say to keep the hype going to keep the drama. He can't stop lebron james he wasn't trying to stop lebron james.
Down 40 and laughing. Tough to see a star in that way but we all have ways we deal with defeat. Its apparent the Grizz need a legitimate star along side Ja that can take over. Hopefully Jared Jackson can develop in to one. I definitely want to see the lakers in the finals. They have made the west playoffs exciting to watch.
Well said Steven A
Absolutely right
I don't think you can say someone is a joke or an embarrassment and mean it kindly Stephen A.
@Persistently Pathetic Sometimes the kindest thing you can do is to tell someone the truth, in hopes they will learn and grow. This is much bigger than basketball, it’s a character issue. Stephen A is mature enough to realize that.
@@jenj5152 absolutely true , they talked a lot of trash and got knocked out in first round.😂😂😂
Sadomasochism?
Pride is before a crash… Memphis all talk man…
Preach Stephen A.
Stephen A Smith 😂😂😂He Is Speaking Facts💯👍
For reals…
He's an idiot troll who only cherry picks comments for sensational nonsense and ignores the rest.
When you pray for the rain you got to deal with the mud too 👑👑👑
You know it’s bad when Stephen A Smith dosen’t even have his smile
Totally agree
That is TRUE..
From a memphis fan I still love you grizzlies but we gotta do better starting with upper heads
Now he wrong for laughing oh BROTHER
The Memphis Grizzlies should be fined $5 000 000 for disgracing the game of basketball.
Any team that loses by 40 should be financially punished - it’s a disgrace to the game and it’s a disgrace to the fans.
put it on Dillon’s tab
you're wrong for this
@@muskinney nah fam
they have to put in effort - don’t care if you are even facing the 96 bulls
We definitely deserve to be laughed at after that bs of a effort
@@spaceepandaa Agree. His big mouth, his tab he owes.
Ja was laughing at Dillon Brooks for thinking he'll still be in the league next season
I'm counting 20 pts and 20 rebounds as 40!
People acting like The Grizzlies should even be in the playoffs...
The Grizz look like gangstas pointing at people with laser sights, from a car drive by. 🚗 🔫
Steven A spoke Dillion brooks career into existence 😭😭😭😭
Now that the season is over, I heard the animal control unit is looking for brooks for poking bears 🐻 😂😂😂
He’s right. As a GSW fan, I told ppl they were all bark and no bite and ppl said I was a hater. But It’s true. They proved it last year and this year - they’re only good in the regular season. They need to stop talking and develop their teamwork. I knew they were off when they always played better without Ja 🤔 smh
This is a classic example of what goes around, comes around! Brooks said he don’t respect someone unless they drop 40 on him. Not only did LeBron do that, but the entire Lakers team did! Karma is a b**** and it doesn’t play favorites! 😂😂😂
The problem is I think the fact that they were better than expected so fast and the media gave them so much attention it got to their heads that’s when we started to see them be undisciplined. They’ll learn from this and the organization needs to get better role players
Ja looking good taking the loss in stride. Good for him, seeing him joking with the crowd singing good bye was fun. Brooks is the issue and he is probably gone.
Not looking good at all. Either he really doesnt care, so he’s not a true competitor, or he’s being fake. Either possibility is bad.
@Dinkleberg Ja had that immature, self-absorbed “I got MY bag” snicker during the closing moments. That’s the point. And YES the cameras were watching. The decision makers in the league were also watching. To summarize for those in the back: Ja’s character as a man has been questionable this past year. His narcissism and cluelessness was on FULL DISPLAY Friday night for those who hadn’t yet figured it out. I’m glad Stephen finally called Ja out today. I was wondering when Stephen was going to recognize what many of us have discerned quite some time ago. Word of the day: Discernment.. look it up.😘
Y'all expect him to cry or be pissed off he lost a series they weren't gonna win?? Make it make sense..
@@Pharoah2 what are you talking about? you just want him to cry and be mad he lost? im gonna laugh too if im getting 200m and some guy who doesn't even make 50k a year is laughing at me 😂
@@ThxtboyJay champions are never satisfied with just the money. Ja will never be a champion if the money is what makes him happy as an NBA player. Wrong mentality. Wrong profession, he should've just lived out his dream and become a thug, because then at least he wouldn't have to measure up.
Hey Stephen A, I don't think they're going to be replacing the Elvis billboards with Ja Morant ones in Memphis anytime soon.
@Larry Gonzalez🎯 Nor should they!🤦🏽♀
Empty vessels make the most noise and ran out of gas when the bear starting growling back🤣
If the been thru some bs this season. Let him get a smile off lol He gets to relax for a bit, ease his mind and start fresh.
Boy Stephen A funny asf 😂
The irony of having the grizzlies lose
By 40 is hilarious. That’s some arrested development level of writing
And yet franchise wise that's not even their worst loss...
Grizzlies are a young team who said immature things and played like young players. They’ll be okay. We all have to mature and be humbled sometime and I hope this is it.
Bruh they been in the playoffs three straight years nothing has change the kings haven’t been in the playoffs in 15 years and they are more mature than the the grizzlies
@@myleslivingston6971 🤷♂️ ok..
@@dwoodstwin that’s why it’s going be a parade inside Cancun for the grizzlies
😂😂😂😂 I like it!
laughing on the bench while down 40 is the worst of all. it shows he's not even thinking of how to improve after this.
Ain’t no respect till they give me 40 baby 😂
Steven A Sounds like a parent 😂
Molly holla at me
Dillon Dynasty Brooks 😂😂😂😂
Brooks better study up on Rosetta Stone for Mandarin
Brooks can't just disrespect NBA all time best scorer like that smh. LeGM soon to be owner got deep connection won't surprised me at all if brooks is out of the league next season 🥡🥢🚥
Well yeah u get blown out by 40! in an NBA Playoff game, it’s an embarrassment.
Man Please.... Grizzlies gone be just fine
Shangai sharks got a rooster open for my boy dillan😂
All I hear is perk breathing 😆
Mane Memphis as a whole a laughingstock
I think the team has too many distractions especially Ja Morants father there all the time and then you got brooks saying stupid stuff and then the injuries. Their coach might be too soft also.
Father?? You can’t be serious
Yeah that laughing on the bench part....can't argue with that....has all the talent in the world ....but is not ready to lead a team to the promised land yet....once again we're talking about his mentality not his obvious one of one talent on the court ... hopefully now people can see why the term "mamba mentality" shouldn't be understated.
Someone with competitive greatness would never act like that. Ja has all the talent in the world and that's where it ends. Unless he does a total transformation, his career will be a joke.
They got their butts handed to them in children-friendly words ! Memphis Teddy Bears 😂 !!!
Grizzly cubs
Y’all happy a injured team got beat 😂😂
@@Beno_nolove They should have kept their mouths shut and focused on beating a Play-in team called the Lakers 😄 !
@@Beno_nolove every team dealing with injuries, stop making excuses
@@olivercool2308 bs Adam and Clarke and kennerd are key pieces 😂 and most of the teams in the playoffs healthy bru stfu
Memphis really missed their 2 big men on the boards. Brooks had a chance to blowup and he couldnt score either.
Maybe they should have tanked like Dallas🤷🏻♂️
They still make playoffs. Must respect that.
We ain’t worry about the west - Ja 😂😂😂
I blame Stephen A smith for Dillon Brooks not having a contract 🤷🏾♂️
Sometimes you laugh to prevent pain...Stephen A. doesn't really know what that guy was talking about to his teammates.
yeah right thats what clown do
They could’ve lost by 50 😂😂😂 humble 🥧
Oh, the Grizzlies had such a loss before...and it was worse. At least that wasn't a playoff loss though.
Shout out to the Lakers for humbling those delusional Memphis fans. They was talking all that shii all year just to go out sad in the 1st round 😂😂😂
Dillon almost averaged a triple single.
Considering the state the grizzlies were in before ja. I'm not to sure if this loss was embarrassing just because of the things the team said, or because of the expectations being the #2 seed.
Ja acts like he grew up in the projects and was a gansta. 😂
A 40 point loss with a smile on Ja's face...too gracious in defeat ey...
Don’t talk until you win something brooks is like Pat Bev acts like he’s an all star
Ja: We good in Hawaii
Dillon brooks got his head put on a mantle in a cabin
Good lord they got crushed
That game should've been played on Comedy Central. That's how hilarious of a blowout it was
I'm not a fan of Lebron nor for the lakers team currently but I'm glad the grizzlies took the loss. They need to grow up and this needs to be a lesson that not everything is fun of games. Need more attention to win rather than perfecting their walkout dances.
Draymond has a Point, Brooks is just a Clown 😂
DYNASTY? 😂
23% and 31% 😂😂😂😂
Can you imagine Kobe laughing on the bench when the Lakers got blown out by the Celtics in game 6 of the 2008 Finals? That man would smash a hole in someone's face before shedding a smile in that situation.
Stephen A called ir
Dillon Brooks not on the team anymore so im chilling
They were talking last season about how they beat the Lakers & then started talking about the Warriors in the second round last year. So if I'm the Grizzlies I would shut up & play & stop thinking that regular season counts in the playoffs because it doesn't. That team is going to look different next year.
I was a Grizzlies fan since 2017. I’m officially NOT A FAN now. No more Grizzlies I’m going for another team in the West that doesn’t make everyone mad.
😂😂😂 brooks bye bye