Stephen A. Smith CALLS OUT Mad Dog 🤯 👀 + Pressure’s Rising in Phoenix | First Take
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- Опубликовано: 5 июн 2024
- On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo, and JJ Redick discuss Damian Lillard’s future. Plus, the crew weighs in on which Phoenix superstar should be feeling the pressure this season.
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0:00 Mad Dog is only on Dame Time twice a year
1:30 Damian Lillard wants to stay in Portland
4:45 If Mad Dog can leave, Dame can too
6:00 Kevin Durant’s haters are his motivators
9:00 JJ says Devin Booker would benefit more from a Suns championship
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That kardashian diss was nuts! 🤣🤣🤣 did not see it coming but spot on
Made me spit out my water 😂
@@ZeroX1290 🤣🤣
“How about Alex English” 😂
I love Mad Dog
He should have said Giannis. That really would have gotten Stephen A mad.
@@chriskay1449SAS didn’t want Gi to win a ring in Milwaukee he was mad when it happened and. Barely talked about it Denver getting more press than the bucks did in 21
Dame has earned the right to decide where he wants to play. If he wants to be loyal to the franchise that drafted him then we should all respect his choice. He is already a HOF worthy player so maybe a championship isn't more valuable than the roots he has established in Portland.
No one’s earned a right to anything. This is a business. If the whole company wants to restart, they shouldn’t ruin that just because one player wants to stay. They could get so much for his talents and his huge contract to have a big foot up in a restart. They obviously can’t build around him, they’ve failed at it many many years. It’s time for a change and if that’s what the org wants to do, he’s just going to have to be okay with that. We’ve seen multiple players who wanted to stay on a team and the org trade them. Derozan, Isiah Thomas to name a few. Shoot Chris Paul just got traded with no warning. Why keep an aging player who can’t win and continue paying him ridiculous amount of money JUST for loyalty? That doesn’t get to playoffs, that doesn’t get to rings. His value is going to be his best this off season, and only get worse as time goes on.
@@Tony-gv9qqdame and it’s not even close 😂 but this is the nba so they’ll let Jimmy in as they let anyone in
@@Tony-gv9qq your basketball knowledge is a joke😂 butler has never even made an all nba first team lmao
@@Tony-gv9qq you’re *
@@itsbeaker6571I'm curious if Dame leaves Portland and people like Charles Barkley and others criticize him for leaving will Stephen A use his platform to defend him.
JJ is always calling out people’s BS. Love it!
he is talking lot of BS too without KD Warrior won two games in a row to close out houston with KD they were actually down in the series he needs to go watch those games again,. KD went down and warrior swept the next 6 games and got to the finals. what yall do not understand is KD disrupted the warriors free flowing offence and made them beatable.
"So I'm being a phoney?!"
"I'm not gone go that faaarrr."
They're relationship is hilarious. 😂😂😂
"my contract was up" Mad Dog hit them with the perfect comeback lmao
Dame don’t want to leave idk why y’all talk about this everyday 😂😂😂
He been chirping more this off-season. Portland is at pivotal point right now with the 3 pick. One of the more interesting stories that’s not stopping til it’s resolved.
@@SPACEKNOCKERZ76plus they are in a rebuild mode and dame is not getting any younger
Naw Portland has never had this much leverage to get a good trade done he’s definitely open to leaving
Dame has been more vocal this off-season because Blazers finally have assets to surround serious talents around him, not because he wants to leave. He's putting pressure on the organization. If he wants to leave he wouldn't have a problem announcing it to FO
@@rtentertainment9342 they need a lot. I don’t think they’re getting a haul and still keep dame. Gonna be tough to compete still. Is a Joel type going to Portland ? Don’t think Paul George is enough. maybe Zion and some solid players? Dame is at the least thinking about it if he says heat would be a good landing spot.
I just keep going back to those beautiful times of KD in OKC... Maybe they would've, maybe they wouldn't have, but man, with each passing year looking at KD's career, I just miss it more and more...
YOURE A CLOWN BRO
THANK YOU MAD DOG! We need more loyalty as fans, that’s why I respect what Dame is saying
This such an entertaining combination of guys
Best reference on that SAS calling Mad Dog out 😅
Molly with the W “I need more recent references”😂😂😂😂
Notice how nobody liked this😂
@@MeBihhhhI would pay Molly to stfu.
Mad Dog missed the one that really would have sent Stephen A off the cliff: Giannis.
Mad dog is NOT WRONG WHEN HE SAYS” We as fans hate seeing players bail outta these contracts” contracts in the NBA don’t mean anything these days You think you have a great player for 5 years boom traded a year later Like he said KD KYRIE HARDEN
I think Dame is afraid to ask for a trade, thats why he been crazy vocal lately.
I remember being new to RUclips a long time ago and watching a mike and the mad dog, I think I saw a bunch of them, it was my first sports show other than like sports center I saw and I loved listening to them. I forgot until recently after seeing Mad Dog again and searching him up that show existed, it was such a different time, I really cherish those memories and I think it shaped how I view sports, media, radio, and tv today. Im pretty sure they had already been broken up or something but it’s all like a magical land and time thinking about it. Phones weren’t that big yet and there weren’t sports shows and social media and everything that’s common now adays, that’s really something to think about… thank you for the memories 💜
yes they broke up about 15 years ago or so
Can Molly stop interpreting when the individual trying to make a point?
This is hella entertaining
Avoided the Kardashian curse!🤣
what is the kardashian curse? lets see when she was with him they were in the finals the 2 years they weren't together he got bounced sounds like she was a god luck charm
I may be wrong, but I think Mad Dog's take on KD is partially right, I don't think JJ is taking into account that Steph won twice without KD, KD has won only twice - both with Steph (not to discredit Dray, Klay etc), but I think that's the 'overall' narrative?...
I agree too, Mad dog wasn’t wrong
I agree. JJ kind of irks me because he always comes from the bias perspective of being a former player. He feels he has to defend them which I understand but he sometimes lacks objectiveness.
And Lebron has never won a title without stacking the deck with another elite scorer on the team but people don't want to discredit his titles lol.
@itshiho not the biggest leBron fan, but I get what you mean. However, he basically learned what it took to win when he joined D-Wade at Miami (Pat Riley and Spo were very instrumental here too). Kyrie wasn't getting anywhere with the Cavs, and it wasn't until LeBron returned that the former was able to be part of a winning team, so give LeBron credit where credit is due. His ring with LA, that's another thing, lol.
@@jamiedungonot spo he was a rookie HC in 2011 excluding him you’re right with Miami
Thank you for making this video. I am absolutely a baseball fan, but I like all sports in general. However, I do follow the NBA during playoff time. And now the draft is tomorrow. Many trade deals are in the works ahead of the July 1st deadline. I love Stephen A. He is so emphatic with his opinions that you feel like they are facts.
Stephen a was on fire today 🔥
Thank you for making this video. I absolutely love baseball, but I like all sports in general. However, I do follow the NBA during playoff time. I appreciate these clips because it give me insight into the current ins and outs of basketball. It's an exciting time with the draft being tomorrow and the trade deadline July 1st.
We get it 😂 stop posting this same comment over every video
It’s weird how they always bring up somebody’s contract situation
because they know it can fuc up they money and how they are viewed! They only do that to certain stars players! its really a shame
It matters in the nba.
The Joker just won a NBA championship in Denver news flash!
Mad dawg really grew on me man
Facts lol I hated dude at first lol but I do be missing him
10:28 🤣😂😅 SAS ain’t lyin.
Delicious part 0
I want JJ and Mad Dog to have their own radio show, maybe once a week. Mad Dog is the basketball historian, has seen some of the greatest teams play and JJ is the younger generation, played up until recently and is very intelligent with basketball as well. It would be a very good pairing.
Best show on Wednesdays
The best sports trio there is🤣
"how bout alex english🤨" 😂😂😂😂
Answer for JJ's question at 9min mark; Warriors 73-9, home grown, won without Durant before & after. Kd current sun team is newly formed to compete and weren't s 73-9 team ladt year.
The difference is the warriors already had their team and style of play. It wasn’t easy for kd to go there and adjust. Everything is new for the suns new players new ownership new coach and new culture
“Can I get a more recent reference”… we’ve been asking that for a while Molly
She handed Mad Dog a chance to have at Steven, he missed it.
I love mad dog
Stephen A always makes it personal but pretends it not personal
To me one of the biggest issues with the nba is how they dont help the smaller markets attract bigger talent. Thry should expand the cap to these markets to make them a more viable/financial place to go. Think about it, teams like the jazz, dallas, san Antonio, new Orleans etc ..Even if they draft a generational talent, teams cant get players to go there to help the pieces they have. Denver got lucky a few years in a row with picks, and the Bucks got lucky Giannis wants to stay. With that being said, Dame is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Wants to win a chip, wont win a chip in Portland, wants to stay in Portland. Only viable solution is he needs to be on the phone recruiting people to come to Portland or leave Portland and make sure they get a good package in return. Dame class personified....
Jj reddick is a breath of fresh air for this show
Lol.... My contact was up 😅😢
$Ktownbeinz please an thank you
Good thing Stephen A mentioned that the kardashian curse couldn’t get D Book 😂
well it kinda did cause the moment he dumped her they been doing worse lmao
Molly has gotten better but sometimes she still need to stfu lol
Molly is the worst.
Think will know after the draft
8:45 JJ is a confused analyst. How is it different? Warriors were a proven championship team when KD joined. This Phoenix super team hasn't done a thing. It is up to KD to put it together and he has shown he can't, OKC, Brooklyn and Phx.
Damian Lillard is nostalgic he feels way too comfortable to leave Portland his loyalty is believing he can spiritually awaken his team to a championship with his talent but the group of players on the blazers don't fit his skill set and persona on this team he should consider joining the Celtics, Spurs, Sixers, and Heat his chemistry on those teams would be a match made in heaven 🪄🤍❤️💙💚.
Unpopular Opinion: Devin Booker should be held to the same expectation as Jayson Tatum🤷🏾♀️
Booker has something in him that Tatum doesnt have💁🏽♀️
Booker is only a 3 time all star and the 13th pick he’s just different.
@@sonjawashington8544what getting clapped in back to back seasons by white players🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ha! Touche!
Wow, I can’t imagine what would have been said if KD won the chip without Harden and Kyrie, injuries etc.
Stephen A gets the ppl going 😂 🏆
He ain’t going no where but at some point when the front office hasn’t done their part for years can you blame him for leaving ?
Booker doesn’t get criticized for blowing it in the finals, getting embarrassed by the mavs at home in elimination game, & now getting embarrassed again by the nuggets at home in elimination game once again. Choke artist dawg
I don’t think Damian lillard wants that pressure of being ona team that’s expected to win. He has escape criticism is whole career
Facts...Dame is just a modified Carmelo Anthony...content with being a big fish in a small pond
@@TyBeTroLLing melo left for his brand, big difference between him and Dame
You're buggin, if he wants a ring he won't care about the pressure, what makes you think he can't handle it
Rrrrright. Because he doesn't handle pressure very well. 🤣🤣🤣
@@TonySoprano-mm8ipbecause he’s passed on potentially 5 real opportunities to get on a team that actually has a chance at winning. At this point, he likes dropping 50 pieces and still losing the game. He clearly doesn’t want the pressure to compete
kyrie, draymond, jrue holiday, khris middleton, jaylen, ayton are players i target for portland
how did kawhi leonard catch that stray?
I’m tired of seeing jj: he just aggravates me
Get Molly off this show omg
We been asking for this for yearssss. Get her outta there.
Molly asjed for a more recent reference. SHe was teeing it up for Mad Dog and he whiffed. He forgot one name that really would have goten Stephen A's dander up: GIannis Antetekumpo.
It’s Book’s team!
Molly should chill with the attitude. She’s lucky she has a job there. She’s not an analyst. The producers write these questions and all she has to do is ask them. Relax girl. A well trained chimp could do that job.
Jeff Green wanted the same as Lillard, so he passed away big salary and got salary minimum contracts for years, even on serious injured body fear, finally he deserved.
Thats about same thing :)
Why is this show so chaotic, jj is the only saving grace
Come to the Celtics with Kristap Porzingis and Tatum!!!
JJ claims he’s not a curry hater but ignores the fact that Houston has always lost to gs with or without kd, and in 2019 they were struggling with kd on the court, he gets hurt then gs swept the rest of the playoffs to get to another finals. They all ignore plenty of things about the warriors runs tho not just him. Easy to see through that
The only people ignoring things about the warriors runs are you bandwagons, the 2018 warriors got bailed out with CP3’s injury, the 2018 and 2019 rockets where different teams in attitude, grit and chemistry as well as some players not returning and before you say “it was a similar team” you’re the same person crying about this warriors team “not being the same as last year” even though they are and speaking off, the warriors from last season got more luck with the nuggets who are reigning champs being injured, the Grizzlies missing their best player for some of the series and them facing a first round exit worthy Mavs team in the WCF and then to top it off the previous champions at the time where injured getting replaced by a young Boston team who folds in the biggest moments. Warriors are the team with the least space to talk about anything being unfair
I love mad dog lol
Dame is loyal to Portland he should've left years ago
I don’t know.
Love KD but he literally said I like hate because it drive my ego to prove them wrong but too much love will kill you because it drives your ego... Lol literally makes no sense. They both do the same. The key to be egoless
Why is JJ always pissed!? He needs to relax or drink some wine
First sign of trouble? It’s been a decade. After cj left it was time for Portland to rebuild.
#3 for trey Murphy Jones Alvarado and 14
Is that mad dog was he a basketball player before?
Dame likes living in the Portland area. He came from practically nowhere when the only people that believed in Dame was his family and himself. He might feel a little loyalty for the team that gave him a chance unlike the players born into the league that say "what has the NBA done for me lately?"
He must be one of the few people who actually likes Portland lol
I think players like him should be celebrated for wanting to win where they are, rather then wanting to all move to the Lakers.
@@marcusmclean3842 You would think that from listening to the media. Aside from cloudy winters the Portland AREA is great. I live in the foothills of the Cascades and rarely go into the city and never go downtown anymore. There is so much suburbia. Besides it is cupcake compared to all major inner cities. Lol
Lillard shoulda came to lakers for d lo and mo bamba and the next 2 1st round picks
I hate how they act like is losing since he left doesn’t look bad
Booker had good luck. He was dating a Kardashian. Players usually tend to fade when they date them😂 Steven a cold, but where's the lies at the?😂
he lost the chip while dating her being up 2-0
Stephen A. Wasn't lying about the Kardashians after dealing with them players disappear😂😂😂
JJ TO UNDISPUTED, I’d watch him and Skip
I don't get the the media's fascination trying to get guys like Dame and CP a ring. So what if they don't get one? Most great players don't. Bill Russell and Jordan alone combine for 17. That's more than 20% of all championships by just 2 guys. These two were voted top 75 and are going to be hall of famers. Why is that not good enough? JKidd and GP won rings when they were older. I don't think it changed anyone's opinion of them and I don't think people should think of CP any differently just because he wins a ring as an older vet that's like the third best player on his own team. And people always bring up Charles Barkley as an example of what happens if you're a great player that didn't win a championship. The solution to that problem is for us to learn to appreciate what guys like Barkley did instead of fixating on the one thing he didn't instead on incentivizing guys to chase rings.
Buh he said he wanted a ring…. So everything u said is irrelevant
@@jackhack2167 Facts
Maybe to you but if you’ve ever played sports nothing is better than winning
@@somregularguy Of course he wants to win, everyone should want to win. I am talking about the media being obsessed with it.
Im calling Jeff Green to Blazzers
Dirk Nowitzki stayed with one team and won a championship 🤷♂🤷♂
and it was against Lebron too give him his 2nd finals lost with the stacked deck
He had a decent team around him and good coaching.
Giannis stayed with one team and won a championship.
EXCELENT POINT MADE BY STEPHEN A, mad dog was silenced LOL
He loved his answer so much that he smiled in defeat and had him down memory lane all at the same time
They shouldn't trade him for peanut when he said that he only want to go to only one team
Y’all need to leave that man alone and let him make his own decisions.
Dame doesnt wanna play for a real chance to win a title cause he knows he wont be the top gun on that team. He's content with simply making it to the playoffs. The proof is he never complained once when we were getting 1st rd bounced yearly.
Mad dog has not watched basketball since the 80’s😂
Not the kardashian curse
I cant with Molly man. Her interrupting and her yelling aint it
Kobe never cried about being doubled in pick up ball
I don't think KD needs a champions to solidify himself as an all time great but he does need one or two to move from top 15 ever to top 10. Right now Jokic and Giannis are competing with KD in terms of all time greatness... he needs yo separate himself from those guys
Being from Portland, Dame has been passive aggressive these last 2 years, we’re kinda tired of hearing it. Stay or go but stop talking about it.
Can they just stop talking about Dame? Pretty sure he is building a new home, can’t see why loyalty is so frowned upon
Because neither Steven or Mad Dog has any loyalty.
Miami heat 🔥 is going after Dame
Dark mechanic 91
Its very simple. Since KD left GSW, his career has been a joke. For Curry, he's nearly led the league in scoring and won a title.
To win matters more for a 34 year old KD versus a Booker that's nearly ten years his junior
JJ Redick is speaking facts. The Facts don't lie. Kevin Durant has won 0 championships without steph and steph has won 2 without kd. If the suns win the championship shouldn't it be discredited and shamed upon the same way the warriors championships were? How come now if KD wins on ANOTHER superteam it is going to soldify his legacy. As far as I am concerned Steph > Kd. Plain Facts.
ok mr. steven, we saw them both kd n' kyrie getting swept the next year by the celtics, that the bucks got to 7 games... the bucks came back from 0-2 in the finals too... where they lucky cause kd stepped on the line? yea, are we sure kyrie is good for your team overall? i don't think so. a lot if's and disrespect for a team that never got the chance to run it back after a championship don't you think? the 21 western conference was the same as the 22 west (no lakers, no clipers, no nugets...) the celtics prooved unexperienced as a team this year too... so, maybe last years warriors run was an asterix-fluke too.. don't you think? and at the end of the day maybe giannis is the one wasting his time on a bs franchise. dame maybe doesn't care that much about winning, it's not a crime if the team paying him doesn't care either.
Is never true. Pressure is more on KD than Booker
Stephan A. just ignoring Jordan on the wizards
Has Portland been to WCF under Dame?
2019 and got swept if im not mistaken
Stay, you might as well stay. Unless your happy to join a super team and average 15ppg.
He schooled MAD DAWG