Stephen A. and Max get heated over LeBron vs. Kawhi | First Take
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
- Stephen A. Smith, Max Kellerman and Marcus engage in a heated debate about the best player in the NBA between LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard and Giannis Antetokounmpo.
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When I saw this title my first thought was ”Here we go again”
I mean what do you want them to talk about?
And everybody is here.....
😂😂😂
Lol I said the same thing
This is always a good debate because there is clowns out there that believe Kawhi is really better
They've made this video a million times. They should be quarantining.
Facts
Fax
They're all recording from home. They arent in the same room.
@@rodneyford2573 I can believe Stephen A has a background set up in his house because he's on-call 24/7 for ESPN. The others.. not so much.
@@docrussojr With the situation that's going on, I'm sure ESPN provided them with what they need to record/ do the show(s) from home.
Corona: "I will prevail against human kind."
SAS: "You're wrong and here's WHY!"
MOLLY: interrupts just because
😂😂😂
Trash comment
I watch your videos!
dude in the middle looks like he edited himself in via green screen
Muggur Kolka LMAOO
He is
Muggur Kolka lmaoooo
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Stephen "This brotha is something special" A. Smith
Sports 311 absolutely sensational
Fin6as Stephen“one of the top 5 players on the planet” A. Smith
Elijah Guerrero Stephen “whatever the case may be” A Smith
Sports 311 😂😂😂
Fin6as Stephen “you can call a faute for having a bad breath” A. Smith
Zion : Literally Just Standing There
ESPN : Heavy Breathing
Heavy coughing
Heavy sweating
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ESPN: He is just standing there... MENACINGLY
Heavy wheezing
This sports lockdown really has First Take running out of content to fill 2 hours a day, 5 days a week. They're recycling debate topics now lol
Mark ya don’t say.
They recycle debates all the time
What else u expect them to do? 🤣
@@Za1naa the show gets old. Maybe have this show on once every few days or so
@@ranjanudayashankar1569 That's what I'm thinking. Or just cut the show down to a 1 hour, for the time being
Stephen “Kuh-why Lennid” Smith
if you've eva heard a NYer pronounce > new *Yawk* .. then you'd understand they have "their own" lingo
TrippinOG 420 69 😂😂😂
NY accents are funny to me
0:42 Kawhi’s AI was trying to hack the show
Lol 😭
This is exactly what we needed during the quarantine with every other sport cancelled
I need this in an IV
0:42 Stephen A entered the matrix
chosenjuan025 i noticed that too
No doubt so he could take the red pill :)
The green screen at home glitched the linking system
Max "There's so much wrong with what your saying its unbelievable" Kellerman
Max "Im slowly losing respect for your entire perspective" Kleberman 😂🤷🏽♂️
Max “with fate of the universe on the line” kellerman
Kawhi Leonard is better than LeBron James
Max Kellerman that’s my favourite Max line 😂
Max is so dead on Kawhi being better than Lebron however kawhi picked up a VACANT TITLE. he never showed his best against lebron or a healthy warriors team in last season’s playoff so how can he say that as if he were to have earned that title when he practically got there by default?
Can we just appreciate the work First Take is putting in despite what has been going on..
Thank you, people love to complain now a days and hate on these guys to follow the crowd but fail to comprehend the work they put in to entertain us.
Jarret Black EXACTLY!!
our hair defies gravity so can we she an annoying bimbo
Thank u for pointing this out👍 appreciate what we got in front of us and what we have currently
If this show entertains you you guys serious issues. Fr fr.
This is a replay, right? Coz I think I’ve had everything they said 300 times before
Yet you tuned again🤔
There is no variety in these shows
Y’all running out of topics. How about you guys react to your takes from a few years ago and see how they planned out? That would be neat.
That would be awesome, but almost all of their takes would be wrong and I don't think they want to admit it lmao
👍👍👍👍
Ev Popstar Exactly
Stephen A can't face the fact that Kawhi has proved him wrong time and time again so he changes his narrative to save himself from losing face. The man picked the sixers, bucks, and warriors (without KD) to beat the Raptors. This man has gotten like 8 of his last 10 finals predictions wrong and the only ones he got right were when he picked the warriors to win in KDs first two years there. He literally doesn't know what he's talking about 🤷♂️
Kawhi is trash, I played more basketball games in middle school then he does now
NorwegianNig that might be the stupidest, most irrelevant comment I have ever read on a UA-cam video. Don’t disrespect the board man
Tyler Point we aren’t psychics...you expect him to go 100/100????
David Keith I don't remember saying that. That wasn't even my main point. Never the less, it doesn't change my actual point which is that he confidently picks one team to win then changes the narrative to make himself not look as stupid when they lose. For example before the bucks raps series he confidently said the bucks would win then after game 2 he said he'd be surprised if the raptors even won a single game. Then the bucks lose the series and now he talks about how giannis was a "puppy" and didn't have a jump shot, making excuses for his ignorance. I could talk about the warriors series too but I won't. He clearly just makes his picks and formulates his arguments based on which players he likes and doesn't like, unless there's a clear answer
Tino S can’t respect someone who doesn’t put in 100% of themselves into the game, why kawhi can never be goat because everyone else in that conversation didn’t load manage and won’t load manage, they play the games they are being paid for even if they’re in pain everyone else in the league is doing the work just not kawhi, kawhi is lazy
Molly 😂😂🤦🏾♂️ I thought this was mahomes vs leBron
AfricanGamer 😂😂😂😂😂
She’s not to bright
The whole segment was Mahomes vs Lebron, she was trying to get them back on tract. Y’all are stupid.🤷🏾♂️
Umaru Bah-Howell right!
Umaru Bah-Howell we know that it’s just funny how she said it
Stephan A is a “Knicks” fan but acts like a Lakers fan. Max is a “Lakers” fan but acts like a Knicks fan.
Paul George why is your name Paul George but your picture is Jimmy Butler
Andi Adiguna 😂🤣
@@andiadiguna3902 😂😂😂
actually max kell is a closet clipper fan acting like a laker fan.
@@andiadiguna3902 💀💀💀
Honestly the way Max Kellerman keeps his composure is something I hope to obtain in life. Lol nothing ever riles him up he stays composed and cool. Lets other speak then tries to get his point across
2:39 that was evil
Covid19 exists
ESPN: it's reverse uno card free real estate
Goldberg is the most valuable athlete in sports. Spear, Jackhammer, 1 minute, 5 million bucks.
Connor mcrgregor draws double what Oldberg draws and thats AFTER losing to khabib... Imagine what happens when connor beats khabib in the rematch...
John Flanagan mcgregor got sodomized by Khabib. If khabib stopped training for a year and mcgregor trainer for 1 more year, khabib would still smoke him
John Flanagan you mean “if” not “when”. Khabib might break his neck next time if McGregor talks the same mess pre-fight
@@luigixroxas We all know Connor will get better. That left hand will get faster. Khabib and tony will get weaker after they kill each other. i just think its obvious how this stroy goes.
Lol
raptors are still great this year
look at cleveland after lebron left
Exactly
How do you blame Kawhi when Kawhi was added to a system while Lebron had one created. Of course Cleveland is gonna be worse off without Bron, the team was built around him.
And Kyrie left too
I don't care if GS were missing players. Playoffs is a battle to the end and GS didn't survive the play-offs to make it to the end. With that said Full strength or not YOU CAN NOT DOUBT that the raptors could still win the series.
Kingping exactly my point Kawhi chose a system already built with a HOF coach and a proven front Office it is easy to look great like that
Don't cut my dawg off at the end 😂😂
Me “reads the segment”
Segment “is Mahomes the most valuable athlete in sports?”
Stephen A: Kawahi Leonard isn’t even the best player
Me: ????
Like really😂😂
Am so lost
LEEESPN
Bro I thought there was a glitch or something 😂
😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hope yall are stayin safe during these crazy days 🙏🏼
Thank you brother, hope the same for you and your family🙏
Just smoking a doobie & chilling
Jerome Green goto the airport. You’re sure to get something
🙏
W
I forgot this was suppose to involve Mahomes until 5:40 🤣😂
2:52 those responses lmaooooo I live for that
I feel for max bruh nobody is listening to him
Because his points are retarded.
Realmo listen to him slowly then you'll understrand
@@mus176 Giannis is the better offensive and by far the better defensive player. Giannis is better. He even plays 4-5 less minutes than LeBron. He doesn't have an AD and he still does what he does.
Because he’s an idiot and doesn’t know basketball
@Clippers Suck point is Giannis is literally doing it himself with great support but hes the lone man in Milwaukee. he dsticka with his team. now if rumors are true and he goes to the warriors ill personally regret this comment and commend you lmao.
AD got a better case for MVP then bron lmao they don’t make playoffs without him clearly he leads team in points rebounds blocks assists and is a DPOY candidate how is bron in the convo?
The team plays way better with Bron please stop
Matthew Harewood he can play as well as he wants this isn’t a playoff team without AD he’s the reason they’re having the most success this season
"Kawhi Lennit" - Stephen A Smith 2020.
German Pereira 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Who is here after kawai lost to the nuggets?
3:12 finally someone used the “I don’t care about regular season” argument against Max
Stephen A doesn't even understand what he's arguing tho. Lebron proves he's the best in the playoffs, the most recent evidence shows that Kawhi is the best playoff performer. Lebron can prove he's the best again in the playoffs. Max was saying we don't have any playoff evidence for LeBron in two years so Giannis has been better in the regular season is the only evidence we have.
@@thecptproject8184 lebron could win mvp dam near every year and was in the finals every year until his injury. What more evidence do you need and he the main reason his team #1 in the west at the age he at. Lebron ain perform due to injury and giannas ain never seen a finals so why is there a arguement?
@@lilmoefrom9350 Thats not how this works tho. Lebrons regular seasons havent deserved an MVP in a long time
@@thecptproject8184 Thank you. It's so simple. He just goes by results. He changes his position based on the evidence that currently exists. Which is simply how you debate. He's not always right but his arguments are much more understandable than they try to make it seem on this show
Lebron a Goat. Every team would lowkey trade there best player to have Lebron for his LAST years in the league. Y'all smoking something heavy.
somebody get the baby version of this video IMMEDIATELY
How many times have they done this segment?
Love how the caption is talking about Mahomes and his name was mentioned maybe three times in this video
Me: thank god football season is over!! Now it’s basketball time.. I can’t wait to watch 1st take during March madness and the nba playoffs.
God: calm down buddy, I have other plans
“According to my sources coronavirus will now take over and replace Adam Silver as the nba owner” SAS 2020
This video could have been from 9 months ago and I would've believed it. Also I love Stephen A trying to tear down Kawhi's accomplishments because he picked the sixers to beat the raps, then picked the bucks to beat them easily, then even said the warriors are gonna win even if KD stay out the whole series 🙄. Shut up Stephen just face the fact you were wrong and don't know what your talking about
FACTS Bro
He’s a salty guy that’s mad Kawhi will never give him an interview. He’s a legitimate Kawhi hater
But he’s right y’all just overhyping Kawhi
Daniel Britton But weren’t the Raptors up 3-1 before Klay got hurt?
I swear, they act like it’s outrageous to say that Kawhi is better than Lebron, as if there’s no argument to be made for Kawhi. It’s definitely debatable
The expressions of the guy in the middle took me out... 😂😂
I think Max just makes the most logical point here. Convoluted or not.
Yh I feel like both of the guys were not seeing Max's perspective
Good logic isnt convoluted, its resolved and elegant. Not self contradictory
I think Max just isn’t usually the best at making concise points but has a lot of good ones to try to make. :P
^I say that in a poorly worded reply. :P
@@Smiththebat b4 coming on first take he was primarily doing boxing analysis and interviewing people in the industry and unlike Stephen A he doesn't make a lot of noise in order to make a point he's been continuously saying that Kawhi is the next on the throne even b4 Kawhi came back from injury 🤷🏿♂️
Lebron is easily the best in the world until KD comes back and then it's close
Ben Jacoby bronsexual, AD is arguably better than Lebron and they’re on the same team, it’s kinda like a steph/ kd type situation but AD is KD
Kahwii Will make this Lebron Guy look like 45 in the playoffs trust me
@@lilrock447 Go look at the Lakers numbers when LeBron is on the bench, and get back to me..
Jimmy so numbers mean everything now then right? So then look at what AD leads the lakers in and what Lebron leads the lakers in and then come talk to me
Lil Rock 44 Jordansexual
When Molly said, "I thought this was LeBron vs Mahomes" I was dead and looked at the screen with Chief logos all over it.
Put a healthy Lebron on last years Raptors team instead of Kawhi, they kill the East, and beat warriors if they were injured how they were, no doubt about it.
What?😂😂
Glen Brown no they don’t. They play 2 different roles and play styles. Lebron would’ve had the whole team traded by the trade deadline and then would’ve had another excuse why he came up short against an injured warriors team in the finals.
RealNPoetic You don’t watch basketball, you just listen to what the media says and echo them. You’re a joke. Name one player traded at the trade deadline for the Lakers THIS year. You can’t, you’re a fool.
Put Kd on the raptors they beat the warriors if injured. Put lebron or Kawhi on the warriors they'd steam roll the entire league. What's your point ? These hypotheticals are pointless
RealNPoetic stfu
Y’all twisting Max’s words
Init. It's annoying fr
Marcus Spears needs to explain why he’s wearing (2)watches!!! 3:35
Swagooo which is childish for a near 40 yr old.
Symbolism
Max: "Marcus Spears looks like Stephen A Smith and Max Kellerman had a baby"
I appreciate the attention to detail on the thumbnail.
How SAS gon say at 5:17 that Milwaukee wasn’t ready when he picked them to win the series after game 1 .
0:48 lies after game 2 you called it a wrap and said you never expected Toronto to get far
ESPN producers:
"We are lacking views during Coronavirus quarantine. What are usually our most viewed segments?"
"LeBron vs Kawhi arguments."
"Ok let's do that everyday until the season resumes."
Why do Lebron gotta be in everything I guess he’s the best player ever in nba history an he leads in everything thing in nba history 🤷🏼♂️
Thumbnail is gold. Both with frustrated looks and wide open mouths 😫😩
People will say he doesn’t elevate his teammates, they said they same about KD. But I’ll tell you, Kawhi is the best player in basketball, he’s the best defender, can average 30 in any series and his game translates to playoffs better than anyone not named Kevin Durant today
only the biggest lebron haters would take kawhi over lebron. and only the most clueless people would take kawhi over KD.
Daniel M before their last matchup lebron hadn’t beaten kawhi since 2016 lol. Foh, kawhi been passed bron
Daniel M and kd isn’t a leader. He needs a basketball alpha to play alongside to be successful in winning
So what if his not the alpha in the room KD can can easily drop 35 on kawhi head pluses when KD came back for the one final playoff game KD Drop 25 on kawhi in the first like understated this KD is not alpha but trust me he will put buckets and win more game then
It will always be LE'BRON. Kawhi not there yet.
Kawhi not even better than KD, how is that possible for him to be better than LeBron, that's ridiculous
Kenny Ren He not even better then Giannis
Picture Moore Steven a had some good points here max just mad he told the truth about his little boyfriend
@@HillTopHungBuck7 lol you forgot how bad he played last year in the playoffs?
In World sports? yeah right. No one cares about american sports outside the country.
how many times a month do they have this same conversation?
Have they ever talked about the NHL before?
Stephen A love roasting Max 😂😂😂
Kawhi has to love Max. He's been backing up Kawhi consistently for a long time now.
he couldnt care less lmao
Caption is about Mahomes but they’re talking about LeBron and Kawhi again🙄
This is one of those situations where Max not being an athlete hurts his arguments because his perspective is largely analytics based vs that of feel and eye test that only people with an athletic background can appreciate.
Swagoo thing needs to stop
It’s annoying
I think Kawhi has love for San Diego because when he went on a plane to face Golden State, he was wearing a San Diego Clippers cap that was part of a giveaway. San Diego is beautiful though.
Clippers are trash
He also went to San Diego State Univ.
bro in the middle drippin with the 2 watches😂
“...Max you UGHHHHHHH” lol
2:50 they both rolled their eyes haha
😂😂😂
Dear ESPN
Are you going to continue with these 3 hr talk shows??? They are getting pretty redundant
I agree. These debates are irrelevant and now even more.
Word, at least FS1 knows when to call it quits for the time being
Disney wants Stephen A to earn those millions no matter what 😂😂
@@zavdab5238 the almighty mouse
0:43 I thought my phone was messed up for minute
0:49 every time SAS mentions this it cracks me up
Stephen A. likes to use that excuse that Lebron was hurt last season... but this entire season he has been saying that Ja deserves the rookie of the year award over Zion because Zion got hurt and missed half the season...
Maybe because rookie of the year is a regular season award. Maybe think next time.
Charles Davis Maybe you need to stop sippin that Kool-aid and think about what you just said, Max said that Kawhi is better than Lebron because we didn’t get to see Lebron in the post season... therefore we can’t say that Lebron will be his old self in the playoffs. Idiot
When 1 man is being compared to everybody. You know he is the 🐐
Fly Boy he has the best career out of anyone currently playing in basketball but he’s not better than Michael Jeffrey Jordan
I was hoping to listen the original for "YES, YES. RIGHT NOW YES! HOW MANY TIME DO I HAVE TO SAY YES?"
Just the look on stephen Smith and Marcus spears when max picked giannais over lebron says it all 😭😭😭 2:52
"Stephen A. and Max get heated over LeBron vs. Kawhi"
Again?
Recency bias has consumed max so he thinks mahomes is the greatest football player ever yes he said that and that Kawhi is better than lebron his arguments are trash and nobody hears each other even though Stephen a is right
This debate originally had noting to do with kawhi. Max per usual stay mentioning him in a debate involving Lebron. Again? Come on now...
I'm with Max. Lol
If kawhi wins again Stephen a smith not gonna know what to say that’s the crazy
The most chaotic sports show in modern day history lol.
That puzzling moment when you zone out and wake up to Pat Mahomes lol
These SAS “here’s why” are getting annoying lol...!
Kawhi is ahead of Lebron as of now based on the fact that he won a championship last year, whilst Lebron was at home during the playoffs. People will say he got injured but he came back and “activated playoff mode” and went something like 3-12. He added AD this year which some people are conveniently forgetting even though AD leads the lakers in far more box and advanced stats than Lebron. Lebron has a chance to regain the crown during the playoffs but as of right now, Kawhi is better and honestly Giannis is too.
i can tell you dont actually watch basketball if you think kawhi or giannis is better than lebron lol...
Warri Warrior thank you. People seem to swipe under the rug that playoff mode comment and they lost to tanking teams lol
Warri Warrior and kawhi needed an injury hit team to win
Lebron was playing with a bunch of young guys and it was they’re first year together. They started out well and then Lebron got hurt. Nobody recognizes Lonzo Ball was hurt all year! In and out of games and he was hurt when Bron got back. Then Brandon Ingram gos down after Lebron returned. Bron balled last year. He didn’t have the team with him. Look at where those guys are in New Orleans. They’re were a young group with many inconsistencies with a inexperienced head coach.
Manii bron needed injuries and suspensions to win in 16
Why they make the same face in the thumbnail 😂
THEY ARGUE ABOUT THIS EVERY TIME!
Stephen A taking credit away from Kawhi like he didn’t say the warriors were still gonna win when the finals were happening 🤦🏽♂️ it’s not his fault GS was injured, he went and handled business 💯
Woah Nawh exactly
Woah Nawh Kyle Lowry handled business. He carried the Raptors in Game 6.
KING CHARLES and Fredrick van fleet
@@whypascal which is exactly why max's Kawhi angle is stupid.
The Raptors had 7 dudes averaging double-digit scoring in the finals........ yes Kawhi was very good, but he joined a 59-win #1 seed team that was practicing against LeBron in the playoffs for like 3 years before he got there 😅 and then he got to face off against the dysfunctional, young, and inexperienced 76ers (and barely won), the ZERO playoff experience Bucks where Giannis’ lack of a jumper was exploited, and then the worst version of the Warriors in their entire 5 year run.
In the end, the Raptors had by far the most play-off experience (and it was against LeBron..) AND they had the best player in the playoffs once KD went down. They doesnt suddenly make Kawhi better or more valuable than LeBron though haha
Who is here after clippers Lost to Nuggets
Dude in the middle got two Rollie’s on one hand 🤦🏻♂️😭😭😭
I don’t know why am I checking Espn and undisputed when season is postponed lol!
Stephen A sounds like your women when u come home late hanging out with the boys
"Even with Klay Thompson they still would've beaten the Raptors" OMG the disrespect. That's why as a Raptors fan I was pissed when Klay got hurt.
I understand "If KD was healthy, Warriors would've won" cause everybody knows that, but even with Klay, Raptors would've won game 7. Put some respect on the Raptors.
ESPN is now practicing social distancing with their outros
stephen a and damien just yell lmao. they completely misunderstood everything
Whos the best athlete ever lived(open question)?
who’s watching this after clippers choked a 3-1 lead
We’re not going to ignore my mans in the middle with the double Rolex’s.
6:55 proves my point
Even I am rolling my eyes at Max, the gall of this guy.
Facial expressions 2:52 LMAOOOO
dude in the middle dont belong on TV
Kwahi wins a champion ship. He is automatically the best player in the world. Max logic
Max: Hakeem was better than Jordan because the year when Jordan retired, he brought the Rockets a chip.
That’s a whole different argument your talking about the two pillars at there positions but Jordan does get the edge because he has Scottie
@@postsniper-7532 Hakeem had drexler
nuka-cola Not in 94
Hakeeem was considered the best player even when Jordan came back in 95 and the beginning of the 95-96 season. Once the 95-96 season went along, Jordan reclaimed the best player title.
I swear this was a topic already like a month or so ago 😂
Why do I feel like we have Paul Walker vs. Vin Diesel and Hobbs without a Surname in between here yow!? 😕 HAHA
It takes a special amount of talent to get worked up over which basketball player is better in the middle of a pandemic. That’s why Stephen A is a legend 😂
Lolol