Shannon Sharpe: OKC is the WEAKEST No. 1 seed + Team USA needs SIZE! 🇺🇸 | First Take
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- Опубліковано 30 кві 2024
- Stephen A. Smith, Shannon Sharpe and Brian Windhorst join First Take to debate how the Los Angeles Lakers should manage their seeding in the NBA Play-In Tournament before touching on Team USA's roster construction.
0:00 Los Angeles Lakers
3:21 Shannon Sharpe's OKC take
6:52 Team USA's challenge
12:14 Windy wants Chet Holmgren on Team USA
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Shannon be that employer that ain’t hiring any employees without 10 years experience 🤣🤣
Yup! 😂
facts lol
10+ years of experience and claiming “oh it’s an entry level position , so we only paying min wage “ lol
Just another example of how delusional lebron fans are
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Shannon woke up this morning just to talk hot on national tv💀💀😭
Shannon is a fool
It's Tuesday that's why we won't see him again until Monday 😂
He gotta get off in these 2 days 🤣
He speaking facts! They can’t rebound for beans 😂
@@j.osoulwave1531fr
Shannon done mixed something in his cup with that Le Por-ti-a 😂🥴😵💫
It's a Haterade cocktail
He a Taylor port junkie
😂🤣🤣
Yeah it's that hendog.
Yall are dumb. OKC is a TEAM FULL OF GUARDS and 1 BIG that is 40 pounds. The small fast paced sht works in regular season. They will be out the playoffs no longer than 2nd round
The Weakers Number 1 seed is the 14-15 Atlanta Hawks.
With their 4 allstars only 2-3 of which were valid 😅 I didn't see us winning that year that soon, I thought we needed another year or two, but I saw the flameout coming for the Hawks from months away
2020-2021 jazz
They said in the west
Shannon did say in a long time…. 14-15 is almost 10 seasons ago
@@manoloangara7646 🎯
you can tell that inc has watched 1 okc game the whole season
Lakers is better than okc in an 1vs1 matchup and the players have zero playoff experience what should anyone say
The lakers are the 8th seed and people are acting like they weren’t the 10th two games ago like what
To say that a young team is weak is wrong they might be young but definitely ain’t weak
OKC is just Memphis part two
@@MrAkili123OKC doesn’t have the drama
“Don’t interrupt me Molly” should say that more often
I swear bro....I hate that broad!
Yeah Steven A had to check Molly real quick because she will interrupt your take as if she played the game. Even thou he was talking about his appearance.
🗣️FACTS
Molly has edges😁
Know a single man commented this
As a Canadian, I hope SGA makes Sharp eat his words 100X over!
As an Oklahoman, let's be real our team is too young. We had seen higher placers wrecked by a more experienced team, because experience actually matters. Clippers or Mavs will eat them alive.
@@jeremiahdanielsamuel2505 they're young yes, but every such team takes their next steps. The Thunder look prime to take theirs this playoffs!
Yall are dumb. OKC is a TEAM FULL OF GUARDS and 1 BIG that is 40 pounds. The small fast paced sht works in regular season. They will be out the playoffs no longer than 2nd round
whoever came up with the play-in tournament needs a raise
Amen! I don’t know why people hate it
The NBA wants the top four teams in the conference semi finals and making the worst playoff qualifying teams play an extra 1/2 games with no rest after those games, sets up the scenario in which the top teams have an even bigger advantage than usual.
@@noworries2432because so many teams make playoffs now
what's wrong with unc today bro? "how are you 10 seeds if you are good" that's how good west is this year..this is the best west in probably 20 years.
because all he does is glaze lebron and the lakers, i can't wait when they get beat in the first round
Because he only talks good about his boyfriend Lebron and hates on every other nba player
the straight up disrespect to OKC was wild. Shai is a superstar and the fact that he can't acknowledge that shows how biased he is.
nah he got a point. Warriors are not a good team man. Saying this as a Warriors fan
Yeah and the lakers who he thinks are great are just one game out of 10th.
Lakers are 3-1 vs OKC this season. But 0-4 against Nuggets. Meanwhile OKC is 3-1 vs Nuggets but 1-3 against Lakers. It's all about the matchups not the records.
Meanwhile first of all regular season is just that regular season and one thing you failed to mention cuz you're looking at trying to push a false narrative which means you're trying to be deceptive by the way is that Denver on two of those losses they were on back-to-backs and none of those three losses did they have their full farting starting 5 lineup on all three losses they did not have all five of their starting lineup no they didn't and so in a playoff series Denver would destroy OKC in a playoff series Denver would eat OKC for lunch in five games OKC does not want to see Denver they would get killed in about five games I can assure you of that anybody with common sense knows that
And it's not about matchups that's where you're wrong you don't win a series about matchups you win a series as a team a team the better team is the one that wins the best of 7 not the better match up you always have to beat the team that's in front of you regardless what teams in front of you regardless who's playing for them on the floor and the coach decides you have to find ways to beat that team as a team because you can win your matchup all series long but yet somehow your team loses that series that's why the better team not the better match up the better team is always wins the best of 7.0 the better team or the best team wins the trophy the best team not the best matchup please get that through your head so obviously if the Lakers can beat OKC in Denver can definitely beat the Lakers there's no doubt Denver will beat OKC if it comes to that and they'll most likely beat OKC in five games I think they'll beat the Lakers in 5 as well that's a common sense except for dummies like you that can't figure it out
@@Nicky-hr1qzOk buddy calm down 😂😂😂 get off your knees
Yeah with the Refs helping their boy crying James
@@EvilWestbrookyour writing gave me a headache, Mr Run-on sentence.
How can you say they’re a week number 1 seed? Young teams always break through at some point to prove how good they are. It’s the only way to prove it.
they aren't weak but lakers beat them 3 out of 4 times this year...
So until they prove it. They're a weak 1. I don't expect them to make the wcf
The lakers are a bad matchup for the thunder, they’ve beaten them 3 times this year with Lebron and ad going off in those games.
Lol nobody is saying they’re weak. They’re just not proven, so people will bet against them until proven wrong.
@@AnonymousUser-ss2qrThunder also beat the nuggets 3-1 this year
OKC is not the weakest #1 seed in Western Conference history, they're simply the youngest and most inexperienced #1 seed.
Unc is trippin'. Thunder are 3-1 vs the Nuggets & Mavs, 2-1 against the Clippers, & 2-2 vs the Timberwolves. Yes, 1-3 vs the Lakers doesn't look good, but they were not blown out in any game. This OKC Thunder team absolutely earned the #1 seed in the Western Conference, DESPITE them not having any experience.
Um actually they were blown out by the lakers
The Grizzlies & Kings were 2 & 3 respectively in the West last season & both went home in rd 1 to the more experienced Lakers & Warriors despite being better teams.. nobody is questioning the the Thunders talent or capability, the question is will their regular season carry over to the postseason which is always a fair question to ask about any young team w/ minimal to no experience playing in that setting
@@carlgilmore-murry5789 And in 2015 the Warriors won the chip with no experience. Whats your point?
Since when did regular season matter in the playoffs? Is that a new thing?
and they'll lose in the second round still
I get what Shannon is saying. OKC are not the weakest, but nobody fears them.
There one of the strongest but at the same time, I believe they could possibly lose to everyone in the West playoffs cuz experience really matters. SGA will probably only average 24 a game cuz he's not gonna be used to be thrown doubles, never getting the foul calls he's always grifting for. Trust me, this team still needs 3 or 4 years
@@foundationsyth9825you clearly don’t watch thunder games. shai gets doubled almost every single game. they’re gonna surprise a lot of you people
@@bradperrotte2027Playoffs are different buddy. Have you ever watched playoff games?
@@drexlspivey3047 and you don't think the OKC players watch film everyday to prepare for it? they are gonna suprise people.
@@bradperrotte2027 I've watched a lot of there games. And he doesn't frequently get doubled from what I've seen at all. Plus, he's really fallen off the last 2 months and has maybe had 3 or 4 great games and the rest stinkers
Don’t interrupt me molly 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
lol they really should only have Tim legler talking basketball
And Max
@@russellwestbrookyellingatw9381 Who's Max? 😂😂😂
@@trust4honor335 Max Kellerman
"The Lakers are the strongest number 10 seed" - Shanon Sharpe
yes because LeBron is coasting. He can play GOAT like when its needed. He is 39.
OKC are virgin boys excited to play with no experience lol
@@supernotnatural Lol stop Lebron is a clown.
@@supernotnaturalgoats play defense. In which LeBron does Not
@@xerospadesIt's always easy to tell who doesn't watch games when they say something like this. He just shut down Zion the other day lol.
Lakers need to get in the playoffs for sure. Messing around with this equation like ole Shannon wants them to and open up a big can of the gambling throwing of a game and go this route. But if the Lakers do this, there’s a good chance they won’t even make it to the playoffs. So Mr Shannon, are the Lakers really your team???
Shannon always talks about "being a favorite" like that decides who would win. Being a favorite means nothing once the playoffs starts. It's about who's hot and who's not, who plays as a team and who plays as individuals. OKC is exactly how you want your team to play and get along together. Their chemistry is the best in the NBA
William Hill controls sports my guy
What happens when lineup get changed to playoff lineups and instead of playing different teams u play a team that can actually adjust to what u did the game before
Playoffs is down to superstars respectfully
Shannon is the biggest rider of all time. Really anybody to be #1 in the West is in no way overrated
The West is so hyper competitive anyway
OKC has a winning record versus Nuggets and Wolves. They have been consistently a top 3 team on the west, which is not easy. Give them the respect.
Great!!!now just that in the playoffs
They are 2 2 vs wolwes
They faced Nuggets without Murray two-three times I think. Its not beyond the realm of possibility that Nuggets sweep OKC in a playoff series.
@@Ash_713they’re 3-1 against them and beat them twice when they had Jokic and Murray
@@donleonard4446 It’s not the same thing. They were 1-1 with Jokic Murray, and playoff rotations change. Gordon will play center in non Jokic minutes, and Nuggets’ size will wreck OKC (Twolves will wreck OKc too)
I see where Shannon coming from the inexperience in okc makes it hard to pick them
The only way to get experience is to play, keep sleeping on the thunder they making the conference finals
I don’t he’s a fool shooting the basketball.. aka ball in hoop is how you win… okc has been shooting well…upwards of 55-60+ percent overall. I get they struggled with laker bully ball at times but the lakers can’t shoot how are they weak in a sport dedicated to ball in hoop and they do it best
@@jonathanndemba7000I hope so but I don’t think so..
@@jonathanndemba7000 Experience plays a huge role when you’re comparing regular season basketball to postseason basketball.. Prime examples is the Lakers-Grizzlies & Warriors-Kings series from last season.. The better team lost to the more experienced team because those experienced guys( Bron & AD ) ( Warriors 3 ) knew what to do to get the job done
Yea, but he took it to far, experience is one thing but not like act like the thunder didn't earn that #1 seed in the toughest conference.
Shannon was blunt with it. OKC needs to be hearing all the talking heads mentioning the Lakers beat them 3-1 during the season. Yung OKC needs some bulletin board material!
Facts💯
Ad, embid, bam size and defense is no issue. Hopefully no playoffs injuries
SAS looking like the grinch 2:00
paolo should def get the last spot dude, good size and playstyle for international play
Embiid shouldn't be on team usa
That’s a good pick!
@@Doooooooothe multi time scoring leader definitely should lol
@@lukeskywalkermod3686 he not from America though
Kawhi got it
Such a good segment with those 3. I would love to see them 3 throughout the playoffs.
“These brothers get injured going to the bathroom” 😂😂😂
Love this duo
Never has there been a team that had a 5+ year playoff drought finally breakthrough to the playoffs and dominate. With the exception of the 2020 lakers every team that has dominated the playoffs has had to get bounced out first.
Good thing Thunder doesn't have a 5+ year drought. The last time they made the playoffs was in 2019-20.
15-20 years is krazy
Bold statements Unc😮
Well great players and teams has to start somewhere
They need to add DaMarcus Cousins to fill the last USA roster spot. He is actually going to play hard and have a chip on his shoulder. He can be physical with the other team bigs.
Don’t think about that good pick fr
😂😂😂what? Dude can barely get a spot on an nba team.
In fairness to Unc, we haven’t seen them play a single playoff game yet. Curry may torch SGA
It would take more than Curry to beat the Thunder. Cause who on the warriors guarding Dub and Chet, the way Dort has been scoring and Giddey Getting to the basket.
Mental preparation is just as important as physical. OKC might not be prepared for their first playoffs.
Who will torch Chet and why would they put their top offensive guy SGA on Curry when they could have Wallace, JW, and/or Dort guarding Curry.
The Warriors have to worry about actually making the playoffs first. They’ve been playing great against the Warriors this season. I have no doubt they’d beat them with Home court advantage.
If u put curry on giddey that's a mismatch u can't hide him with the thunder
"The mans knees are barking at my hips" 😂😂
This segment is HILARIOUS 😂
Whether you win or not, as a contender, at some point you will have to face the defending Champs.
shannon sounding like that dude on twitter saying that Jokic misses shots on purpose 🐶💔
And Murray getting a 5 sec violation in bounding the ball screams throwing the game, rigged for Vegas games and shocked shannon brought it up.
Excellent Show.
Brilliant show ol chap 👏🏽 🎩
Shannon never watched okc play
They talked about it before he thought Josh giddey was their #2 and forgot about Jalen
Shannon is 100% correct here you absolutely have to be battle-tested he nailed it that's the truth and you don't get maturity with just hoping you're mature maturity in playing and also OKC lacks not only the experience because they have no experience as a collective group currently and they lack the size and the lengths they also are not a physical team they're finesse team those are all big gigantic disadvantages they would get destroyed in wrecked play Denver we're not talking regular season so get off of that we're talking playoffs we're in the playoffs now the playoffs are built different it's two different things entirely Denver turns it up and also Denver has all those advantages not to mention in the playoffs that's where you need a championship coach that knows how to strategize OKC would be lucky to win one game at the very most it might go five games they would take OKC out in five games at the very most
Is Unc on something today lol!!
lol. Unc been with Ocho to much
@@AnonymousUser-ss2qr stay with me now 🤣🤣
“WINDY THE MAN’S KNEES ARE BARKING AT MY HIPS!!!”
-Shannon Sharpe😂😂😂
The average age of the 2012 Thunder team was 25.5. And they made it to the finals. The average age of the 2024 Thunder team is 23.4. I'm not sleeping on this team.
Lakers better not lose to dodge the Denver Nuggets. Their fans talk way too much for them to dodge us.
And OKC fans, dont let what Unc said rattle you lol. We heard that all year last year as Nuggets fans until we made the whole league respect us. Good luck in the playoffs.
Come on LeBron. Mr 3-1 lead😂😂😂
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is actually 25 years old (NOT 22), Shannon! He'll be 26 in a few months......
Still a baby
@@2eightfoehe’s the same age as tatum and they talk about him like a veteran lol
Lmaoooo UNC “well dayummm”
the Similac reference had me weak 🤣🤣
Unc firing shots. Said their breath smelt like Similac! Lmaoo
Shannon: No the Lakers won't duck the Nuggets cuz it goes against everything you're taught as a Pro athlete
Also Shannon: Nuggets threw the game against the spurs to avoid the Clippers or Mavs.
Bruh. I swear Shannon stays wilding and not in a positive fashion. And yall let him get away with it cuz he uNcLE ShaY sHaY
Shay has been getting a bit loose with it lately 😂
Nah your comparing a regular season game to a playoff game, the nuggets didn’t need to win that game. Lakers would be in an elimination game if they lose tonight, that’s completely different than Denver slipping to the 2 seed. They don’t need home court if they face OKC anyway
I’m From Dallas you know what I give props to Oklahoma they’ve been fighting a long time for that franchise heartbreaks after heartbreaks they deserve it
"Thats A Good Looking Brotha Right There" 😂😂😂😂 self love is important... love to see it😂
Who’s here after OKC moved to the second round😂
Weakest 1 seed ever sweeping to advance? Not even the 73-9 warriors did that
What is shannon talking about? The are the #1 seed is the toughest conference. Shannon is crazy.
No actually Shannon has excellent facts hes speaking here he nailed it
This is what we need low expectations so we can keep proving ourselves right #okc
12:40 CHET and Paolo are great calls🔥🔥
Ok Shannon first u said Brunson is not efficient hes the third player in NBA history to average 28 points shooting a 40 clip from 3
1.Larry Bird
2.Steph curry
3.Jalen brunson
And now u say OKC led by the unstoppable SGA is the weakest #1 seed in playoff history does Shannon even watch Basketball smh now u just talking 💩
Shannon basketball takes wild
He only watches with a Lakers lense
Okc going out 1st round
What he meant to say that Brunson is short.
Shannon has a point .. the okc thunder kinda snuck up on teams like the kings did last year! Next year when teams are more prepared for them will see how they do!
What’s with the snuck up on, the only media person who literally told people that OKC was for real was JJ Redrick. They have a legit team, from starters to bench.
Ok. But through 25 games you were no longer sneaking. It's not like suddenly they won 57 games in one night.
They snuck up on fans like Shannon who didnt really pay attention to them. They went from 24 wins to 40 wins last season. If NBA teams still didn’t take them serious (which they did) after a 16 win increase and being one game away from being the 8th seed I seriously have to question the coaches of these teams.
Kings won 48 games last year and then 46 this year 😂 So Thunder are gonna go down to 55 wins next year? Oh my what a sneak 😮
@@ChrisS-gg2bdthey lost in the first round 😂 so that winning during the regular season got them nothing when it mattered in the post season
Shannon said he breath smells like Similac. Hahaha. That's baby formula.
Like SAS said that's an old saying... That's not something he just came up with.
Unc is so entertaining!!
Shannon coming with the skip takes today.
Shannon coming with Shannon takes. Don't give him a pass. Skip was up on his Dew bets for a reason
@@ne0n1nja247lol I just mean controversial takes.
shannon mic drop on stephen A 😂😂😂 6:25
bro what if and a big if usa gets jayden mcdaniels and another defender like draymond or like mikal bridges they are shooters draymond more on the defensive side and a great mind of the game but someone like mikal bridges a great perimeter defender with length and a shot would be great for this team same thing with mcdaniels.
He said that about the San Antonio Spurs when they had Tim Duncan and Manu and Tony.
Saying OKC is the weakest? Kind of crazy to say that to the number one seed who by the way 3-1 over the nuggets in the season and went 3-1 on the t wolves. Sure experience matters but don’t question okc heart and I’m a warriors fan.
Regular season
They disagree that OKC is the weakest #1, but agreed that they wouldn’t be favored over the lower seed #8 Lakers. Therefore they are overrated and a weak #1 seed.
Unk has a point. It's one thing to get there. It's another to prove you belong there. OKC has a lot to prove
I'm so waiting for how this take from Unc ages!!
I like how espn show actual footage during takes unlike undisputed
Unc's point is OKC is just good for the season not the Playoffs.
I can already see Warriors sweeping OKC.
@@mumenraidaalol
Time to see an eye doctor.
lets come back and see what happens.
@@mumenraidaaexplain how? In what area, is curry dropping 100? 35 year old curry?
Unc tripping today
Everybody is discounting OKC because of their youth, and I get it; however, SGA's game is so smooth. He plays at his own pace & he draws a lot of fouls, which allows his team to play at their pace, and he gives his teammates confidence.
These brothers get injured, goin to the bathroom.. 😂😂😂💯 Stephen A is hilarious 😂
Shannon tripping lol
i love shay shay im dying lolololol
Paolo needs to be on the Olympic team too
Strong 6’10 big/guard
That look at 2:15 from SAS to Unk was priceless 😂😂😂😂
These brothers get injured going to the bathroom 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Shannon needs to worry about his Lakers.
Lakers in 6 any series
"How great are you if you are the 10th seed?" 😂😂😂
Denver is about to remind us that little city in Colorado is a sleeping GIANT with a roster who can and likely will throttle everyone when it gets down to it… good luck LA. Congrats on the win 🙏🏽
I love how Shannon challenges ppl thinking but the espn cast just be sitting on the bases
If the others be sitting on the bases Shannon is that batter taking called strike 3s in the 8th inning 😅 and then getting at the umps in the postgame conference
1-7 vs warriors & kings
Haven’t beat Denver in 2 years
Laker fans are delusional 😂
Completely, they talking like the Lakers the best in the West.
yeah but Lakers got LeBron fking James ..everyone else has simlac behind their ears 😅
He’s right they are one of the worst number 1 seeds but they are good I think they can make it to the WCF
I think for a young team like that, having home court ACTUALLY matters. There’s a maturity aspect from SGA that I don’t get from Edwards & Minnesota. Possibly the deepest team in the West, as well.
Nah that’s disrespectful Unc, can’t discredit OKC for what they did this year despite being in a tough Western Conference
Jimmy Butler is needed
What for Team USA
Thank you, Unc. For being one of the few ESPN members to bring up Luka Doncic.
Love everything Joel has done. It is my opinion that Joel should play for Home 💚
I agree with Unc. Yes, they #1 seed but playoffs is playoffs. They haven't proven anything yet.
No team that doesn't win it has
Other than Denver, neither has anyone else.
They havent proven anything bc they just born yesterday they are 22.5 age old
Windy is so important in these types of segments. These dudes know nothing about international basketball.
Playoffs are a different beast teams takes it up a knotch okc experience is what's gonna hurt them
Nobody is beating the Celtics this season, and I said this after last year's finals. Tatum will win Finals MVP.
Yup it’s about to get real ugly in the East
Calling the thunder the worst 1 seed ever like the raptors weren't the 1 seed in 2018 and got destroyed in the 2nd round is insane
facing the greatest lebron prime?
This is the strongest western conference in 20 years they’re saying how could they possibly be the weakest 1 seed of all time
Shannon is right OKC AINT IS THE WEAKEST #1 SEED
I ain’t a lakers fan but I’ll take them over the okc
The okc thunder are making it to the 2024 nba finals
Every single media member acts like okc just slipped and fell into the #1 seed. And i cant wait for them to play next week
To Shannon's point, if every team was in the play in and at their healthiest, (Suns, Golden State, Clippers, Nuggets, etc) who would you guess is coming out? Not OKC. OKC is good, but nobody saw them as a number 1 and nobody really believes that they can win it all. There's a ton of teams on paper that look stronger than OKC.
I can’t wait for the thunder to sweep the lakers
They're 1-3 against em & have little playoff experience/knowledge.
Bro no. I want them and sweep them again
I love both teams.. lakers in 5
They won’t beat the lakers in a series
Ong this man gonna let them come out with blood in their eyes. He seem to forget thunder young plus they can actually play. Them boys get a hot streak it's night night plus they dissing them man. Idk I feel it's about to be a beat down
OKC needs to play the Pels or the Kings in the first round. If they get the Lakers or Warriors they will lose in the 1st round.
Facts
I pick OKC over Lakers 4-2 but I don't see the Lakers getting out of the playin
Quote me
@@Shmuk-bn7ef what is your logic for the Lakers not getting out of the play-in? Also why would you pick OKC over the Lakers? OKC has zero playoff experience and the Lakers have been a bad matchup for them all season.
@@brandonwallace543 The Thunder are literally just the better team maybe that's why lmao
@@chronics3710 then why have they lost 3 times to the lakers? if anything the Lakers stars will play even better in the playoffs