‘There’s ALWAYS something getting in the way of Kyrie playing ball!’ - Stephen A. | First Take
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- Опубліковано 13 жов 2021
- ‘There’s ALWAYS something getting in the way of Kyrie playing ball!’ - Stephen A. | First Take
Stephen A. Smith, Jay Williams and Dan Orlovsky react to Kyrie Irving speaking out on Instagram Live explaining his decision behind refusing the vaccine ahead of the regular season.
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It'll be interesting to see the interviews that we will get in like 15 years where Kyrie looks back on his career and KD and Harden are asked about how they really feel about this situation.
That's when the truth will really come out.
Would love to see a KD documentary tbh. Stories about Russ, Golden State, and now this
KD burned a bridge with GS for this
@@chrisberry789 green burned that bridge long b4 KD left
cuz u a drama queen..havent they spoke on tht..
how i gone wait 15 years to hear why a friend of mine took the vaccine..
Jay took the glasses off like he was ready to square up lol
Exactly lol
🤩😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lol
Jay remembered he was black lmao
Kyrie starting to carry ESPN now
True
Ben Simmons situation is on pause for now they need content to the season starts. Kyrie to the rescue 😂
gold lmfao
i’m old enough to remember being told that LeBron was the problem.
He WAS the problem. Any failure that happen kyrie got blamed and when they won Lebron got all the credit and love from the media I see why kyrie left him. kyrie is the reason he even won in 2016
@@Isaac-zh2cn please 🛑..
@@Isaac-zh2cn he the reason lebron won?
So why hasn’t he won since he split from lebron?
@@Isaac-zh2cn Spitting facts. These Lebron fanboys can’t handle the truth.
Two things can be true
lebron was a problem and whatever else you wanna deflect to could be a problem as well
If this was Max, Stephen A would’ve said “You’re wrong!” With Jay, It seems like he’s scared to disagree with him
Agreed
Max is getting it from Keyshawn too now. I think he has turned into ESPN's punching bag. The last couple of months with SAS were brutal
Because either Jay got dirt on him or he just doesn't waste time and calls him out on his bs
Jay was actually an elite College hooper and made it to the NBA before injuries derailed that. Regardless of obnoxious behavior to others, SAS always speaks to the actual Former Players with more respect.
@@dprestons0318 I heard Jay call Max a knucklehead on the show. Pretty disrespectful
Jay Will: Kyrie doesn't owe answers to himself lmao
I just want hay to shut up
Sounds exactly like kyries thought process 😂
He only answers to Kai
Your right about that!!!
He is right
You can’t call someone selfish and then say their heart is in the right place.
That's where it gets confusing. 🎯💯
He was saying because of his philanthropy his heart is in the right place. You can do that about one thing and be selfish about another. Acts can be selfish it doesnt mean the whole person is. Context matters. Kyrie is a good dude but can be selfish at times.
@@benitobreal Very fair. I don’t 100% agree.
Kyrie’s heart is in the right place. He’s just doing it in the wrong place lol
@@phengmoua2389 lol
This situation is unprecedented, but a healthy Kyrie missing games is like clockwork.
facts, also we’ve had this “unprecedented event” 2 years in a row now, and Kyrie was still finding some bs to not play ball.
Real talk
Kyrie is just anti. He has to go against the grain. His choice, this is precedented though
That's the thing, though. In addition to all the baggage, Kyrie Irving also misses a lot of games because he's not healthy.
This might be a blessing in disguise for kyrie
That cupboard so dry for Stephen A that they got Dan Orlovsky on basketball
Jay Will looks like he’s crying every time he talks
And deep inside... he is.
He is
Jay will be cryin bro
Dan is looking like he's just watching FT at this point lol
He's white.. haven't you noticed all the regulars now are black.
Dan probably watching preseason highlights out the corner of his eye trying to not flinch when he sees a highlight lol
🤥😪🥱
Jay Williams took his glasses off like he was ready to scrap with Stephen A Snuffleupagus
Why you changed your name
Jay look like he will give you that work. He may look corny but he still has hands
When did Steven A become a judge ?
Kyrie Irving is really smart, but he believes in tons of crazy conspiracy theories. He tweets stuff about world history that’s total b.s. like the Ancient Egyptians are Sub-Saharan Africans. (Egypt is in the Sahara Desert).
When did Kyrie become free from others having opinions about him?
People are free to make their own choices and people are free to have opinions about their choices.
Free speech, y’all are sensitive.
When did yall before Kirie Fan
@@colinreese what’s bs about that sir? Please explain?
@@kingjayrico3926 right ! Lmao
No wonder SAS wants to host Late Night. He checks all the boxes of a maniac.
That’s what got him here. People love his negativity cuz it sells. Kwame brown 😂
@kakashi 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Y’all lost it
Lol, smh.
He’s speaking facts tf y’all talking bout, tell me something that’s isn’t true of what he said? Ok then stfu
Breaking News: James Harden will refuse to wear a shirt and shoes to stand up for people who are required to wear shoes and a shirt to work
FUTURE MLK STANDING UP FOR HIS RIGHT TO BE SHIRTLESS
No shirt and shoes in a workplace is universally prohibited unless you are a lifeguard. No vaccination at a workplace has never been prohibited...until now. This is called "unprecedented"
@@thewonthatloss227 you know certain vaccines have been required for working in the public sphere since….idk ITS INCEPTION LMFAO y’all swear 😭
@@newsomethingtv5442 Can you tell us which vaccines you're referring to?
The measles and chicken pox vaccines weren't required/mandated if you previously had either of them, because your body had the antibodies.
@@ruebascu they are required. MMR, Polio and Chickenpox are required to go to school or to work with people. You do not hear it because majority of people get those when they are young. If you work with blood or metal, you are required to have also Hep A, Hep B and Tetanus vaccines. Vaccines are required everywhere.
I agree with SAS 100%. For the past couple of years every season it's something with this dude not to play, it's tiring man and it's cheating on the game and fans alike
Who pay you
Ask yourself this question, when did this all started, oh yeah from the time He didn't want to play with Lebron James anymore. 🤔
@@iknowaboutdrugs9521 is Kyrie paying you clown, some might say this dude been stealing from companies, there no excuse for him to skip work and go to birthday parties when you work 7 months out of a year. And just Typical for this guy to be out again for whatever the dam reason is. It should be a band to talk about this dude moving forward he’s no hero.
All he cares about is himself. I don't know how anyone can continue defending this dude. I agree with SAS. If it wasn't the vaccine, it would've been something else with Kyrie. He is screwing over the Nets and his teammates
But is it not because the media makes it news or makes it relevant, think about it 🤔
At this point SAS must got a crush on this man. Geezus
Lmao coming from the guy commenting on the video
@@jd-yo2is what does me commenting on a video has to do with anything idiot? I guess you’re a SASsexual foh
This is true kyrie has been not trying to play for the last 4 years
Kyrie is a deserter. A wanderer. A flaker. Needs to come up with an excuse to cut class. Responds with some deep philosophical answer when being a contrarian and being a smart philosopher is totally different.
Is Kyrie your friend? Or do you know him as a basketball player and that’s it?
Kyire is the type of dude to ask a teacher a question he already knows the answer to.
To feed his own ego.
Kyrie stay strong and continue to do what you believe in!!!!
Much Love N peace to everyone 100%
Thank You 👍🏾 Kyrie has every right. These losers just want him to comply with massa like they do.
Lies , prove it. I think you're just flirting
Continue to be selfish
@@Eddybih03
He's not being selfish.
@@keefdavis244 he is. The organization had a game plan and the team is being effected by kyrie not getting a vaccine
ESPN, just give Kyrie his own show.
Lol That’s what he wants
Nah
@@TheChrisLouis a
@Tim Miller....Then he Really will find reasons to NOT show up!
@@loststoryproductions Kyrie could NEVER handle a show of his own! Not mature enough.
“Kyrie Irving doesn’t owe answers to the nba or to himself…… ok, maybe himself” 😂😂😂😂
Y'all act like he don't want to play their not letting him play
If he had strong personal reasons for not wanting a vaccine I would understand, and agree, but since he's now come out as not actually being anti-vax that means that he's specifically chosen not to do the one thing that would let him play.
Kyrie will be like “Ultimately that was my decision”…
Lol they need to get Will Cain on here about this. I bet it would be hilarious
Will Cain will never appear on another liberal network ever again lmao he doesn’t fit in with the emotional manipulation this network seems to stand on to make money
@@newmoneygaming193 this is the perfect topic for him on their show lol like when they got super heated about KD not wanting to go to the white house
Why Stephen A trying to keep his cool when talking about another man's decision to not play basketball and not get paid cus he chooses not to get vaxxed ? You don't need to keep your cool about that. It should be a casual conversation without any anger or hatred. My Lord. This man is so emotional 😂😂
VERY emotional indeed.
🤣 facts
you're looking too deep into it
Stephen A is a hypocrite and it’s definitely about the vaccine 100% but it’s convenient for SAS to bring up the past
He might need to take some of your programs
Stephen A wanna tell Kyrie to "shut up and dribble" so bad. 😂
🤣🤣 facts
Nah bruh, you got it all wrong, SAS is for the product on the floor. We were suppose to have a wet dream matchup of Brooklyn all stars vs Lakers all stars nba finals. No time in history have teams been that stacked competed against each other. Now I think the nets will go out conference finals if not 2nd round depending on hardens disappearance.
@@2019_NBA_CHAMPS Exactly.
Karl-Anthony Towns lost 6 relatives including his mother to covid, and Kyrie is telling us to respect his decision, respect his body, respect his privacy, and that he cares too much about the world. Uh, okay.
Yep. This is all about his batshit beliefs, and nothing more.
I always wonder what KAT thinks about all this Kyrie stuff... or about the other players in other locker rooms that subscribe to these wild conspiracy theories about the virus and about the vaxx.
If I was KAT I'd have a hard time not laying some of these guys out when we faced on the court.
jwill is so spot on, and he is vaxxed. it’s funny how a couple years ago you wanted these guys to be more than athletes. but now to fit your agenda you want him to shut up and get vaxxed to dribble. bringing up past stuff that doesn’t even compare to the pandemic we’re in. he is a man first, basketball ain’t forever. kyrie gonna make 17 mill even if he don’t play at all this season. everyone worried about this mans beliefs and pockets, he is completely understanding of what his choices bring. stay strong kyrie 💪🏿
💯💯 just like our frontline health care workers
It’s funny how SAS talks for eight minutes uninterrupted then interrupts everyone else. Lol.
It's his show
kyrie literally causes problems with every team he joins. The common denominator is HIM
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It would be so funny after all said and done it's not all his fault like how y'all are being told right now smh 🤦🏿
Causing problems? This is way more important than the "Brooklyn Nets." A corporate entity that cant feel, love, or care about any human being. As far as his teammates, theyre all smart enough to see whats going on, and if they think him making a decision thats bigger than basketball makes him a problem, then theyre just puppets
@@andremorris4305 It aint all his fault but it would be asanine to say the dude isn't causing problems
Jay Williams was about to slap Screamin A Smith through the camera.
Why Jay take his glasses off? He can't possibly see him better without it.
To intimidate screaming a
He wanted to fight Mr. Snuffleupagus
I’m just getting tired of hearing Stephen A say Kyrie’s name
Im just getting tired of hearing stephen A man should find another job
Stephen a lost my respect
Shout out to Jay Will for being real and not just reading a script like he was doing yesterday
He sounded real dumb. Should have stuck to the script.
@@snoopers360 he sounds dumb for speaking the truth?
@@abethebae6018 loll you got it
Kyrie is trolling everyone lmao
He’s trolling himself cause it’s his pockets that’s taking the hit.
@@SoIcyDan704 i doubt he cares, he is rich
He's making every pawns mad and exposing them
Klay got paid for not playing for two seasons. That is so wrong. League needs to get stricter. Give insurance to owners. They should ban Kyrie from ever playing another NBA game again until he follows the rules.
Everyone talking trash about Stephen A yet y'all here just to hear what he has to say 🤣🤦
Thank you Jay and Dan for saving this segment 🙏🏽
First Take: We need one of you to take the opposite view, anyone?
Jay:...OK...
Most valid Dan has ever been
Why is Stephen A so obsessed and passionate about how often Kyrie plays? You're not paying him, why is this the hill Stephen A decides to die on?
Because he wants to see him play the game he loves
Yeah, why do sports analysts analyze athletes? So weird…
I don’t like Stephen A at all… but this is sort of his job. You guys just love to complain about anything
Because he bet all his money on the nets and been riding them since last year
If we keep it strictly business, no employer would keep an employee that is doing what Kyrie is doing
Kyrie is keeping the lights on for both ESPN and FS1 right now. They literally have nothing else to push outside of dividing the masses over Kyrie Irving 😒
They're also using Jon Gruden to push the woke agenda.
Jay is right here. Kyrie made a personal decision that he thought was best for himself. Stephen A vilifies him for his decision because it takes away from basketball. I thought some things were bigger than basketball?
If it’s bigger, then just retire. Can’t have his cake and eat it too.
@FPS Larry III why not? just bc you don’t eat your cake, he can’t eat his ?
Nah Jay is wrong here and Stephen A is right.Kyrie is a selfish person because he's putting himself above his team.
The Nets are trying to win a championship and Kyrie always have something going on to prevent it.
Kyrie has done good things like giving WNBA money, helping communities etc. But when it comes to Vaccination, he's selfish. Its Just one shot, its not gonna kill you.
He wanna talk about ppl losing their jobs but what about ppl losing their lives to the virus?
Last time I checked, the majority of ppl in the Hospital are those who don't have a Vaccine. It may not be 100 percent effective but its better than nothing.
Chris Paul had Covid even though he was vaccinated but he was fine the next two weeks, I would doubt CP3 would get it again. But if Kyrie gets Covid, he may or may not be fine. And I don't want that for him or anybody!
Happy Birthday SAS!🎉🎊🏀🏈⚾
Milwaukee and Philidelphia love this man Kyrie so much 🤣🔥😍
Lmao
The entire Eastern Conference wants this saga to drag on and on. Its a distraction
Boston and Cleveland loves him soooo much more XD
No. They want Kyrie to be out for the season 🤣🤣🤣
@@phengmoua2389 of course they do😆 that's why they're cheering 📣 😂😆😈
Most players who are INJURED receive paid vacations. They're already overpaid and spoiled. So become stricter. Kawhi will make $16M (after taxes) playing 1 on 1 with his personal trainer. What a life of luxury.
people act like their doing us a favor by playing
Just stop it. Your takes are jealous, racist, "shut up and dribble" trash
@@blackmist1981 explain how anything he said is even remotely racist you sheep
If they generate billions... shouldnt they at least earn millions? You want the billionaire owners to get all the money? Why?
I love this version of first take.... jay will going at him
Leave Jay on the screeeeen!
Jay Williams was the only with common sense on this panel SAS and Molly are 🐑🐑🐑
Kyrie Irving is that person at work that goes on PTO at the worst time when the team/department is struggling, or when there's a new project starting that requires people to pitch in.
Yea but life doesn't revolve around that job, some things are far more important lol the team can replace him if they have issues. since no one is irreplaceable.
@@Ethan_to1 but they can’t replace him. KD has to allow it. So $30 mill a year to seat on the sidelines?
We are aware of Kyrie's generosity and charitable endeavors. His heart is in the right place but not always his mind. His mind is a mouse running around in a maze. A young man with a heart of gold but is high on LSD.
Were you high off LSD when you wrote this mastahpiece?
@@realessayog6947 agreed, dude is tripping. Writing the bs with no context. Bottom line, if kyrie don't want the vaccine he dont have to take it and that's his business.
@@TheUndefeatedOfTheEast this dudes a idiot he tried to sound smart but he going based off assumptions and what other people are saying
Hes def going through something. Just hope he doesnt do something he'll regret in 20 years
@@dankestranch8738 already has
Dan orlovsky is really given it to us here...
Sas always builds up a persons resume just to back hand them right after... lol
He HAS to say that cuz dumbdumbs wanna accuse everybody of being a "hater" lol. God forbid anybody should get some criticism
They must be paying Stephan A extra to keep being so over dramatic about Kyrie!Okay we got your opinion now move on
“He does not deserve to be excoriated or vilified for his character as a human being” yet every day on your platforms you talk about him in a negative way “vilifying” him not only towards your co hosts but towards the NBA and to the average everyday listener. 🤦🏾♂️sad man bless up Kyrie give him his flowers while he’s here.
they're attacking his decision making, not him overall as a person
@Jamal C you're not making any sense. Or you didn't hear what was said. Or you missed "for his character as a human being"
Or you didn't pay attention to SAS heap praise on him for his heart being in the right place & all his philanthropy, yadda yadda yadda.
Fact is there are things to be critical of when it comes to the choices he's making. Those choices carry potential consequences. He'll be accountable for how the situation develops. That's what's being talked about. You can whine and try to cast Kyrie as a victim all you want. That's not the reality of the situation🤷🏿♂️
@@petrusedwardjr.2598 EXACTLY
Dan take was pretty good on this segment he’s always covering football related topics I wonder will espn hire him long term
SAS is right here. 1000% correct and on point.
SAS has a side chick in Jersey he trying to see during the playoffs
Something tells me that Jay is in touch with real people away from ESPN and is capable of understanding where they are coming from. Maybe I am wrong, but he comes across as one guy who is at least willing to understand. To be clear, he is not pushing anything. He is in touch with things that SAS is not.
lmfao stop it kd had a beef with him a few months ago get real dude
…. And Kyrie is out of touch with reality
@@majora919 True, he did botch that KD thing. But on the issue, he seems more in touch to me
Look at Stephen A’s face at the beginning
People making this much more complicated than it needs to be. Rules have been set, fair or unfair. You either make sacrifices for your team and their cause or you think of you or your cause first. Everyone has made a choice on your team, now you make yours and live with it.
The happiest person right now.. you ask??? Ben Simmons! the spotlight has now shifted to KI
Kyrie: Writes his own song!!
🎶Back To Life! Back to my PRIVACY!
🎶Back to Life! Please keep my PRIVACY!
🎶Back to the Secret Life! Show me how, you decide to keep your PRIVACY!
🎶Tell me, how could I keep my life PRIVATE?!!🤣😂🤣😂🤣
😀 Awesome
We don't matter. We just pay the people that pay the people who say we don't matter.
You better bow down J-Will! Before Stephen A gets you out of there!! lol
Stephen a is really a different breed. Jay will is the only one speaking facts ✊🏾❤️
Kyrie has problems interacting with people. LeBron yelled at him on the bench and there is a gif for it. Rozier basically threw shade at Kyrie. Things like that irk Kyrie that he finds an excuse to desert them all.
Thank you Jay Will!!! 💪🏾
Clown Do you even know they both went to Duke
Stephen A has a different approach to John Gruden
I mean why should he rush into a decision just cause he not hooping in your timeline. Who cares.
JW, I see you on the edge and I feel you doing your best to fight the good fight for Kyrie.
This is not the hill to die on. 96% of the league realizes that
@@snoopers360 who says? Only Kyrie will know. Peer pressure doesn’t justify breaking personal convictions. He’s the one who has to live with it. As well as the other 4%.
@@EddieVPena says the vaccinated 96% of the league. Catch up boy
@@snoopers360 ok “Pac-Man”
SAS "It would not surprise me if Kyrie is doing this just to get time off." That is totally unfair. It is almost gaslighting. Why can't the man simply have a different opinion ? It has to be everything, but the fact that Kyrie really does not feel comfortable. Why is this so hard to accept?
It is legit question. He has took personal time off before for BS reasons.
Stephen A is funny with the camera directions, lol,
Stephen A is infatuated with Kyrie Pause ⏸️
Kyrie is most certainly not a victim in this situation. He made a choice. Let's move on.
His body his choice ..no government should Make decisions on our bodys
It doesn't work that way in the "everybody gotta have opinion" era.
Let's Go Brandon
Jay took em off like he ready 👊🏾🤜🏾
Did jay williams get a call from kd🤣🤣🤣🤣 ....
Stephen a is lame to me now used to be a big fan but ever since the max kellerman thing he said yeah can’t rock with him
J Will keep it 💯
DAN: THINKING ABOUT CARSON WENTZ'S
Jay took off his glasses. Lmao...
Keep shucking and jiving Stephen A
This show without max ain’t the same
Stephen A be pocket watching like he’s broke 😭😭
What's getting in the way of Kyrie's ball playing is this obvious controlled society.
He's controlled
@@carlossosa1359 If he was controlled he would have got the Vax shouldn't believe everything in the media...thats why it's called tv PROGRAM
Thank you SA. For 36million he owes the Nets.
He don’t owe the nets nothing.
@@keithjohnson7967 so how do you figure that.
@@SkepticalBrother he signed pre-pandemic; basketball is a sport for entertainment. If he decides not to get it that's his personal choice; has nothing to do with YOUR personal opinion or anyone else.
@@talentedmrflowers there are these things called contracts.
@@SkepticalBrother his contract didnt cover a global pandemic situation when he signed it man
Espn still cant leave kyrie alone. They need better reporters.
Facts they do
Another reason why I miss the old NBA.they had thoroughbreds
In the mud
lol ok Carlton
I'm with S.A.S on this one Kyrie doesn't wanna hoop, there's always something with this dude and it's stands in the way of him hooping 😒
It is. Today its the vaccine. Years ago it was LeBron. 🤦
Stephen A: PUT JAY ON THE SCREEN I WANT TO SEE HIM
Jay: shuts him down in 30 seconds
Stephan A: looks down and away
"Or himself" 😂😂😂😂
How can you keep ignoring the fact that it’s not in our control what goes in our bodies
Dan is just like 🧐 this whole take lol and honestly I think Kyrie just doesn’t wanna be the 3rd wheel so he’s not playing
Sas talk too much
*Him not balling this time is a super major reason not to ball than any other time 😒 🙄*
Jay Will: all that politicking ain’t gone get you in back the NBA fam…
When you're dead, you are voiceless. That's who he is standing up for. Then he said he isn't retiring. Do you think the league wants you back, bruh? You are not MJ or LeBron. You are not even the 2nd best player on your team.
Lmao