Yes I agree with SAS. Kyrie is his own person. Ppl are just mad that they don't know what he's thinking. Ppl get mad when they have no control over things. That's just how ppl are. For example, although SAS asked Kyrie if he spoke to Kobe, Kryie didn't LIE. Will was just mad because Kyrie's attitude triggered him or maybe cuz his 'Boys lost to my Broncos (lol jkjk). He said its unfair to bring Kobe into this. Maybe Kyrie is thinking they'll try and get answers from Kobe when Kyrie knows no one knows his true motive but HIMSELF so he's saving them time and energy confronting Kobe. Even if they did confront Kobe, Kobe's only gonna tell you what he himself thinks so what's the point. Thats just my opinion cuz idk Kyrie's real motive. None of us do.
Stephen A: "Kyrie what's your favorite color?" Kyrie: "Well from my standpoint, it's not quite possible to have an actual favorite, due to the many varieties & unknowns amongst the color spectrum, but as a man with the will to make his own decision, my ego has been thrown away which leads me to the conclusion that it doesn't truly matter in my eyes"
Chauntrell Wright yeah but Stephen a. Used a woman as an example. Plus LeBron is many things but i doubt hes a cheater. Molly is just a typical air head fine looking bitch haha
Mello Wyatt Tbh bruh she starting to make me sick. He interrupts more and more often. She shoulda asked for a job as an ANALYST, not a MODERATOR if she gonna talk this much
Siah Cari wasn't nearly this bad. Not even close. At least Cari would shut the fuck up for the most part. Molly just keeps talking and talking and talking.
Eh, Cari's trying too hard to be the Oprah of ESPN, though. She's honestly not much better. Her pairing with David Lloyd the worst thing to happen to SportsCenter (well, except maybe when they hired unbearable Sage Steele for the mornings). Quite honestly, I wish Cassidy Hubbarth was used more on ESPN. I like her.
Johnny King well athletes have been beefing over woman for decades.... Steve Nash and J Rich, Tony Parker and Barry, J Kidd and Jim Jackson so its not that uncommon
Tha Ruthless 1_ AZF, Lebron is a married man and Kyrie is single. How the fuck would they be beefing over a bitch? I mean, come the fuck on. That's just common sense.
Johnny King there were stories about Kyrie being played by women so maybe Lebron brought it up, not impossible... Same as Tristan and Chloe when there was reports of Lebron not liking that Tristan was with her. Here's the Kyrie story --> www.elitedaily.com/sports/kyrie-irving-partynextdoor-kehlani-cheating/1437387 And Steven A just explained about women being part in these scandals before Molly asked so why was it stupid of Molly going that path? Because she was a women and thought that women might have been the problem after Steven A clearly explained that before she asked and that makes Molly stupid? It was a legit question! Ernie Johnson is a moderator and talks way more then Molly is he not allowed? Oh but he's a guy, right I get it...! Let her speak, I'm also a man a don't care at all if she has points that she wants to make? I don't have to agree with her but saying stay in yo lane because she a women who talks sports and has a voice is disgusting in 2017! It's just as if a white man told a black man stay in yo lane when talking about economics! Because their race is usually poorer! Disgusting...
Deenijel Lebron is a grown man with three kids and a wife. They not beefing over a female. And Stephen A. Smith was just talking about players doing whatever possible to get in another players head during a game. It just so happen it was about a female. He was saying this situation was the same. C'mon dude.
Johnny King there were reports about Lebron going after Khloe aswell he didn't like Tristan being with her! Are the rumours true? I don't think so but why was it wrong for Molly to question that? It was legit and you know it! Because Kyrie did have problems with women and that can disrupt his game! Are they not human? And Lebron has had rumours about disliking somebodys girlfriend before so her questioning if it was about a women was 100% legit especially after Steven A told that story before she even asked! It's not about me and you not believing that a women is the case it's about people going mental because she asked a legit question! Again if Ernie Johnson asked that question instead of Molly nobody would even react but because she has tits all hell break lose...
Of course he will defend Kyrie, cause that's how he's able to pull off interviews like the one we are talking about. SAS is all about business, couldn't agree more.
Riddler2004 EXACTLY! Stephen A is just picking his battles with this one which is wack. I am a Kyrie fan on the court, but that was a very passive aggressive interview and passive aggressive people are the worst. Be honest, if you don't want to play with Bron just say it. If you want to show you can score 30 a game, just say it.
None of those clowns were right. Kyrie answered their questions. What were they expecting, him to flat out fuck up his business business and image by saying fuck LBJ and giving the media what they want and not what's necessarily true? Come on now.
Kamoshun the thing is... he answered the questions... just cause he didn’t answer like mfs wanted him too everybody got mad... Mfs wanted drama and Kyrie ain’t no mamas boy... he was raised by a man... he don’t feed off in gossip
Elijah Obasanya I watched this interview again two years later and now that am older it makes sense, he was tired of the Lebron bs in the locker room the bench the media hype , Lebron circle and all that ooh his funs too. Actually SAS and Skip said it better
Kyrie is my guy and I respect his decision but there was no point for that interview, he didn't answer anything. Stephen A is my guy but is gonna defend Kyrie because he has all these relationships in the NBA.
Radius Jordan he did, he just didn't answer the things that would generate headlines. Most of the interview was about LeBron and trying to create a story
How do people keep saying he didn't answer anything. He said there's no beef with lebron and that he didn't leave because of lebron. How dumb are people? My goodness.
+The Avatar I mean somebody tried to make him look an ass on tv I think he should tell it how it is (like Kyrie should've) and stop being nice... go off like you always do Stephen A.
Max has been incredibly disrespectful of Kyrie Irving and I sure had no problems with the way Kyrie answered him. I think he even restrained himself. Why would you repeatedly go on air and say a guy is stupid? And then you expect him to respect you?
Lol kyrie asked to come on the show. If he had a problem with max he should of been man enough to confront him about it to his face. Instead he was a passive aggressive little b***h
And people don't realize that the interview was a calculated move by Kyrie! He came on, gave them the answers he wanted to give them, and left them to fight over those answers like children! Game, set, and match to Kyrie!
Hubert Eze - to explain it his way and put out the underlying reasons in his mind that don't involve behind the scenes problems or drama, pretty obvious really. There were reasons that came from behind the scenes issues which even in answers were alluded to just no details which I respect and beyond that was personal thoughts of why he wanted to and is happy with the move. Explaining his side of why he wanted to move makes sense why he came on, no reason to give everyone more tmz type reality tv drama with it.
He crying cause he was condescending to max, but Max DISRESPECTED this man plenty of times since it was announced he wanted to leave..... cry me a river.
I caught that too. The rest of the segment Max was saying how Kyrie was pretending to be smart and shit lmao. Dude was emotionally distressed from Kyrie clowning him yesterday.
str8duval It's ok to have an opinion but to slander kyrie like that all summer every topic involving Lebron & kyrie involved max calling him a chump to none compared to Lebron he act as if Lebron the only one that stepped up and win the championship when we all know kyrie was the one that sealed clevelands fate with that cold dagger 3 right in front of curry's face and it's the same cold dagger 3 Kd hit over Lebron during these finals
With all do respect it's really no one's else business as to why a man makes decision for his happiness. He left because he wanted to leave. End of story.
Buddha 3g Finally, an intelligent vlog. Budda, you and S know the real deal. It's not our business. As long as they ball out on the court I'm good with it. It's aways best to avoid war with the most powerful man in basketball.
Buddha 3g that's not good enough for today's society. They want to know who your sexing & they want to see the sex tape. They want to watch as your life falls apart. If there was a show on TV that showed some people convincing others to commit suicide on camera,,, it would be The number one show because,,, you guessed it. Yes! Because people are stupid.
I agree with Steven A but the only thing is didn't he willingly come on the show to do an interview. I see if this was the beginning of the season and reporters asked him questions but you did this to yourself to clean up your image.
Journalists don't want to do their jobs reading in-between the lines? It;s just that easy, the players will just straight tell you the answer? That's too easy lol
These two idiots arguing against SAS are hard to even listen to. It seems that they don’t even want to reach a point, they just want to down talk Kyrie for not sharing his personal thoughts and feelings on the subject. Wow. Very embarrassing professionals
And people keep saying "Why doesn't Kyrie just say what we WANT HIM TO SAY?" Uhhh. . .because he's a businessman, and issuing a statement like that would mess with his business? Also because he's a grown man who has his circle of friends, and that circle doesn't include y'all? And look at the the way he's made the First Take crew fumble over themselves and cry like babies today! I love it! He attacked the pseudo-intellectuals with intellect and came out a winner! Who wouda thunk it?!
Mason Jackson No one said he had to answer questions. The issue is that before an interview they send you a list of questions that they will ask. If you don't want to answer the questions on the list you can have your representative send a list of what you are willing to answer. To get all the way to the interview and not be willing to give answers to any of the questions is completely out of bounds. Just decline the damn interview. Even Westbrook gives straight answers in interviews that he signs up for. He only says BS when it's a mandatory interview after or before a game. He wasted ESPN's time and only made himself look even dumber than he already looks believing that the earth is flat.
And we'll all be laughing when he loses in the playoffs against the Cavs. But that's not Kyrie's real goal anyway, to yknow, win rings at this point in his career, just to always have the ball, so he probably wont be upset that much either.
ty . i dnt see how ppl so slow and dont see or hear tht he answered everything. max molly n will pissed like he wasted time but he actually told u what u wanted to know but they just didnt listen. his answers werent straight foward which is what they were looking for but he still answered and gave u wat u asked for
I was perfectly fine with Kyrie's interview. I think we've become a little too familiar with the non-thinking athlete that when we now encounter an athlete who's capable of reasoning for himself and doesn't offer the patented responses we expect, we tend to write them off as being standoffish. Kyrie, without being apologetic, essentially said he's going to Boston because he wanted the change, he wanted to grow, and wanted the challenge. The media guys weren't having it...there must be a rift with Lebron or he's is no longer interested in winning, they insisted. I mean the dude just told you he did this for his own growth, and you're spinning it right in front of him to establish a different narrative. Of course, he rebuffed the notion and was irritated by your insistence.
would you care about your employees feelings if you felt more comfortable at another job? people that say what you just said are selfish because they feel as if they deserve someone's purpose...bitch bye
SAS seems like he's too close to the situation and didn't want to expose the truth. Will had him back peddling, talking fast and stuttering. He has came at people like KD far worse for far less. He seems compromised. I usually never agree with Will but Kyrie almost seemed like that asshole kid in school who thinks he's smarter than the teacher and answers every question with a question. Or gives some smartass answer with that stupid smirk on his face. He knew what Max was trying to say but goes, "huh, excuse me, I think there is a easier way to ask that question." What kind of condescending shit is that. Saying you don't know what a second banana? Come on man Kyrie you don't have to lie. He know exactly what it means that's why you was upset with Max. I would have rather him be upfront and harsh than try to be political.
Kyrie's a cornball and only cornballs feel that interview was conducted was handled well by Kyrie. Nothing worse than a passive-aggressive star in sports. There's an easier way to ask that question, but Kyrie always took the long and hard road to get to his answers. Absolute nonsense.
This show won't last this is nonsense to agree to someone not answering questions because he's an athlete. Don't suck up smith just to get a story. And stop disrespecting your co hosts by saying you're the only one on nba coverage with knowledge
Brande MIDGETT-CROSBY Finally; someone with a healthy insight on Steven A. He is arrogant, dismissive, and discourteous to his colleagues. He interrupts Molly constantly and is generally arrogant. I find Molly highly-rated and intelligent. She knows her facts and is insightful. Max is a boxing savant and if he treated SAS the way he's been treated, there would a fight. Love Max and Molly.
ThumpDr Molly's not all that sharp, personally. I mean, really? Did she just ask if the beef between Kyrie and LeBron was a woman? That wasn't even the takeaway from Stephen A's example (one of two he used). I find Molly's interruptions to be quite unbearable sometimes, personally. Especially towards Max. The way she interrupted Max that one time, when the topic was on college drinking and campus rape, for instance, showed me everything about her. She didn't let Max finish stating his full point, and jumped the gun and called him out, when his point wasn't even what she assumed it was. She turned an already delicate topic and Max's careful-thought moment into a very southward feeling in the show. She totally threw him off, and he even expected Molly to interrupt him. That was one of the worst moments First Take ever had. And, yes, Stephen A is pretty pompous. But, sometimes, when he's right, he's dead-right. He's a large part of the dynamic to the show that helps to set it apart from all imitators. By the way, if the show was Max and Molly, that'd be _horrible_. I think Molly's ruder to Max than to Stephen A. She can talk some football, for sure, but when it comes to other sports, she's not nearly as vocal as Stephen A. and Max can be about them. For instance, it's pretty obvious she knows next to nothing about boxing.
Would of been better if they just didn't have kyrie on the show everyone knows he wasn't going to say shit. You can tell by just watching his press conference for the celtics. Kyrie was trying to act all intellectual when he thinks the world is flat. He really just wanted to go on the show to disrespect Max even tho Max is right about what he says about kyrie.
Vegasnightz shut the fuck up... you sound stupid just like the rest of these white folks... y’all always thinks y’all entitled to shit... he answered all them questions but not how y’all wanted him to
Athletes are taught to be vague, primarily because if they aren't vague they end up with out of context comments defining their career, sort of like Iverson and the whole "Practice" comment. That said, it's very clear from a basketball perspective why Kyrie left: LeBron is not the best player to play with if you're a superstar.
Molly:"So is it about a woman" No bitch it's about Lebron😂😂 I fw molly though all y'all bashing her I think she adds another element to the show and she always keep it 100
I stand with Stephen a on this. Kyrie as a man told everybody who felt like he owed LeBron his career that i don't have to speak to lebron to deliberate my own decisions as a man. Which has been the story for kyrie for quite some time. Over the last couple years people have bewn disrespecting kyrie and asking him dumb stuff like is lebron a good father figure. On top of that after next year cleveland is gonna be in the toilet. I doubt LeBron is telling anyone in three locker room whether or not hes staying next year. He said as a man he didnt and why should he and nobody gave him a strong reason why he should've. And now everybodys upset because he didnt let you in on the personal stuff. Now everybody feelings is hurt and acting like Molly.
It's okay for Max to be condescending and call Kyrie stupid, but if a player isn't this perfect robot who answers how you want them to, it's not okay? Now I see why players hate the media. Can't believe this is an actual job.
I finally see a response i'm 100% in agreement with. You can call him second banana and that's ok but when he doesn't answer question he's being disrepectful to you doing your job.SMH
I guess he has to say he hates lebron for his answers to be honest. He has to say what you believe for it to be honest. God forbid he might have just left the cavs because he wasn't happy and it didn't necessarily have everything to do with lebron. God forbid he might actually have wanted to play for a different organization and coach where he can be more of a point guard. No, it must all be a lie! It must have been about lebron. What a liar!
I am curious as to what Max was about to say as the video ended, does anyone know where I could find more video to hear Max's opinion on why Kyrie wanted to do the interview?
Will cain smoking something while watching the interview? Kyrie saying "why bring a retired person into it," and saying "i spoke to him" aren't contradictory. It's not like he said "No I didn't speak to him," "Yes, I spoke to him."
Bottom line: Kyrie didn't want to play with LeBron because of 2 reasons: 1. Kyrie's ego, meaning him not wanting to be "Robin".6 years in the league, the first 3 he didn't know how to "win", the last 3 was him getting an education from LeBron in winning with knowing that he is capable of being the best player in the league. 2. The uncertainty of LeBron's future with the Cavs. Everyone knows LeBron has a little issue with being loyal to a Franchise. Let's say Kyrie signed a 5 year deal with Cleveland this season and LeBron still left in the summer of 2018, Kyrie would have been left in a situation he would not have asked for. I think it was the right time for Kyrie to leave, especially with all of the unknown that's out there.
Also because Lebron runs EVERYTHING and can be overbearing and dramatic. He dominates the ball for most of the game and pushed the GM to give out very poor contracts to people he liked. I don't blame Kyrie at all for this, but I do think he could've handled it better.
Everyone who knows basketball and understands egos and playing with Lebron knows why Kyrie left. We wanted(needed) to hear it from Kyrie. And not in a series of convoluted statements. To hear utter nonsense, first in the press conference and then at First Take, was just disappointing.
Black Bull Oh I agree completely. I know his press agent told him, better yet coached him on being politically correct when answering direct questions concerning his Cleveland departure but I still think he should've been 85% honest and forthcoming vs being 100% passive and vague.
A m a r Singg LeBron runs everything for Cleveland and that's not a bad thing for players like JR, Love, Frye, Korver, or even Tristan who can either catch and shoot or do the dirty work but players like Kyrie, who feels they are an Alpha male also..he doesn't want to play 2nd fiddle to LeBron or anybody. I wouldn't have mind him saying something close to that on First Take instead of shuckin and jivin....
kyrie spoke by dodging and reflecting questions. he didn't answer properly and he lost it and got mad at max. not going to lie i used to love kyrie but lost some respect for him.... he should have informed his team mates he was leaving
Kyrie basically trolled them while indeed answering all their questions. He knew who he was dealing with and responded in ways that told you his answer if you read between the lines. You could tell just from his smirks and mannerisms at times that he wasn't sweating them and it made them salty. SAS knew the deal and just did him. Will and Max played into his hands, are salty about it, and went into rants about a dude who proved during the interview that he could care less.
People like Will Cain are hypocrites. It's not the fact that Kyrie's dodging questions, but the questions that are being asked are designed to rile him up and get him to say something negative. Like Stephen A opens up with the question, "Why didn't you tell the best player in the world you were leaving?" Are you serious? LeBron ain't his damn dad. And then they're trying to get him to admit he has an ego and wants to have "his own" team. Of course he wouldn't admit to that because that'll make him look incredibly selfish. And that's why athletes hate journalists. They don't really care to talk about what the athletes want to talk about. They're just worried about ratings. With that being said, get rid of Molly.
Kyrie wants to be a star have MVPs and final MVPs so I can't blame him. But at his young age and 2 years on his contract he would have been better off getting 2 more titles. And then win 2 or 3 on his own. Just like Kobe did.
At the end of the day the NBA is a fraternity of brothers feeding their families and creating better lives for the people they surround themselves with. Even if they don’t like each other they have a responsibility to each other and their namesake to never intentionally drag each other through the mud. To some they are just basketball players. To people all over the world they are leaders and must conduct themselves as such. To see media outlets trying to tarnish their brand is disgusting. Why aren’t they doing the same with the stock and banking industry? Why don’t they do it to corporations that play dirty? Because it would hurt their advertising revenue. So they think that doesn’t apply to a single individual’s brand? The double standards in America are endless.
For those who are not pro athletes or athletes at any level will not understand .."what happens in the locker room" stays in the locker room. The last thing you do is bring that incident "in full context" to the media. The conversation will always be vague and "read between the lines conversation".To Molly, who just doesn't get it...Yes, Kyrie "ASKED TO COME ON!!" which in turn gives him the RIGHT to answer any question the way he see's fit, Molly. Molly needs to be removed as a narrator.
#1 I was so thrilled to see Kyrie step up and ask to come on ESPN to talk. #2 I love this show! #3 Stephen A. is TOTALLY correct when he is just saying Kyrie didn't come on the show to "Throw Mud" on other players, but wanted to say, in the nicest, most professional way "I'm doing what's best for me". Will Cain wants him to be honest yet "Throw mud" at Lebron ? Get over it Will.
Jake Alexander Bryant why would you do an interview and not answer a single question? That entire thing was a complete waste of time and made him look weak as fuck
The kyrie situation started when lebron wanted him traded for Chris Paul behind his back. He ended up finding out about it and this is what happens, other factors like him wanting to have his own team and be the man just made his decision that much easier.
![[FULL] Kyrie Irving on leaving the Cavs, LeBron James and the Boston Celtics | First Take](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/oSQqsiOCIBw/mqdefault.jpg)
Do you agree with Stephen A. Smith?
ESPN why does he always say 'you don't know basketball' when clearly Max knows far more than him
ESPN yea I guess
yea
Not at all.
Yes I agree with SAS. Kyrie is his own person. Ppl are just mad that they don't know what he's thinking. Ppl get mad when they have no control over things. That's just how ppl are. For example, although SAS asked Kyrie if he spoke to Kobe, Kryie didn't LIE. Will was just mad because Kyrie's attitude triggered him or maybe cuz his 'Boys lost to my Broncos (lol jkjk). He said its unfair to bring Kobe into this. Maybe Kyrie is thinking they'll try and get answers from Kobe when Kyrie knows no one knows his true motive but HIMSELF so he's saving them time and energy confronting Kobe. Even if they did confront Kobe, Kobe's only gonna tell you what he himself thinks so what's the point. Thats just my opinion cuz idk Kyrie's real motive. None of us do.
Stephen A: "Kyrie what's your favorite color?"
Kyrie: "Well from my standpoint, it's not quite possible to have an actual favorite, due to the many varieties & unknowns amongst the color spectrum, but as a man with the will to make his own decision, my ego has been thrown away which leads me to the conclusion that it doesn't truly matter in my eyes"
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" I have to perfect my craft "
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"Is it about a woman?" LOL LeBron is married with kids why even spew something so stupid Molly needs to GO
Chauntrell Wright yeah but Stephen a. Used a woman as an example. Plus LeBron is many things but i doubt hes a cheater. Molly is just a typical air head fine looking bitch haha
Idk about you but Bron is the last person I would expect to cheat
X29488 exactly dude
X29488 kyrie girlfriend cheated on him doe
Molly needs to go!
Is it about a women Molly always looking for something
Right....get yo messy ass outta here Molly
Mello Wyatt Right lol
Mello Wyatt Tbh bruh she starting to make me sick. He interrupts more and more often. She shoulda asked for a job as an ANALYST, not a MODERATOR if she gonna talk this much
bitch move by her
did she think kyrie moved cuz of a woman ????? 🤔
Molly is fine as hell , but a terrible moderator
Young K yes like this bitch never shuts the fuck up
Young K U R AN IDIOT
I don't even think she is that fine but yeah, she's very annoying. Always butting in to say stuff that is most of the time either wrong or irrelevant.
How wtf
Hell is not fine. Heaven is fine
Why molly trying to act like she knows whats going on
No one on these shows knows what's going on. When these shows talk about boxing or combat sports it's embarrassing.
JP19 LMFAOOOO
Molly wtf?
Djordje Petrovic molly is a fucking idiot
Molly could learn a thing or two from Joy Taylor on moderating.
fuck FS1...
-insecure child
Couldn’t agree more. Joy is much better because she knows not to talk over the stars of the show. Get your own damn show if you want to talk.
"Was it over a woman?" Why would you ask that dumb ass question?!
Amen. STFU Molly
" is it about a woman? " BITCH IS THAT THE ONLY THING YOU HEARD? Damn I miss Cari
Moddie Cannon she a feminist
Cari...but yea bro I miss her too
Let's be honest here, Cari do the same shit.
Siah Cari wasn't nearly this bad. Not even close. At least Cari would shut the fuck up for the most part. Molly just keeps talking and talking and talking.
Eh, Cari's trying too hard to be the Oprah of ESPN, though. She's honestly not much better.
Her pairing with David Lloyd the worst thing to happen to SportsCenter (well, except maybe when they hired unbearable Sage Steele for the mornings).
Quite honestly, I wish Cassidy Hubbarth was used more on ESPN. I like her.
Molly needs to chill
xOneCinema hahaha "is it about a woman?" That made me laugh
Jalen rose isn't doing his job. She talks too fucking much
M.A. 2.0 jalen rose is a bitch nigga. He cant lock down that pussy
xOneCinema lmao it's about kehlani
LMAO bro I'm dying!!!
omg molly is so clueless sometimes lol
Lmao wth does Molly talk abt ? "Are you saying this is over a woman? " 😂😂😂😂😂 she will say anything and never make sense
they really need to get rid of molly!
Ash M Man, shut the hell up. You know good and goddamn well, you're going to watch anyway
Ash M BITCH SHUT THE FUCK UP AS IF U COULD DO ANY BETTER
Molly need to stay in her lane
Molly is an air head! "Is it about a woman " smh
Johnny King well athletes have been beefing over woman for decades.... Steve Nash and J Rich, Tony Parker and Barry, J Kidd and Jim Jackson so its not that uncommon
Tha Ruthless 1_ AZF, Lebron is a married man and Kyrie is single. How the fuck would they be beefing over a bitch? I mean, come the fuck on. That's just common sense.
Johnny King there were stories about Kyrie being played by women so maybe Lebron brought it up, not impossible... Same as Tristan and Chloe when there was reports of Lebron not liking that Tristan was with her. Here's the Kyrie story --> www.elitedaily.com/sports/kyrie-irving-partynextdoor-kehlani-cheating/1437387
And Steven A just explained about women being part in these scandals before Molly asked so why was it stupid of Molly going that path? Because she was a women and thought that women might have been the problem after Steven A clearly explained that before she asked and that makes Molly stupid? It was a legit question! Ernie Johnson is a moderator and talks way more then Molly is he not allowed? Oh but he's a guy, right I get it...! Let her speak, I'm also a man a don't care at all if she has points that she wants to make? I don't have to agree with her but saying stay in yo lane because she a women who talks sports and has a voice is disgusting in 2017! It's just as if a white man told a black man stay in yo lane when talking about economics! Because their race is usually poorer! Disgusting...
Deenijel Lebron is a grown man with three kids and a wife. They not beefing over a female. And Stephen A. Smith was just talking about players doing whatever possible to get in another players head during a game. It just so happen it was about a female. He was saying this situation was the same. C'mon dude.
Johnny King there were reports about Lebron going after Khloe aswell he didn't like Tristan being with her! Are the rumours true? I don't think so but why was it wrong for Molly to question that? It was legit and you know it! Because Kyrie did have problems with women and that can disrupt his game! Are they not human? And Lebron has had rumours about disliking somebodys girlfriend before so her questioning if it was about a women was 100% legit especially after Steven A told that story before she even asked!
It's not about me and you not believing that a women is the case it's about people going mental because she asked a legit question! Again if Ernie Johnson asked that question instead of Molly nobody would even react but because she has tits all hell break lose...
Of course SAS will defend Kyrie no answering interview. Because he scared they won't call his phone no more
yea SAS fake as fuck, he just wants to be friends with all the plays gtfoh
Of course he will defend Kyrie, cause that's how he's able to pull off interviews like the one we are talking about. SAS is all about business, couldn't agree more.
riddler2004 he won't be on again
Riddler2004 EXACTLY! Stephen A is just picking his battles with this one which is wack. I am a Kyrie fan on the court, but that was a very passive aggressive interview and passive aggressive people are the worst. Be honest, if you don't want to play with Bron just say it. If you want to show you can score 30 a game, just say it.
riddler2004
Yup
Molly smh.
Max was legit and i can't believe that am saying this, Will Cain was right on this segment!
Keshav Dwarka Max hates on Kyrie all the time
None of those clowns were right. Kyrie answered their questions.
What were they expecting, him to flat out fuck up his business business and image by saying fuck LBJ and giving the media what they want and not what's necessarily true? Come on now.
You can’t say the truth cause the media will kill him and it’d be a story for a month
He asked for an interview. Came to the interview, said nothing, in fancy ways.
Stephen A: I don't see a problem. Smh.
Kamoshun the thing is... he answered the questions... just cause he didn’t answer like mfs wanted him too everybody got mad... Mfs wanted drama and Kyrie ain’t no mamas boy... he was raised by a man... he don’t feed off in gossip
Stephen A is 100% correct
Elijah Obasanya I watched this interview again two years later and now that am older it makes sense, he was tired of the Lebron bs in the locker room the bench the media hype , Lebron circle and all that ooh his funs too. Actually SAS and Skip said it better
Kyrie is my guy and I respect his decision but there was no point for that interview, he didn't answer anything. Stephen A is my guy but is gonna defend Kyrie because he has all these relationships in the NBA.
Radius Jordan he did, he just didn't answer the things that would generate headlines. Most of the interview was about LeBron and trying to create a story
shit got a million views they did something right
How do people keep saying he didn't answer anything. He said there's no beef with lebron and that he didn't leave because of lebron. How dumb are people? My goodness.
Smileyfacedkiller people are looking for headlines that's all smh
1:59 - Molly: "Is it about a woman?"... Molly, are you even listening?! FFS!
Stephen A. how you gonna defend his answers when he basically came up there tryna be intellectual and make you and Max look dumb 😖
Ryuk The Shinigami Because he's not all in his feelings.
Kobe is an intellectual. He's trying to mimic Kobe.
+The Avatar I mean somebody tried to make him look an ass on tv I think he should tell it how it is (like Kyrie should've) and stop being nice... go off like you always do Stephen A.
u sound dumb shut up Kid
+Jordan The GOAT
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*Has absolutely no comeback*
*Is the girl just there for no reason?*
RetroR0bbie hahahaha
RetroR0bbie she's a moderator and she's bad at her job
RetroR0bbie just gorgeous
They just have to be really hot and know enough about sports to follow along
Yea it's like she just there for the introduction of a guest or topic. Then tries to contribute at points but fails miserably.
Molly needs to be replaced by the green chick from guardians of the galaxy
culo hunters Hmm we need to make this happen.
culo hunters she could be replaced by Groot and the commentary would be better.
I love Zoe ❤️😍
THANK YOU STEPHEN FOR CHECKING THEM!!!
Max has been incredibly disrespectful of Kyrie Irving and I sure had no problems with the way Kyrie answered him. I think he even restrained himself. Why would you repeatedly go on air and say a guy is stupid? And then you expect him to respect you?
dearshomy thank you..!
Lol kyrie asked to come on the show. If he had a problem with max he should of been man enough to confront him about it to his face. Instead he was a passive aggressive little b***h
I don’t understand why people think their entitled to an explanation
Lol the media acts so entitled. Why would Kyrie say something that doesnt benifit him just so you guys could know the truth?
Xc Williams then why come for the fucking interview
And people don't realize that the interview was a calculated move by Kyrie! He came on, gave them the answers he wanted to give them, and left them to fight over those answers like children! Game, set, and match to Kyrie!
Hubert Eze - to explain it his way and put out the underlying reasons in his mind that don't involve behind the scenes problems or drama, pretty obvious really. There were reasons that came from behind the scenes issues which even in answers were alluded to just no details which I respect and beyond that was personal thoughts of why he wanted to and is happy with the move. Explaining his side of why he wanted to move makes sense why he came on, no reason to give everyone more tmz type reality tv drama with it.
The Black Manga Critic he did not answer any question
It would be fun watching another ECF between Boston and Cleveland.
1:59 is the reason she shouldn't be on TV 😂☠️
i almost died laughing after molly asked if it was about a woman, like why? lol
for once i agree with will cain
"Is it about a woman?" Bruh. He went through that entire soliloquy and THAT'S what you got from it? GOH.
He crying cause he was condescending to max, but Max DISRESPECTED this man plenty of times since it was announced he wanted to leave..... cry me a river.
Brian K. Fact
Brian K. How so? He gave his honest opinion pertaining to basketball which many agree with .
He has an opinon true. but he also slandered him, which is not called for.
I caught that too. The rest of the segment Max was saying how Kyrie was pretending to be smart and shit lmao. Dude was emotionally distressed from Kyrie clowning him yesterday.
str8duval It's ok to have an opinion but to slander kyrie like that all summer every topic involving Lebron & kyrie involved max calling him a chump to none compared to Lebron he act as if Lebron the only one that stepped up and win the championship when we all know kyrie was the one that sealed clevelands fate with that cold dagger 3 right in front of curry's face and it's the same cold dagger 3 Kd hit over Lebron during these finals
With all do respect it's really no one's else business as to why a man makes decision for his happiness. He left because he wanted to leave. End of story.
Buddha 3g Very true. It would be nice if Kyrie the would've said that
Buddha 3g Finally, an intelligent vlog. Budda, you and S know the real deal. It's not our business. As long as they ball out on the court I'm good with it. It's aways best to avoid war with the most powerful man in basketball.
Buddha 3g that's not good enough for today's society. They want to know who your sexing & they want to see the sex tape. They want to watch as your life falls apart. If there was a show on TV that showed some people convincing others to commit suicide on camera,,, it would be The number one show because,,, you guessed it. Yes! Because people are stupid.
Son-of Black-King that I totally agree with.
Son-of Black-King You just topped it off smh. There's nothing left to say. You said it all!
Wait so it was ok for Kyrie to be condescending to Max your co host as long as his was not to you?
I agree with Steven A but the only thing is didn't he willingly come on the show to do an interview. I see if this was the beginning of the season and reporters asked him questions but you did this to yourself to clean up your image.
If Stephen A had any type of beef with Kyrie prior to that interview he would've tried to go off on this video. This man is a pure clown
Molly: "Is it about a woman?" lmao
Journalists don't want to do their jobs reading in-between the lines? It;s just that easy, the players will just straight tell you the answer? That's too easy lol
They all need to chill
Kyrie was a shark dealing with SAS & Max's bait! Will Cain getting mad that Kyrie didnt answer questions? 😂😂😂😎😈
Skeeter From Doug Lookin' Ass Nigga you have control over what you see & dont see.
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These two idiots arguing against SAS are hard to even listen to. It seems that they don’t even want to reach a point, they just want to down talk Kyrie for not sharing his personal thoughts and feelings on the subject. Wow. Very embarrassing professionals
"Is it about a woman?" - Yes, LeBron.
Molly is that mom that wants to get in with his 17 year olds conversation with his friends Lmaoo
Lol Kyrie making the media salty. Media deserves this trolling by Kyrie. I am sure he laughing at home watching yall today
You hated him last year LOL
And people keep saying "Why doesn't Kyrie just say what we WANT HIM TO SAY?" Uhhh. . .because he's a businessman, and issuing a statement like that would mess with his business? Also because he's a grown man who has his circle of friends, and that circle doesn't include y'all?
And look at the the way he's made the First Take crew fumble over themselves and cry like babies today! I love it! He attacked the pseudo-intellectuals with intellect and came out a winner! Who wouda thunk it?!
Celtics Nation shut the HELL UP
Mason Jackson
No one said he had to answer questions.
The issue is that before an interview they send you a list of questions that they will ask. If you don't want to answer the questions on the list you can have your representative send a list of what you are willing to answer.
To get all the way to the interview and not be willing to give answers to any of the questions is completely out of bounds. Just decline the damn interview.
Even Westbrook gives straight answers in interviews that he signs up for. He only says BS when it's a mandatory interview after or before a game.
He wasted ESPN's time and only made himself look even dumber than he already looks believing that the earth is flat.
And we'll all be laughing when he loses in the playoffs against the Cavs. But that's not Kyrie's real goal anyway, to yknow, win rings at this point in his career, just to always have the ball, so he probably wont be upset that much either.
Why did you cut off what Max had to say?!
Loll I told people he was dodging those questions yesterday left right up down an all around smh. ...
ty . i dnt see how ppl so slow and dont see or hear tht he answered everything. max molly n will pissed like he wasted time but he actually told u what u wanted to know but they just didnt listen. his answers werent straight foward which is what they were looking for but he still answered and gave u wat u asked for
Who cares why he left? Just leave the guy alone.
Fire molly
Kyrie's decision is principle-based, not personality-based.
I was perfectly fine with Kyrie's interview. I think we've become a little too familiar with the non-thinking athlete that when we now encounter an athlete who's capable of reasoning for himself and doesn't offer the patented responses we expect, we tend to write them off as being standoffish. Kyrie, without being apologetic, essentially said he's going to Boston because he wanted the change, he wanted to grow, and wanted the challenge. The media guys weren't having it...there must be a rift with Lebron or he's is no longer interested in winning, they insisted. I mean the dude just told you he did this for his own growth, and you're spinning it right in front of him to establish a different narrative. Of course, he rebuffed the notion and was irritated by your insistence.
bro he reasoned himself?
I agree
Max called him one dimensional without knowing what Lue wanted him to do that's why he fired on Max
Why is Will Cain mad?
Will trying to pin SAS vs Kyrie lol Im dying laughing
'Is it about a woman?' Lmao
SAS IS A GENIUS ‼️
Will Cain was right. Kyrie only cares when his feelings involved. He doesn't care about other people's feelings which shows his selfishness.
atlmuzikfanzinc kyrie doesn't care about your feeling 😌
atlmuzikfanzinc who gives a shit
atlmuzikfanzinc its his life ..who tf is Lebron..everybody needs to get off lebrons dick
would you care about your employees feelings if you felt more comfortable at another job? people that say what you just said are selfish because they feel as if they deserve someone's purpose...bitch bye
He said that you have to be selfish if you want to get what you want out of YOUR LIFE. What don't you get
Now this topic made you want to grab popcorn 🔥🔥🔥
SAS seems like he's too close to the situation and didn't want to expose the truth. Will had him back peddling, talking fast and stuttering. He has came at people like KD far worse for far less. He seems compromised. I usually never agree with Will but Kyrie almost seemed like that asshole kid in school who thinks he's smarter than the teacher and answers every question with a question. Or gives some smartass answer with that stupid smirk on his face. He knew what Max was trying to say but goes, "huh, excuse me, I think there is a easier way to ask that question." What kind of condescending shit is that. Saying you don't know what a second banana? Come on man Kyrie you don't have to lie. He know exactly what it means that's why you was upset with Max. I would have rather him be upfront and harsh than try to be political.
Kyrie's a cornball and only cornballs feel that interview was conducted was handled well by Kyrie. Nothing worse than a passive-aggressive star in sports. There's an easier way to ask that question, but Kyrie always took the long and hard road to get to his answers. Absolute nonsense.
Steven a smith was right about the FIRST thing he said. They aint got the credentials to cover the NBA!
This show won't last this is nonsense to agree to someone not answering questions because he's an athlete. Don't suck up smith just to get a story. And stop disrespecting your co hosts by saying you're the only one on nba coverage with knowledge
Brande MIDGETT-CROSBY Finally; someone with a healthy insight on Steven A. He is arrogant, dismissive, and discourteous to his colleagues. He interrupts Molly constantly and is generally arrogant. I find Molly highly-rated and intelligent. She knows her facts and is insightful. Max is a boxing savant and if he treated SAS the way he's been treated, there would a fight. Love Max and Molly.
"You guys haven't been covering the nba for 20 years like I have" what a douche. what if max on every boxing topic said some shit like that?
This shown been lasting for 6 years tf u talking about lol
ThumpDr Molly's not all that sharp, personally. I mean, really? Did she just ask if the beef between Kyrie and LeBron was a woman? That wasn't even the takeaway from Stephen A's example (one of two he used).
I find Molly's interruptions to be quite unbearable sometimes, personally. Especially towards Max.
The way she interrupted Max that one time, when the topic was on college drinking and campus rape, for instance, showed me everything about her. She didn't let Max finish stating his full point, and jumped the gun and called him out, when his point wasn't even what she assumed it was.
She turned an already delicate topic and Max's careful-thought moment into a very southward feeling in the show. She totally threw him off, and he even expected Molly to interrupt him. That was one of the worst moments First Take ever had.
And, yes, Stephen A is pretty pompous. But, sometimes, when he's right, he's dead-right. He's a large part of the dynamic to the show that helps to set it apart from all imitators.
By the way, if the show was Max and Molly, that'd be _horrible_. I think Molly's ruder to Max than to Stephen A. She can talk some football, for sure, but when it comes to other sports, she's not nearly as vocal as Stephen A. and Max can be about them. For instance, it's pretty obvious she knows next to nothing about boxing.
SAS was one of the reason Skip left to Fox, he has been unprepared, tardy before.
Max sitting there like.
Hey guys im still here....
Joy Taylor > Molly.
12InchesUnBuffed sooooo truueeeee
I love the good cop bad cop they playin lol
Would of been better if they just didn't have kyrie on the show everyone knows he wasn't going to say shit. You can tell by just watching his press conference for the celtics. Kyrie was trying to act all intellectual when he thinks the world is flat. He really just wanted to go on the show to disrespect Max even tho Max is right about what he says about kyrie.
Vegasnightz shut the fuck up... you sound stupid just like the rest of these white folks... y’all always thinks y’all entitled to shit... he answered all them questions but not how y’all wanted him to
Athletes are taught to be vague, primarily because if they aren't vague they end up with out of context comments defining their career, sort of like Iverson and the whole "Practice" comment. That said, it's very clear from a basketball perspective why Kyrie left: LeBron is not the best player to play with if you're a superstar.
Did she say is it about a women really
Amen SAS!
Molly:"So is it about a woman"
No bitch it's about Lebron😂😂
I fw molly though all y'all bashing her I think she adds another element to the show and she always keep it 100
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Kanny Mytil Uh oh we got a feminist in the comments 💀
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keeping it 100 by thinking its about a woman? idiotic.
Molly stupid, hot
Stephen A got it right.
Max & Will kept it real.
Stephen A kept it realistic.
That man is butt hurt😂😂😂
I stand with Stephen a on this. Kyrie as a man told everybody who felt like he owed LeBron his career that i don't have to speak to lebron to deliberate my own decisions as a man. Which has been the story for kyrie for quite some time. Over the last couple years people have bewn disrespecting kyrie and asking him dumb stuff like is lebron a good father figure. On top of that after next year cleveland is gonna be in the toilet. I doubt LeBron is telling anyone in three locker room whether or not hes staying next year. He said as a man he didnt and why should he and nobody gave him a strong reason why he should've. And now everybodys upset because he didnt let you in on the personal stuff. Now everybody feelings is hurt and acting like Molly.
Will Cain acting stupid on purpose.
Kyrie gave me all the answers I needed & only 🐑 act like Kyrie said nothing.
Cameron Ross ?
Cameron Ross stfu
Cameron Ross is exactly what your talmbout Raiders Cat. Care more about Lebron feelings than your own. 😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭
Exactly, bunch of dudes just wanted to hear some gossip. Straight bitch made
Molly: But why did Odell Beckham talk to Stephen Curry about the time Kyrie asked? I don't get it!
It's okay for Max to be condescending and call Kyrie stupid, but if a player isn't this perfect robot who answers how you want them to, it's not okay? Now I see why players hate the media. Can't believe this is an actual job.
The Avatar Max never called Kyrie stupid.Max said Kyrie isn't a good playmaker and plays little defense;both of which are true.
I finally see a response i'm 100% in agreement with. You can call him second banana and that's ok but when he doesn't answer question he's being disrepectful to you doing your job.SMH
The Avatar *condescending
When did he call him stupid though?
if you believe the earth is flat with no evidence of an edge and still think the round earth theory is a conspiracy with no motive... you are stupid
Lmaoooo no more Molly please.
If Kyrie doesnt want to answer questions honestly, he should not do interviews.
I guess he has to say he hates lebron for his answers to be honest. He has to say what you believe for it to be honest. God forbid he might have just left the cavs because he wasn't happy and it didn't necessarily have everything to do with lebron. God forbid he might actually have wanted to play for a different organization and coach where he can be more of a point guard. No, it must all be a lie! It must have been about lebron. What a liar!
but he did answer it he just answered cryptically lol
I am curious as to what Max was about to say as the video ended, does anyone know where I could find more video to hear Max's opinion on why Kyrie wanted to do the interview?
Will cain smoking something while watching the interview? Kyrie saying "why bring a retired person into it," and saying "i spoke to him" aren't contradictory. It's not like he said "No I didn't speak to him," "Yes, I spoke to him."
Millicente thank you lol
Bottom line: Kyrie didn't want to play with LeBron because of 2 reasons: 1. Kyrie's ego, meaning him not wanting to be "Robin".6 years in the league, the first 3 he didn't know how to "win", the last 3 was him getting an education from LeBron in winning with knowing that he is capable of being the best player in the league. 2. The uncertainty of LeBron's future with the Cavs. Everyone knows LeBron has a little issue with being loyal to a Franchise. Let's say Kyrie signed a 5 year deal with Cleveland this season and LeBron still left in the summer of 2018, Kyrie would have been left in a situation he would not have asked for. I think it was the right time for Kyrie to leave, especially with all of the unknown that's out there.
Also because Lebron runs EVERYTHING and can be overbearing and dramatic. He dominates the ball for most of the game and pushed the GM to give out very poor contracts to people he liked. I don't blame Kyrie at all for this, but I do think he could've handled it better.
Everyone who knows basketball and understands egos and playing with Lebron knows why Kyrie left. We wanted(needed) to hear it from Kyrie. And not in a series of convoluted statements. To hear utter nonsense, first in the press conference and then at First Take, was just disappointing.
Black Bull Oh I agree completely. I know his press agent told him, better yet coached him on being politically correct when answering direct questions concerning his Cleveland departure but I still think he should've been 85% honest and forthcoming vs being 100% passive and vague.
A m a r Singg LeBron runs everything for Cleveland and that's not a bad thing for players like JR, Love, Frye, Korver, or even Tristan who can either catch and shoot or do the dirty work but players like Kyrie, who feels they are an Alpha male also..he doesn't want to play 2nd fiddle to LeBron or anybody. I wouldn't have mind him saying something close to that on First Take instead of shuckin and jivin....
kyrie spoke by dodging and reflecting questions. he didn't answer properly and he lost it and got mad at max. not going to lie i used to love kyrie but lost some respect for him.... he should have informed his team mates he was leaving
fuck yo respect who tf are you to kyrie I'm pretty sure dude not losing sleep over this bullshit lmao
"Properly" as in flat out shit on Lebron? He answered the questions, just not how YOU wanted him to
This is why i order nba league pass and not nfl pass 🤔
Who is the player SAS referring to that was crying on the court?
Scottie Pippen, I think
Kyrie basically trolled them while indeed answering all their questions. He knew who he was dealing with and responded in ways that told you his answer if you read between the lines. You could tell just from his smirks and mannerisms at times that he wasn't sweating them and it made them salty. SAS knew the deal and just did him. Will and Max played into his hands, are salty about it, and went into rants about a dude who proved during the interview that he could care less.
People like Will Cain are hypocrites. It's not the fact that Kyrie's dodging questions, but the questions that are being asked are designed to rile him up and get him to say something negative. Like Stephen A opens up with the question, "Why didn't you tell the best player in the world you were leaving?" Are you serious? LeBron ain't his damn dad. And then they're trying to get him to admit he has an ego and wants to have "his own" team. Of course he wouldn't admit to that because that'll make him look incredibly selfish. And that's why athletes hate journalists. They don't really care to talk about what the athletes want to talk about. They're just worried about ratings. With that being said, get rid of Molly.
This might be Stephen A's first L against Will Cain
1:59 why does she say it like that?
TBF, I don't think anybody is stating that SAS ever had journalistic integrity and impartiality.
Who was that story at the beginning about?
Kyrie wants to be a star have MVPs and final MVPs so I can't blame him. But at his young age and 2 years on his contract he would have been better off getting 2 more titles. And then win 2 or 3 on his own. Just like Kobe did.
At the end of the day the NBA is a fraternity of brothers feeding their families and creating better lives for the people they surround themselves with. Even if they don’t like each other they have a responsibility to each other and their namesake to never intentionally drag each other through the mud. To some they are just basketball players. To people all over the world they are leaders and must conduct themselves as such. To see media outlets trying to tarnish their brand is disgusting. Why aren’t they doing the same with the stock and banking industry? Why don’t they do it to corporations that play dirty? Because it would hurt their advertising revenue. So they think that doesn’t apply to a single individual’s brand? The double standards in America are endless.
When molly said was it for a girl lmfaoo
Exactly!!!
For those who are not pro athletes or athletes at any level will not understand .."what happens in the locker room" stays in the locker room. The last thing you do is bring that incident "in full context" to the media. The conversation will always be vague and "read between the lines conversation".To Molly, who just doesn't get it...Yes, Kyrie "ASKED TO COME ON!!" which in turn gives him the RIGHT to answer any question the way he see's fit, Molly. Molly needs to be removed as a narrator.
#1 I was so thrilled to see Kyrie step up and ask to come on ESPN to talk. #2 I love this show! #3 Stephen A. is TOTALLY correct when he is just saying Kyrie didn't come on the show to "Throw Mud" on other players, but wanted to say, in the nicest, most professional way "I'm doing what's best for me". Will Cain wants him to be honest yet "Throw mud" at Lebron ? Get over it Will.
Jake Alexander Bryant why would you do an interview and not answer a single question? That entire thing was a complete waste of time and made him look weak as fuck
At that Moment. Molly probably answered a text under the desk from her close female friend telling her to ask "if it was about a woman"...Smh
The kyrie situation started when lebron wanted him traded for Chris Paul behind his back. He ended up finding out about it and this is what happens, other factors like him wanting to have his own team and be the man just made his decision that much easier.
Fire Molly. The moderator on Undisputed is x10 as professional