🚨 GIVE ME AN ISO! 🚨 Stephen A. thinks Kawhi Leonard should be FORCED to retire! 🤯 | First Take
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- Опубліковано 27 тра 2024
- On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, JJ Redick and Chris “Mad Dog” Russo talk through the latest from around the NBA Playoffs.
0:00 Game 5 reaction to Hawks vs. Celtics
1:00 Concerning loss for the Celtics?
2:00 Stephen A. is still unconcerned with the defeat
6:30 Clippers being ousted from the playoffs
9:00 Stephen A.’s take on Kawhi Leonard
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JJ killed em both with a single line 🤣🤣
Cooked em ☠️
In a nice way.
Everybody might as well go home after3 that statement.
@@Jblanco20S JJ Reddick didn't do anything he's trying to win a argument and Stephen a cars about Kahwi healthy by telling him retire
Hes nothing but a d*ck sucker in the media, no criticism no nothing like that. he wants that load in his mouth! He says "give me an ISO," that line itself tells me doesn't even know basketball, That line goes to Kobe Bryant
The Coldest one liner EVER from JJ Reddick at the end 😭😭😭, why they cut it off!!!
😂😂
Mic drop😂😂😂
The coldest line is JJ Reddick statline that only avge 12 pts in his career💀
@@ND-OPS bro that’s not bad at all
@@ND-OPS have you average any points in your life??
JJ with the clutch bucket in the last 10 seconds there. Ruthless
Lol game winning shot
It's called mic drop
@@tradariusmaddox6827 JJ Reddick isn't listening dude wants to argue Stephen a right kawhi retire
Man I tell you these fans need to stay in their lane fr
your knees hurt?
The look on Stephen A and mad dogs face at the end when JJ said they never played a minute of high level basketball. Savage 😂
More basketball players sohould say it
@@mthomson213 be real
@@mthomson213 lmfao you know JJ has been to the nba finals before right? You’re a casual just stop.
JJ could say that same thing to "win" any argument. It's like Shaq saying "I have rings so you're wrong."
But their points were more valid than his.
12:50 - “It’s very obvious you play zero high level basketball” (I just want to see SAS face reaction) 😂
Just like it's very obvious JJ will always protect the players even when they don't deserve it. Bunch of crybaby millionaires who wont even do the 1 job they're being paid generational wealth to do. 40min game for 40mill... who wouldn't do that job?
@@sonikspeed19 go do it then
@@sonikspeed19 There's a reason they are paid that much. Go hoop and try to reach an NBA level play and you may discover why
@@MrEtanaka I dont wanna say you shouldnt give them da money, but your americandreammythcomment suggests its about effort. So maybe you go and try to get an indian kidslave salary n discover the nonsense of that ideology (; cause they work way harder than you n all of the nba together
@@MrEtanaka facts
Man, I wish I had JJ's next few minutes but I think that 15 seconds already killed 'em 😅
it didnt moron 😂 hes unreliable. 45 million and he cant handle intense basketball? moron 😂😂😂
the line was cool and all, but it doesn't take away from the fact that Kawhi don't show up for work, and working people come to watch the Clippers play and Kawhi sitting down night after night. 2013 was the last year he played a full season. FACTS.
11:17 Stephen A, "Don't put me in that, I didn't go there!"😂😂😂 Facts, he didn't go there. Very gutsy to accuse someone of faking an injury!😅
Mad dog calling it how it is honestly
It's called malingering
He is faking it....if it was a Meniscus tear why was he day-to-day insteadof out for season??? Clippers said it was a bone bruise...same thing with the ACL tear...if Clippers are getting wrong this bad why are they not firing the team doctor?
Clippers training staff is saying one injury and Kwahi team saying another...same thing happened with the Spurs when they said he should only be out a month and he missed the season
LOL at the complete burial by Redick at the end.
"I played and know what it's like so you're wrong" isn't an argument. It's the same as Shaq's "I have rings so you're wrong." Playing NBA doesn't mean you automatically know more than a coach, playing in the NBA doesn't mean you know more about your body than a doctor, and playing in the NBA doesn't necessarily mean you know more than someone who's been in NBA journalism for 30 years.
@@slightexag anyone who has ever worked their body past the age of 18 knows how nagging injuries impact performance and how they present themselves. Go to the gym for a hard workout. You will be fine leaving the gym. Two days later, wrecked. Desk jockeys don't have a clue.
@@slightexag I wonder who knows the challenge that comes with injuries better... someone who sits on a desk for a living, or a professional basketball player? 🤔
@@andrewdurand3181 none of this disagrees with what SAS said. JJ made no argument against SAS's point besides, I played so I'm right
JJ with the savage ending
That was 😏
One thing about mad dog is you can always rely on him to give the most out of touch take you've ever heard 😂
Bro he’s terrible man
"Out of touch". That's so accurate😂😂
Last line by jj was killer 😭😭 why’d they end it there lol
Comedic timing😂
What he say
Forced to retire? Stephen A is getting too comfortable with calling for someone's job like that.
He’s right tho
@@colinedelman6392 its still not something you say though imo
"Stephen.. STEPHEN" 😂😂Mad Dog a real OG.
Jj really dropped the mic on them respectfully
So by that if you aren't a chef can't comment on a meal.
Can't comment on a movie if you don't act.
JJ can comment on football because he never played NFL.
Such a weak argument
To you maybe...Kwahi gotta play i dont wanna hear that "i played before" BS...Kwahi is soft
@@lesterdiamond9508 "You can't comment on how to prepare a world class meal if you're not a professional chef" is the better and more accurate analogy.
@Lester Diamond exactly worst arguement ever....If you never been a soldier, you can't protest a war?
@@ashen0306 NO the better analogy is a great chef who gets paid millions of dollars but refuses to cook cause his tummy hurts all the time. Then GTFO of the kitchen. Kwahi was given a lot more respect than he deserves and a lot less criticism than he deserves because he was quiet and kept to himself. But this is atrocious. I'm not even a Clippers fan but man, paying a guy 40-50mill a year and he wont even show up for a few minutes? That's beyond infuriating.
10:36 has me crying😂😂
Same😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
What did he say? I cant understand
Get this dude in a retirement home
@@wack... willis reed and Larry bird
😂😂😂
“Steven…steven…”😭😭 KILLED ME
Yeah it time for the clippers to move on from kawhi and pg 🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
No it’s not. The only reason I say that is because OKC has all their picks till 2027 because of the PG trade. So they can’t just blow it up and rebuild because they don’t have their own picks.
@@cybertutorials5609 just trade them for picks
@@ItsYuhBoyyyy just for picks ?? Bro use common sense
@@ItsYuhBoyyyy they won't get them very many picks at this point of their careers and injury history
@@ItsYuhBoyyyy dumb, why would u tank if you have 2 supertars on your team? Wether they are injury prones or not.
Insane take
Thank you! JJ
We have no idea how hard he worked to get to his point, how devastated he could be from having the game he loves taken from him at the worst times. To just say retire seems harsh but he never speaks so it’s hard to empathize with him.
Lol it’s not hard. Like who are we ? We don’t deserve an explanation lol. The dude is hurt is literally hurt. Like y’all taking this too personal
@@jgard1168 retirement isn’t personal, it’s business. he isn’t able to play without severe injury.
blaming him for not playing while he’s under a max contract is understandable. nobody would be mad at him if his injuries forced him to retire. they are mad that they are using a max slot on a guy who cannot stay on the floor
@@troysdogtraining he has a torn meniscus 😐💀
@@troysdogtraining bro you acting like your cutting his check 💀 the clippers knew what they were getting into when they signed dude. So relax bro
@@troysdogtraining bro the whole world knew how he is and how bad his injuries were (that’s why he left San Antonio🙄🙄🙄🙄)
You don’t think they knew this ??? Lol Steve the owner wanted to make a splash
Clippers can be in finals with Kawhi, PG & Westbrook. Kawhi getting injured on Playoffs is just upsetting .. 😢
Folks been saying that b.s ever since Kawhi and pg became clippers
can be, should be, could be, but didn't!
@@PeanutButterAndJellyBros shoulda coulda woulda 😂😂😂
Lol even with them 2 and Westbrick healthy they ain't beating anyone
Clippers fans been saying this since Lob City. It's not happening bums.
The paradox of sports is that the fans, media and commentary allow for players to get paid to do what they love. Having an opinion about a sport or player as a fan is completely valid, because your opinion and interest has an economic value (arbitrary as it may be), which literally pays these athletes to play. Athletes don’t owe any one fan anything, but they do owe the basketball community as a whole, of which they are apart of.
Players have to earn the fans respect, whether they like it or not. Kawhi does very little outside of playing ball, which is fine… but when you don’t even do that, respect fades - so does your relevance, as well as your economic worth. Wish Kawhi the best, but I’d rather see the money (we) spent on him go to a player who plays…
Bro wants the dude to play with a torn meniscus😂😂
No he should retire
Mad Dogg is crazy about asking Kawhi to play with a knee injury
It's like Stephen A. is making up for lost time when Kawhi was out lol. His takes since the year started have gotten more and more aggressive towards Kawhi 😂😂
@August V3ryOwn lol Kawhi *been* load managing all questionable and missing games haha
Meanwhile he praises KD who played less games than Kawhi since 2019 (both players had sat out a season due to injury)
bro said willis reed 😂😂😂
Why the cut off the end that sounded like some fire
"I need an iso. Put the camera on me" 😂😂😂 SAS in the lead for Cornball of the Year
Am I the only one who loves underdogs😏I'd love to see the hawks in a game 7
Yeah you're the only one in the whole world
@@wack...🧢 nobody likes boston
@@lordpepsi7021 L take
Oh! don't worry, it's going 7. It's going to be crazy tomorrow night in the A!
Why so they can lose to 76ers?
God I love JJ, absolute dawg
JJ was finna start spittin lol
Bro I’m rocking wit JJ for life 😂🏀he bodied both of them wit a easy spirit bomb
This man said spirit bomb 💀
😂😂 not spirit bomb 💀
JJ have been there done that so he Knows what he's saying. These 2 are just a puff of wind
@@marcellphillips2055 I don’t think he likes either of them and is just biding his time for the takeover (bird man hand rub).
@@marcellphillips2055 you’re right
I love when JJ makes so much sense! And makes them look silly.
It’s actually crazy how bad Stephen A trashes Kawhi for problems he can’t even control. Saying someone should retire is crazy, especially considering they are a top 3 player when healthy
When is he healthy? A team should still max him out?
People tend to forget that this is a job at the end of the day.
What employer is going to pay you a full years salary with you just at home not putting in hours at work? The man is never healthy, just waisting his prime and still getting paid!? If anything it's embarrassing and Stephen A. is right, just retire if you simply can't work!
@@Jblanco20S Being an nba player is a 24/7 job. You have to be in tip top shape, you have to be great at basketball, you are in the public eye 24/7, gotta study and watch film. Its unfair to say they dont work when even they arent playing they still have to show up and be fully committed to the team
@@Jblanco20S This isn’t a regular job. Idk if you know this but athletes still get paid guaranteed money even when hurt.
@@followthebrickroad6518 a job is a job, including OF please subscribe
Oh sh*t I got to hear the rest of this 😮
Thank you JJ
There definitely should be some kind of clause in the CBA agreement for players like Kawhi.
Players like kawhi? Niggas hurt
What? Injury prone players?
Why does that even matter?
GM's need be smarter and not sign two injury prone guys to lead their teams.
For what?
He tore his meniscus what more do you want?
Create one and stop crying about it.
At least Kawhi has 2 finals MVP and 2 rings to show for..players like Ben Simmons and Zion Williamson is entirely a different story 😅
JJ's face @ 11:13 is HILARIOUS! 😂😂😂
THANK YOU Stephen A somebody needed to ssay it !!
Thanks J.J.
JJ with that laugh at the end and just call both Stephen A and Mad dog that they played ZERO high level basketball 😂😂😂
How you end the video there 😂
But I think Doggy may have his argument backwards
He is saying you just went out there and scored 31 how come you cannot go out and see what you got left. Maybe the 31 was what he had left. He went out in game 1 and 2 to try and give his team a chance, and had nothing left to give after that. Maybe Game 2 was his gut it out game
Naw I agree with mad dog...dudes getting 48mil
Slow boomer nothing new ,kawhi also has consistent issues you basically asking to end his career but in a way nobody wants to see
Tbh Kawhi has never lacked heart. Always plays through injury in the playoffs.
@Mitch Rapp Kwahi always lacked Heart and NEVER plays thru injury even in the playoffs...he literally just skipped the past 2 playoffs on injuries he couldve played with
Exactly. Maybe he tried, gave those performances and boom, cooked for the year. This is all theatre anyway
Listen to Reddick getting excited to present footage.
Good stuff JJ!
Lmao jj at the end 😂😂😂
Stephen A is so HOLLYWOOD.
JJ hit them with the kill shot at the end 😂😂
That's Why JJ Is The Man He Basically Called Them Unathletic Scrubs.
I hope jj has that same mindset when he's talking to a woman on air who has never played in the nba also.
JJ sucks, it's like Shaq trying to win arguments by saying "I got 4 rings" also is JJ saying that women can't speak on the NBA just because they never played high level ball?
Kawhi thinks the NBA is a part time job
It is
This is his side hustle? 🤣🤣🤣
He has a torn meniscus tf you want him to do?
@@zj4008 idk, not make teams pay him full max contracts?
@@NoVisionGuy that's simply not how contracts work
*So it was okay when Steve Balmer lied to Blake Griffin by telling him that he is gonna be the face of the franchise during BG's free agency, just to sign him to 5 years and send him to Detroit AS SOON as BG was eligible to be traded... But Stephen A got a problem with Kawhi being INJURED? This that Massa mentality right here SMDH*
*Edit: Just saw JJ's part 😂 That was cold. Wonder why ESPN cut that out 🤔*
SAS is a professional tap dancer.
Maddog make a good point
Lol I love Mad Dog’s old school takes.
JJ with the Mic Drop😂😂
Every year Clippers fans think they are gonna make it out of the Lakers basement Kawhi, PG, or both get injured walking up the stairs.
kawhi has the knees of a 70 year old
man jesus christ
🤣🤣👉🤡
LOL, look at JJ face when Doggie start talking...Priceless!
ESPN was saving SAS and Mad Dog's life there at the end😂😂😂😂😂 Now I'm going to go find on YT somewhere
Madogg: Willis Reeds out there , Larry Birds playing. Stephen A ( OH GODDDD) LOL
Literally 4 years ago KD literally tore his achilles playing hurt, and here in 2023 on ESPN we still have Mad Dog telling Kawhi to try to play with a torn meniscus just because players in the past did it lmfao
@@alex79suited were you playing NBA basketball?
@@alex79suited I'll refer you to what JJ said to end the segment. lol. You're not at that level and therefore your experience playing at your local gym doesn't have any relevance to this situation
This panel is so good
Classic First Take episode 🗣️
Russ was the mvp for the clippers kept them on it he deserves his flowers
This literally a year ago 😂 his statement still stands
the awkward silence during mad dogs kawahi rant was intensely hilarious to me 😅
How do you stop the clip there?!?
Facts mad dog is right I work at a chicken plant and I can come into work with one arm and they still gonna make me work them guys getting millions they gotta play
Something alot of people aren't taking into account is that all those role players not named Kawhi and PG who don't have big contracts like them keep getting thrown under the bus and being told to do the impossible.
Batum, Mann, Zubac, Jackson, Kenard, Morris etc all do/did their parts to help the Clippers succeed yet the team as a whole has never reached its full potential, and probably ever won't in this scenario.
You’re right they are incredible as a team but it’s a huge burden to be asked to play the whole regular season with title hopes with your 2 stars missing majority of that time for years.
As a player you welcome that opportunity. You don't think these guys want to raise their stock and get more shots? No one expects Norm Powell to carry the Clippers to a finals appearance. Anyone with half a brain understands that without PG and Kahwi the clippers are a play-in team. How are they being thrown under the bus?? The Clips lost and all everyone is talking about is a player who did not play and another who played 2 games. Kahwi and PG are bearing the brunt of all criticism.
JJ with a clutch three 😂
As a Spurs fan I was really bummed how it ended with Kawhi, but looking back, I'm like thank god we got the rebuild started when we did. I would not trade one more chip for watching every season peter out this way.
he won a championship the very next season btw lmao
@@larryking2698 yes that's why I said I would not trade one more chip for being stuck in limbo til he retires
Reading is fundamental......
@@blikketty77 doesn't make sense. 1, you'd love one more chip let's get real here. 2. If he wasn't playing and is an injured mess like he is now, the spurs would move him for sure. No team in their right minds would keep any player with a busted knee till he retires lol
It's like you're using Kawhi's situation now to make yourself feel better because he left the Spurs and won a ring with Toronto lol
@@sb17146 Nah, I'm good, I watched my team win 5 chips in the last 25 years.
Sure hindsight is 20/20 but seeing how that dude is mentally, he's really hard to root for.
@@blikketty77 you DONT see how he is mentally because he doesn't talk or show emotion. You're just another person watching ESPN and Fox sports running along with a narrative.
This is the problem with max salary and guaranteed contract. There is no market value being enforced. Every players demand max or else they wont sign. Guaranteed contract is a scam in itself. Nobody should pay for non performance. There should be incentive to winning for players, make it 40 percent guaranteed, 30 for showing up for most games prorate, and 30 for winning. This would counteract tanking to some extent
Dude got injured doing his job, Company signed him regardless of his medical history and somehow Kawhi is fleecing them? I'd understand this sentiment with Ben Simmons but not with Kawhi. He performs when he's healthy, it just so happens his body is falling apart. It was a risk from the start. There are only a handful of players that will ever sniff the contract and demanding power kawhi has, this is an anomaly at best. Look at guys like Isiah Thomas, wanted more money and teams quickly shut him down. Where is he now? In the G League making chump change. Dennis Schroder suffered a simillar fate as well.
Kawhi's contract is soley based on his body of work. Teams won't sign you top billing if you're not at that level. You make it seem like these billion dollar franchises have zero leverage in negotiations which I find comical
JJ with the Game winner at the end
If he hasn’t already begun to arrive, I think JJ is a rising sports analyst star. Onscreen gold.
Right on mad dogg he ain't lien
Some of yall had the AUDACITY to say Kawhi was king of la 😂
Healthy he is .. lakers haven’t been clippers in years 💀
If healthy he's clearly better than AD and Lebron. But it's just sad his knees have gone on him.
You know when the replies are only filled with hypotheticals and excuses, he's not anything of LA.
@@goldmo2427 who got a championship since both joined la 😂
@@goldmo2427 since the trade Lakers got a chip and clippers ? 😂😂😂😂
JJ comes out ruthlese and they cut it off 😂😂😂
where can I watch the rest
Love jj on the show
I think Kawhi is looking similar to Grant Hill on the magic, right now with the clippers team. I think Kawhi would be an awesome 6th man for the right team playing 25mins a game he could easily avg 18pts, 5rbs,5 ast & 2 steals off the bench.
Think about it this way. If you bought a car cash money and your car had serious problems every time you paid for it to be repaired you would think about selling it after you've paid more money than the car is actually worth. So saying that. I would buy out his contract and just simply move on.
For him, due to his past, his next contract should be affected by games played. A third party doctor should examine him, and if he's cleared, he needs to play. This load management clearly doesn't work because he's still getting hurt.
Mad Dog is right and I never thought I’d ever say that
Did the show end there!? Where's the rest?
i like jj replay addition to the show ! adding some in game details is very insightful
Keep it up
Yes yes yes. The show needs it
🤡
Entertaining 🍿
JJ should have his own show, his intellect on the game is amazing. He’s never rude like other fellas
Update : Kawhi has a torn meniscus.
I'm assuming they didn't know that at the time this was filmed cause no way dude would say he should be playing, maybe I'm wrong. I still think SAS and mad dog were nasty with their "hot takes"
Then he needs to retire.
@@randymoss815 naw, black athletes are just pieces of meet to these types of ppl.
@@LordoftheTHOTs you think the color of their skin matters to them? What matters is the money in their pockets.
Update: he load managed all season without one
Mad dogs rant was hilarious 😂😂😂
Ouch 😂😂😂😂 you know that stung 😂😂😂 there was no nice way to say that!!!
This is why I LOVE the playoffs.
2 weeks ago I thought whoever came out the East would win it all. Now I don’t think anyone out the East will win against the western teams. At least the way both sides have been playing, but again that’s bound to change.
Not really only you non sports goofys. The west are the defending champs so why would anyone believe these Pooh butts in the East were gone win it all. Boston, Milwaukee, Philly all have one championship between the three of them since Bron n Steph dominated the finals n NBA. Both are in the west. SMH the east 😂
@@keithdior1657 Its goofy reading you type a sentence.
Mad Dog brings the energy First Take has missed since Skip (or Max, tbh). Bring him as SAS's counterpart full time.
i agree with mad dogg on the willis reed larry bird comparison
Mad Dog sequence 10:58-11:07. You can't do this, this is a playoff scenario 🤣 🤣
JJ killed them with that last line respectfully 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Not really thats actually the dumbest argument you can make...Doctors never played in the NBA, so their opinion isnt Respected either because they didnt lace up?
@@originaltroll7511 For real, JJ wasn't even that good of a player but his argument is always "I played, you didn't, players are good, you're not" It's like bruh, you BARELY played in the NBA yourself. How about he makes a valid counterargument.
@sonikspeed19 most the owners coaches and GMs never played in the NBA either...i think players hate being called soft so they act like they were so tough for playing basketball 😂😂😂 i actually respect it when NFL players use that argument but not spot up shooters like JJ Reddick
@@originaltroll7511 Exactly, I agree. All JJ did, when he wasn't hurt, was stay in the corner and shoot 3s. So tough. They play 40min games, 40 min. That's less than an hour of work and they complain so much about it.
Jj killed it. He sounded like a disappointed father.
Maaan why they cut off the end though lol
Honesly I love mad dogs chemistry with JJ, they're like two polar opposites it's fun to watch
can JJ just have his own network already?
He's trash
Why?
Never thought I'd see the day when SAS called Iso on Kawhi Leonard
JJ the best part of this whole clip was JJ at the end 😂😂 check mate
Max Dog be like “I saw Jesus Christ himself walk on water with a bad back you guys gotta be kidding me”
JJ is a savage 😂
Stephen A called an ISO with the camera 😂😂😂😂
Got love JJ