Stephen A. DEFENDS Draymond after Durant & Nurkic QUESTION his character 👀 | First Take
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- Stephen A. Smith, Chris "Mad Dog" and Monica McNutt react to Draymond Green's comments calling out Kevin Durant and Jusuf Nurkić.
0:00 Stephen A. defends Draymond!
4:00 What do fans think?
8:00 Draymond's reputation
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That's the weakest defense Stephen A. Either say you support him or you don't.
SAS trying to keep Draymond as a bro
Nah its just a fair take, not everyone wants to beef with anything that moves my guy
This clown playing both sides
@@StufffTV what....like literally what.... you prolly just as clueless as draymond. This world is crazy 🤦♂️
He always makes excuses for Draymond.
SAS is scared to criticize Draymond because he will call him out on the Pod
He’s done it plenty of times stop
Okay casual viewer, your 2 cents was heard
@@Jdcjr1991 yeah that was before the Pod took over
Yep, SAS is petrified of New Media. Notice SAS did at one point have all that lip for Draymond and Pat Bev? But NOW both of them are cool (which they ALWAYS were). SAS securing that new bag once ESPN is done with him. Pat and Dray run this movement of new thought.
Nurkic needs to cool out before Round 2 comes....
Oh stop... This has NOTHING to do with skin color.
It’s always about race. He’s telling the honest God truth about corporate America and life.
@@ManiGotti this was never a race issue, it's a mental health issue.
@@ManiGotti what he said is true but not applicable to draymond lol he don't act in control of himself on the court.
@@tictacufo3326 he’s using it as an analogy.. people call Tom Brady a leader for publicly degrading teammates. But when it’s a black person, they need mental health.
@@tictacufo3326it ain’t no mental health issue it was more of Draymond being stupid before
Sas calls everyone a good brother… so who’s a bad brother?
Jason Whitlock 😂😂😂😂😂 he's a fat bad brother lol
Whitlock
@@crooklyn58 I was just finna say that 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Kyrie
You ain’t lying
Apparently “as a black man” 😭😭😭 you can’t recommend that someone needs to work on their mental health without being called a racist. SAS is a whole 🤡
U post to pick up the phone and call your dawg if u blv so u don’t call your brother out in front white ppl u just add fuel to the fire
biggest clown os espn n thats saying alot seeing his co workers r perk n windy
Guess u the type to call your friends out in front white ppl smh
Right like how does that make any sense
Who did he call a racist?
“As a black man”…here we go again 🤦♂️ bringing up race
So go watch something else simple
@@585lynch or I can watch what I want
SAS will always stand for the brothers and i am here for it.
@@585lynch nah
@@simdakid9048 your a idiot
He choke a guy, punch a teammate, stomp on somebody’s chest, and has spend almost all season suspended, but nobody is allow to question him? Or his character? Because of what exactly? Who tf draymond think he is to be excused of all of his bad behavior?
Kicked another in the privates too
I understand Draymond was defending Klay, but choking him that long was definitely unnecessary. I’ve heard Jordan must’ve said something that made Draymond do that while he was dealing with something off the court, but yeah as a leader, it could’ve been handled better. But stepping on Sabonis, that’s on Sabonis, he knew what he was doing by trying to grab his foot, also from another angle, he was also pulling Klay as well, but no need to grab Dray’s foot, and I feel like he wanted to do that to get his reaction. I’m not saying that Draymond shouldn’t be question, but don’t make it seem like he’s like this every single game. And also yeah he shouldn’t have hit Nurkic during that one matchup in Phoenix, I agree but at the same time, that’s wouldn’t have happened if he quit grabbing the jersey. Not justifying all of his questionable decisions, but still.
this is not even about race.. dray clearly has anger issues and was called out for it 😑
Bro goes to therapy and it's not enough for you people, who he never even met or done anything too. Just say you hate him and move on. But you can't
SAS is the same guy who defended Ray Rice. That tells you everything.
More salty mf u mad cuz he bullying ya favorite team and player go get some tissues and kneepads
@@Kvng_JoshHe always pulls a victim card. Dude has a problem but doesn’t want to be called out for it.
@@Kvng_Josh thats the problem. He went to therapy and this is how he responds?? goes to show that the therapy thing kinda like ja was just for show. He didnt learn ish...
How Nurkic gonna antagonize him the whole game then get mad he lost 😅
That’s the whole point I think everyone missed it
Finally! Someone who watched the game!
Exactly
I mean how would yall act if someone slapped you like that for no reason ? Bots
@@yoooerenarmin either u gone confront em or go about yo business u can’t tap the ground calling someone too small than loose and cry to the refs this is all because nurkic got outplayed
"When a black man is showing passion he's angry". This is coming from the same man that just last week said Monique sounded angry and her light was dim after she expressed her passion. So does that passion only apply to black men?
Bingo, sure does! Double standards are only acceptable when they work in your favor😉
SAS gets called a buck dancer for a reason. He loves to scream about Black people. When has he ever used the words "white on white crime" after they commit mass shootings?? NEVER. Have we ever heard white people are killing each other?? Do we hear that they're criminals when they don't know they're fathers?? Nope and SAS knows better than to ever tell the truth out loud. He screams about single mothers but he didn't marry his kids' mother. He's the one guilty of labeling Black people.
SaS said he was called Screaming A cause he was black! 😂😂
oeffffff great point!!!
As a fellow black man who gets angry on the court sometimes and does not like KD…I agree with KD. Draymond is a head case, basketball should never get to physical violence.
Not only did KD say nothing wrong, Draymond has disrespected him in the past. He has no reason to respect Draymond especially with his antics, Draymond doesn't deserve respect.
But people say basketball was at it's best when physical violence was commonplace in the game.
Neither should boxing or MMA
KD knew this before and after being in GS. KD can embarrass the average player with the "too little".
@@ljpal18NOBODY ever used the terms physical violence 😂😂
Last words a man hears before SAS shoots him in the back of the head?
"You're a good brother"
Wow that’s a good one good job
You're upset at KD because he said that Dray needs help, and calling it passions ridiculous. No one else is trying to knock people out in the NBA.
The word 'passions' is a cop out by idiot fans. His antics have nothing to do with basketball. Once a thug...
Uh, from what I’ve heard, Isaiah Stewart punched Drew Eubanks, Dillion Brooks with that dirty hit against Gary Payton II during the playoffs in 2022, it’s not a lot but that was something that was on my mind mainly at the moment 😂 but still
So did all the dudes in the 80s and 90s have anger issues or were they just in the heat of the moment and passionate and talkin their stuff and ended up swinging ?
@@Tiredofcasuals please don’t clown me 😂but u talking to me or him ?
How about Draymond simply stop giving us the opportunity to question his character by staying out of trouble and keeping his nose clean??
Why is THAT so hard?
Because he can’t! That’s who he is! He is a poor sport competitor on the court with a pinch of dirty shots. Granted he has no issue off the court that’s why I thought he didn’t need counseling. Dray is just a poor sport and a sore loser and play above the lines of the rules. Even if the NBA suspends him a whole season the next one he is not gonna change! He is who he is at this point 🤷🏽♂️
Since he came back-Draymond has only used his mouth. No physical violence, no ejections. He has to not cross that line. He hasn’t so far although it would be better that all this hadn’t happened
Don't ask Mr Ed to do that
Tbh u all will be still hating and going back to what he has done before even if he plays basketball and just trash talk, which he is doing now after his return. Lol
Y’all mad cuz bro bullying your team and favorite player the salt u need some tissue or something 😂😂
How in the world does Stephen A happen to bring up race?
Because it’s the honest God truth white people hate to hear
U feel someway why? you don’t like his dialogue go watch something else simple
@@585lynch Let diversity hire Candace Owens talk about black culture, they stand up and cheer, it's selective outrage and a form of control, they want to talk about race, nobody else can't.
@@585lynchyou’re a moron
Because HE is racist. And espn doesn’t do anything about it.
Reporters ask KD questions on the subject and now don’t like when he offers a candid response.
Glad Monica brought some sense to this- if Dray doesn’t want to hear this from KD and others, control yourself. This is all in his hands
He punched that man in the face in a basketball game, punched Jordan Poole, called KD all types of B-words for telling him to pass the ball in a late game situation and has has a bunch of questionable offenses, and that does not say anything about his character? At what point does his actions in the game reflect his character as a person because where I'm from, how you move is how you move... throwing in race is making it something it's not
Agreed, actions speak louder than wordds.
Very well said.
Draymond just lacks accountability
man everything Draymond says ya'll have a problem with it
@jadensuarez6788 shut up Draymond lol I know that's you
@@TopDrifter203he’s right draymond a clown
@@campaigndonte3158how he cooked Nurkic Draymond did nothing wrong in that game but played basketball, Nurk smacked the floor on dray n called him out, but wen dray does it now it’s a problem.
@@campaigndonte3158 🤷♂️ your opinion
That race card has to be pulled out every segment lmao.
he not lying though, its very obvious
He has to double down cause for years he was called less black than Max
Just because you don’t wanna hear it don’t make it false
@@tyreetwhe's not lying but it ain't got to do with Draymond acting insane on the court lol
Nah, he mad another black man telling it how it is, draymond got issues@@tyreetw
According to SAS we aren’t allowed to call out Draymond’s bad actions because of systemic racism or something. What absolute BS
Draymond never has to take accountability for anything cause of guys like SAS
I'm a big fan of Stephen A. Smith but I think KD was right as a close friend if I'm messing up I would want my best friend to point that out before anyone but KD could've handled it differently by calling Draymond on the phone instead of at podium
I knew he was going to used the race card 😂
Adam Silvers Lazy NBA is full of big mouth over paid idiots like Draymond Green.
Adam Silvers Lazy NBA is full of big mouth overpaid cretins like Draymond Green.
Adam Silvers lazy NBA. Overpaid big mouths.
Okay wats ya point yu don’t like his rhetoric go watch something else
@@FailedNBAComissionerAdam silver don't pay the players the owners do and by the way Adam silver answers to the owners......and only Ben simmons is overpaid
Here is Stephen A playing the race card again...jeez this guy doesnt stop...smh
I’m sick of SAS trying to defend this clown and point fingers at everyone except Draymond
Listen again cuz he said it was draymond's fault several times.
U mad cuz he bullying your favorite team go get some tissue an knee pads
@@585lynch😂😂😂 fax
@@585lynchdraymond right now is bullying teams? Do you watch NBA?? he's not really that good anymore
@@DolphinSMGu out of ur mind since Dray came back the team has been way better, right now I’m taking Dray over Nurk
Lacking accountability is the biggest problem in our society.
Facts!!!
KD and Nurkic are right. what has Draymond done to prove that he’s changed? not getting ejected for a couple games doesn’t prove that he’s changed.
thats what make him draymond !
Him being competitive does not mean that he isn’t changed, keep watching if he does something actually dirty or something too unnecessary
bruh it’s not bout passion…draymond was literally hurting people on the court wth😂
SAS’s passive aggressiveness kills me sometimes. Always trying to give a take without getting in too much hot water with players who have some fame and power
I have zero sympathy for Draymond I kinda agree with Doggy on this one
He feels betrayed by the guy he called the B word in public
If you count people reading what someone claimed he said as "public"...
So you're defending Draymond because KD's comments make it a worse situation for Draymond? But was KD wrong......no he wasn't, Steve Kerr said the same thing. If Kevin Durant is coming from a supportive perspective then what's wrong? I think Draymond is just salty that KD would say anything "critical" he's just in his feelings.
U mad cuz draymond bullying ya favorite team an player go get some tissue an some knee pads
Youre right . Steve kerr said the same thing . Dude jst always hve a problem with Kd for no reason . He thinks he can disrespect any player not named bron or steph .clown
@@585lynchdon't forget ya knee pads for draymond
@@585lynchi think u got some draymond on ur upper lip
This is why Draymond green gets away with everything I’ve never seen a player get babied the way Draymond does….
He’s flat out assaulting people and they sat up here and defended him
Do you see the foul calls Lebron gets, the no calls he gets away with? Even his teammates get preferential treatment. That is the meaning of getting babied. Watch most of the games Draymond gets a flagrant called against him and see the lead up and you will find that it is a reaction from the frustration of unfair officiating.
If Draymond gets away with everything, then he would never even get suspended for games cause, even when he does the things he did in the past, come on man🤦🏽♂️
I wonder if Steven A would keep that same energy if Draymond if LeBron talked about Draymond like KD did. When brothers like Anthony Edwards told Draymond "ain't nobody worried about you" they don't discuss that Edwards isn't the one you want to try. It's not about race he's known for putting his hands on people and when someone like Edwards retaliates then they're going to be getting upset at the retaliation not the cause
On or around the same night Durant made his comment, Coach Kerr also said in a press conference that “the answer is to help Draymond, to give Draymond the help he needs.”
I always ticks me off how based on the person and the topic, Stephen A. decides if he'll play the "As a black man..." card. Why can't he be consistent in his "black manness"? 🤡
Cuz he can he get paid to spit whatever nonsense he feels like talking about while ppl like you get on the Internet an feed his rhetoric u don’t like his analogy don’t watch simple
@@585lynchok SAS burner account 😂
Stephen a smith always defends draymond no matter what smh
So he bullies your team and your favorite player an u mad go get some tissues and kneepads
@@585lynchget off your knees glazer, Draymond don’t love u
You can tell SAS is afraid of getting clapped up by KD. So he has to qualify everything he says by showering compliments on KD.
SAS is wild for this😂 no accountability.
Starting to hate ESPN
Goodbye 👋
Turned off after SAS says "as a black man".
"Vibrant Communicator"
I'm using that
Why didn't draymon call this out right after his incident? Hmm, interesting.
I totally agree with Mad Dog!
Draymond lacks accountability and has for years. Only thing SAS doing is enabling him. Putting someone in a headlock and punching somebody ain’t passion for the game
"ScreamenA" is actually a good nickname 😂😂
I question Draymond weirdo behavior. He says a lot of dumb stuff, too.
How much do you have after saying a lot of good stuff?? He’s a millionaire. When a man speaks for himself, to protect himself he’s dumb. You dumb dude
When did he say something stupid
@@Jdcjr1991 You're just going to disagree and defend all the examples. What's the point?
@@Jdcjr1991when he said he suck it to ur mom
@@MindoftheNorthStar bro just say you don’t have anything to say fam. 😂
Why is Draymond always a victim? He’s always the aggressor but somehow pulls a victim card.
When Steven A was talking about Kyrie in Brooklyn did he know how that would affect Kyrie? Bet he won’t answer that question.
Stephen "SCREAMING A" SMITH 😂 thats funny
I like Draymond talking trash and coming for players who talk crazy. Are you all going to tell Nurk to lay low and not talk about Draymond? 🤔
SAS said KD doesnt talk about anybody behind their back…. Bro thats literally what he was doing on his burner account 😂
To be fair they was role players and billy Donovan. He actually stood up for Russ
@@montgomeryscottys8213 The whole burner thing blew up because KD got caught on a burner agreeing with someone saying KD was tired of Russ
What a pathetic take to defend someone who has throughout his career been kicking opponents, jumping on their chest when they are down on the floor, punching your own teammates, choking and punching opponents also always cursing out the referees. Yet they have a spot for this fool on TNT once he retires cause he has stories to tell for being played with greats. This situation shows a lot about the industry.
How does this turn to a race talk??
Mr 35 inches(PAUSE)
What was he actually referring to ?
It’s true that race is a part of how people view you when you are passionate about something. With that being said Draymond HAS to lay low. It seems like he didn’t learn anything from his time off. I wouldn’t be surprised if he acts out again real soon.
There is No Shut Up and Dribble. Let Draymond be himself and stop trying to tell Black people to not show emotion.
Draymond had a problem with KD says that in public rather than calling him and talking to him privately.
It seems none of the panelists actually understood what he was saying.
he called KD B in public. Durant has never disrespected him publicly. Cant say the same for Mr Triple Single. He is still going out of his way to disrespect KD.
SAS is enable a grown man that makes millions of dollars to act like a complete jackass, you are going to give him the power to do it again and not learn from his mistakes.
SAS use that criminal analogy about green that you do for other players. Keep that energy
Salty mf he bullies your team an your favorite player that’s why you mad go get some tissues and some kneepads
And mad dog knew Molly was lying. That's her way of cutting you off 😂
SAS is getting so corny😂😂😂 Draymond literally keeps putting his hands on other players, everytime they winning everything is honky doory. Stop the the madness. SAS needs to "LAY OFF THE WEEEEEEEEED"😂😂😂😂😂
All yall crying saying it’s not about race don’t like to hear the truth and that’s why things will never change you’d rather avoid an issue than address it
What about the Draymond Nuric situation involves race in any shape or form? I’ll wait…..
Instead of pulling the race card you should try pulling the mental health card.
Draymond plays for my warriors so I love what he has done and still does. But I will say, Its a whole different story we are talking about if he ended somebody’s career with a haymaker to the dome.
People called him Screaming A Smith because he would yell over people instead of making a better point. That was his entire debate tactic when he worked with Skip. He had extreme overreactions to hot takes
Stephen A rather play the race card instead of trying to understand mental health
Come up for air Stephen A. KD don’t love you like that
Corny
@@JamesHall415 found Stephen A's baby daddy
@wajahatjafri7246 Man get outta here with them corny jokes spongebob. Hahaha Hahaha Hahaha Hahaha Hahaha Hahaha Hahaha Hahaha Hahaha Hahaha Hahaha Hahaha. He about to cry
Anytime I hear stephen a say "as a black man" I instantly turn the video off. It's 2024 guys not the 1960s
Durant shared a locker room with draymond makes ya think. And the NBA lets draymond do the all star media
Not all the white people in the comments complaining about him pointing out the obvious 😂
Fact they don’t want to hear that
You seem like you like to play the race card a lot. Hitting must be totally fine and sane to you
@@SB-om9vv "You seem like you like to play the race card" here we go 🙄
SAS take here is horrible. KD’s comments don’t make Draymond look bad, Dray’s unhinged behavior the last couple years is what is ruining his reputation. For Dray to get upset at KD who genuinely expressed his feelings on Dray’s behavior shows a lack of accountability.
Stephen A. Is articulate af but when it’s comes to KD, Draymond or Aaron Rodgers, he’ll dance for a 5 min monologue about them never holding them accountable smh
Bruh this is the reason why he acts the way he does because y’all handle him with kid gloves
Draymond just don’t respect kd still cause of the argument they had on the bench !
I would love to see draymond on a next team he been hiding behind them splash bros foreva he speak and acts like he so good .
Go to a next team and be successful !!! Once KD get another chip no one would be able to say anything .. dray don’t respect KD
Those good old days of NY sports radio throughout the day. Sure made my commute better. Mike Lupica, Stephen A with Ryan Ruocco, and then the Michael Kay show. Loved it when they’d do the four horsemen. Always entertaining.
This has nothing to do with being black draymond needs to be accountable for his own actions your a grown man but your throwing temper tantrums then wanna call that “passion” and you don’t like people saying you need help then stop making a godamn fool of yourself
This is so crazy! I’ve never seen so many Black people beefing in my life! You have comedians, beefing, politicians, beefing, rappers, beefing, Ballers beefing…this explains a lot. Divided we stand divided we fall. 😢
We have excused black on black crime in the streets for years with dumb phrases like " what about white people".
Draymond has played much better since coming back from suspension..
Didn't SAS say when kd said that draymond needs help that kd said the right thing and kd is only looking out for draymond
They used to call me Sreamin' A. Used to? 🤣🤣🤣
This guy will never accept responsibility, and people like SAS will keep letting him get away with it
Mr. 35 inches?? pause 😂
Yea that was crazy
35 Ventures is KD’s agency you immature brick
Why Draymond gotta be quiet? Why u don’t tell nurk or kd to just not comment on other ppl business
SAS speaking facts
Nurkic was trying to provocatively get off Dray . He also provoked the previous time. This time Draymond destroyed him by his game and energy.
Kevin Durant made burner accounts to talk about people behind they back. He was just too scared to put his name on it.
Bruh he threw a backhammer fist that only the most experienced of mosh pit veterans could handle. This isn't about him yelling lmao
If you strip away the racial aspect of this conversation, this was a clear cut case of someone antagonizing Green the whole game then getting beaten. Did you honestly thing Green was going to stay quiet?
Forget that… Nurkic was talking just as much trash, pulling and pushing just like Draymond. So he has anger issues too?? If you can do it you gotta be able to take it period. Nurkic and Kevin are both wrong. Play basketball and don’t b**ch when you lose. Dray had a suspension and that’s it, they shouldn’t keep bringing it up. Dray balling while these two fools complaining.
dray out here hitting ppl in the nuts when he loses. kd made those comments after they won weeks ago 😂😂😂
You realize Nurkic got swatted in the head first right ?
Only non Warriors fans would want him to tone it down. I love it! Turn all the way up Dray! Real warriors fans fully support Dray and wants Dray to stay true to Dray! Warriors nation love the way Dray play. Sry!
Everyone in the comments calling dray out and blaming him, what exactly did he do wrong in this specific situation? Nurkic came at him all game trying to get him out the game and when he got smoked by draymond, who kept his cool all game this time, he went to the media crying about it being drays fault. I’m with dray on this one. Nurk just soft and cowardly.
As good as it is to hear from players, the league should ban active players from podcasts. Save it for the offseason. I agree with everyone but SA on this one. Draymond just needs to shut it down for the rest of the season and just focus on basketball. His team needs him and he’s out here still contributing to his past offenses.
Draymond is out there playing FOOTBAL, NOT Basketball and Regularly ASSAULTS Players and you are DEFENDING Him???!!!! WTHELL!!!!! He will NEVER Change and it is only a matter of time before he Assaults someone again..Oh Yeah, forgot he Hit Anthony Davis in the Freaking FACE just 2 games in from a 12 day suspension.. HELLOOOOOO, Steven A.
It's crazy how people still don't listen to the actual words. Draymond LITERALLY said if you were concerned about me then why not reach out to me privately, and yet thats never mentioned or brought up in the whole discussion lol
What type of timing is SAS on? So what was said about Draymond was worse then his actions🤔
Absolutely nothing wrong with what Durant said. Outside of not commenting at all, it’s the most appropriate response.
Nurkic clearly wanted to bait Draymond into fouling him, he taunted him and was playing dirty and then complained at the refs when Draymond started doing the same, they just clearly don’t like each other and it has nothing to do with Nurkic being considerate. KD as well considering his history with Draymond in the warriors.
Take a shot every time Stephen A says "brotha"
Draymond need to STOP acting like he is a victim, cmon now.