Stephen A. thanks LeBron for signing with Lakers: ‘I can’t thank you enough’ | First Take | ESPN
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Stephen A. Smith directs a heartfelt thank you to LeBron James for teaming up with Magic Johnson on the Los Angeles Lakers.
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He went to LA to win a ring. And he did... at least once.
He finna get 3 lol
@Toralityit's a team game.
Thanks to most of the guys
@Torality Thank to Rondo Dwight AD Lebron
@@donaldrailedurmom6264 😂😂😂
@@donaldrailedurmom6264 lol
Whos here after lebron and lakers are in the finals, and are gonna win the championship🔥
Like If Kawhi Leonard Never doing another interview LMAOOOO
Man when he lost that shoe deal on top of the Spurs saga..like it or not he knows his image is what ppl go on along with his skillset on the court...we gonna see more and i am here for it lol
@@antusnkeith7618 gg
SHOOT lol 😂
Quit beggin for likes.
same amount of subs since 2k16 smh
Kawhi gotta get his laugh update.
😂😂😂😂 u killed me just now with that comment
Day One patch incoming 😂😂😂
There was a software error programmed the old black uncle laugh instead of regular laugh
They gotta patch that shit its glitching lol
someone getting fired for this glitch
Lebron is smart, he thinks ahead and knows what’s best for him and his family in the long run, including the endorsements and other things off the court, his voice alone speaks volumes across the world, he’s doing a great job, salute to you Lebron !!!!
And chips
That’s a FACT bro !!!
Joseph Farris facts
Givin TT and Jr smith that money was not smart enough
oj oj the cavs had to sign them because they were already at the cap so they could only sign them or nobody
Idc why he's in LA playing for the Lakers, I'm just glad he's here.
And LA won't get past the 1STROUND
@@devenlee9944 hater 😆
just you watch mate... then you haters will be crying 24/7 lmao
Deven Lee Nice try pal. But your attempt at trolling people only work if your opinions are worth a shit
Deven Lee This didn’t age well
Oh yeah "he went to L.A to do movies". All of these talking heads should apologize to bron.
Stephen A Smith look like he been eating good 👀😭😭😭😭😭
FV well of course Im pretty sure he makes a very nice amount of money, you would eat good too.
Yea hes getting fat
Kevin fr first thing I noticed 😂
My nigga eating that high class fried chicken.
FV who cares? What does that have to do with what he’s saying ?
Lebron will take the Lakers to the playoffs even if he's half-focused on Hollywood. He's that talented.
Go fuck yourself we can do it with/without him
We need him to the chip push not the playoffs
shade the champ ur right
Americans jezuuus dude, every time fuk that fk this
@@Yusufsanad relax
Michael Lio he’s probably 15 😂😂😂
Funny how everyone complains he played in the east for so long, he finally leaves and joins the West, only to get further criticism regarding the move. Bron can’t catch a break! 😂😂😂😂
Aisian ThreeQUISIANS it’s funny to them cause lebron admitted he ain’t tryna win in La, so that means he focus on making movies and opening businesses Nd shit instead of winning a title for the lakers should be fun to watch tho can’t wait to hear the excuses made for lebron again like everyone on the Lakers are young or some shit lmaao no hate I want a chip for bron but his son will be better 🤷🏾♂️😃💯
Aisian ThreeQUISIANS facts bra
Lah Mitch know your role and shut your mouth 😂
Bro right? I'm over here calling out someone for talking shit and I ask who there team is and they throw out the "oh your butt hurt" comment and deletes his comment lmao the hate is so real I love it
Primo H hahaha bruh this iPhone ain’t easy to type on my nigga
Everyone thought Lebron went to Miami for the beaches or cocaine. Oh how wrong we were lol
wrong!! where is not3 not4 not5 not 6 and not 7?
oj oj corny
Seito Stockman here we go with the haters
Nah he went to finally win
@Jason Fresh yea because he could only get Peds from Miami
So Stephen A saying he going to Fox with Skip Eventually lol
Elevated Mind I SWEAR 😂😂🤦🏾♂️
I hope he does so I can dump First Take and annoying ass Molly.
@@nahor88 right.!
The reunion
Shannon>Stephen a
Lol stephen a killed me around the 4:40 mark
😄😅😆😂 roflmao
Carl Jean-bapstiste 😂😂
Carl Jean-Bapstiste he’s great.
Of course he did, this was the only way will get Space Jam 2.
If u haven't known space jame 2 was going to happend regardless. Its been in the works for some years now.
@Josh White Yea ok. Mr know it all. And why kobe? He's not a better actor or player than bron. So whats the point
KCJ he had the job in spacejam 2 while he was still in Miami. Look up the articles
Been waiting almost 2 decades now
I’m so funny AHAH AHA AHAH
Tell the world you're staying in Toronto
Kawhi Leonard no your not
Demarcus Cousins uncle Dennis told me so
Kawhi Leonard Tell your uncle he just got you a finals Loss on your resume
Kawhi Leonard Swept my me 😂😂😂 Ima average 35 and 15
LeBron went to LA to play with Brandon Ingram
Nigga he trash lmao dollar tree KD you that same nigga on twitter always suckin him off
LMAO
@@Rushking20 he's not trash wtf youre trippin balls if you think that
@@Rushking20 agreed lol
Wrong went there to play with lonzo
I think If Ingram could play near all star level & Lebron is the same he was last year the Lakers could be a 3rd seed in the west
DJ ShaqTown yep. They need kuzma to put around 18-20 and ingram 22-25 ppg which I think is possible. Lonzo progress with a solid bench. We could wreck havoc
@@milkmonster2310For a team who's been below .500 for years now it does
@@jeromebrooks4 you clearly don't know basketball if you think ingram is gonna average 22-25 points and kuzma 18-20 lay off the crack
jerome brooks we you probably don't even live in L.A. so many bandwagons
Andre Randall Ingram has all star potential he averaged 16ppg at age 19 and wasn't drafted 2nd overall for nothing
ZOOM IN!
ZOOM OUT!!!
Ichimar486 in*
@@noah.11.11. t-anx
He took that from Kevin Hart, lol 😂😂😂
He had me rolling!
On Molly?
Yes molly stay in NY no one asked u to come to LA🙄
Lebron is also in a movie that's coming out this weekend Small Foot
His voice is in it...
@@nvisible123 that still meens he's in it lol
A human in an animated movie, gotcha..
😁
@@nvisible123 If his voice is in the movie, he's in the movie..... But whatever 😭😭
Sean W you’re so lame
He went to LA for Hollywood, the lakers and for his family. It’s that simple. Lebron is trolling all of us, this man ain’t dumb
Yea but he will play for the lakers and it means ge gonna give his all
Catman Inc. kid please just stop. If only you had the balls to a face to face debate about this, it would be the end for you but ik youre a troll who lives on the Lebron hate so please stop embarrassing yourself and get back to school mate.
4real
Catman Inc. first of all you are a kid because only kids are dumbasses who have kids at the age of 18. Lol your son has no one to look up to now in terms of a good influence and lol have you seen what he has done off the court? The man made a school in Akron for kids who were in the same position as him at one point while still offering services to the parents of these kids to better their lives as well. He has made all of these movie projects because like Stephen A said, he is in takeover mode. The guy is all about social justice and there is a reason why most people say he is one of the best humans off the court as well. While he is doing that and invoking change in society, you are basically a dude who had a baby mama at high school. I’m shleep cuh 😂😂😂
Hard Truth: Lebron prolly not winning another chip unless the Warriors break up
LA right now is AT BEST, the 4th seed 🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
What's the point of having a league is all you care about is Los Angeles Lakers or New York knicks or these warm weather cities media so biased it's ridiculous.
@Seito Stockman I'm on board
The knicks haven't won anything since 1973...lol.
Heshmia Bennett L
@@alia7750 L for asking stating the obvious Ali A- sleep
Yeah cause NY is such a "warm weather city" lmaooo
Great segment by Molly here. She was a lot less chatty.
lol Why are MALE fans so bothered by Molly being 'chatty?' Like it doesn't bother me at all. She chimes in for like 10 seconds and that's it. You beta men have serious Mommy issues if you hate a woman who simply has an opinion. SAD lol.
EyeLoveTheStars Lol you must be a woman
EyeLoveTheStars my statement was based on molly never giving an intellectual rebuttal or supportive argument with most topics. Women are always sensitive with constructive criticism and are soo quick to play the gender card. I appreciate your input though.
GOOD!!GREAT SHOW!!SHES FUCKING USELESS!! 💯
Jordan Garrison shut up
Since we can throw out any narrative we want.
LeBron knew he was going to the Lakers after the Cavs beat them last year. Him and Zo was on the court talking about it. That's why they had the jerseys over their mouth.
80s'bby the only Zo I can respect is the one that retired in Miami... please stop
@Seito Stockman he was telling Zo to cancel out the "outside noise" and keep ballin
If you Google, it was just big brother type advice.
So Magic's free-agency pitch had no bearing?
Who cares?
2 years later is he still went Hollywood or chip?🥴🤔
Stephen just happy he ain't gotta go to Cleveland anymore LMAO
Stephen A’s a legend, gotta love him
10-11-2020 LeBron and the Lakers crowned NBA Champs 👑 🏀 🐐 🍾 🥽
Oh this aged poorly.
Love listening to Steven A smith
Alex Libby really dude 🙄🙄
Old heads really think you cant shoot a movie unless you're close to Hollywood smh
It's not the 50's anymore lol
thats true to a certain degree all of your major studios are in Hollywood the vast majority of your studio excecutives live in los Angeles southern California as well as your actors singers writers dancers the list goes on and on
I forgot the name of the studio in Atlanta but it’s where Avengers infinity war 1 & 2 were shot.. LA/Hollywood ain’t allat anymore
@@King-if5kh yea but movies are shot everywhere now. they really don't need ti be in Hollywood
@@zbib43 first of all marvel is owned by walt disney. disney headquarters is in los angeles. marvel headquarters is in los angeles not atlanta...the the studio on which avengers filmed in is called pinewood studios that studio headquarters is in the uk its owned by a foreign country. the only indigenous studio in atlanta is Tyler perrys studio and thats it. its obvious you dummies dont know what you are talking about. the new captain marvel movie was shot entirely in california
jc jordan nobody said anything about no damn headquarters and look it up idiot infinity war 1 & 2 were shot back to back at pinewood studios in ATLANTA. Dumbass
Welp looks like he really did come to LA for basketball
love it when molly doesn’t speak and sits there looking pretty
Like a good lil hoe now go get the money and bring it back faster than Usain Bolt ahhhhh fuck I couldn't help it I had to 💨
joey badass i know jalen love her ass
😆😂 You are dead wrong for that comment!
What the hell Molly done to you to deserve that!😂
Stephen A IS THE ESPN SOUL FR.
What’s wrong with wanting to put your family and yourself in the best position to succeed after you retire? People want to keep you in a box and say you can only do one thing smh , Lebron will win another ring eventually.
bep 2 They won’t be as stacked a year from now
Jason Espinal I didn't hear either of them say something was wrong with it. They were just debating what his primary purpose for the move was.
Jason Espinal that's not the problem. It's more so the reasons or actual truth
@bep 2 My oh my, how much things changed in 2 years :D
Stephen A Smith is at the peak of his powers. He's saying everything from his chest and not backing down. That's what I like in a talkshow.
Kawhi should patent his laugh now!
Molly- Zoom out now
Camera crew- Shut yo ass up
Lakers: here’s the first official images of LeBron James in our new Lakers jerseys on media day.
ESPN: hey let’s use a photoshopped image of Lebon in the old Lakers jersey.
LA is the place to be. LAborn made the right choice
east coast best coast
Kmac LA you probably don’t even live close to LA you bandwagon
Chizz 90 Been a Laker fan from Long Beach since 91 fuck outta here! You probably rep the Celtics with your green ass icon.
I think it’s a great move. Living in LA isn’t cheap plus who wouldn’t want to live in Cali lol. His family gets a good experience of life too. I think the Lakers need a new leader since Kobe’s retired
I definetly wouldn't want to live in la...the capital of Hollywood trash and instagram model wannabe girls
@@Johnny-hn9ts better than whatever state u be living.
KrisPrinceTV independent I dam sure don't 😉
6:10 FORCE PUSH!
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6:35-6:50
Stephen A got my crying bro. "In ClEVEland"
😂😂😂
that stephen a caption shot for this video is hilarious
Lebron says he's in LA for basketball not Hollywood.... Then went on to make a space jam movie 😁😁😁😁😁
4:40-4:50 is the exact time when the weed kicks in😂😂😂
Lebron went to LA because he felt like it. Simple as that
The ball started rolling to LA when the Cavs did the trade for Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance jr. They were clearing space for the big fish and giving the Cavs some pieces before they got nothing as a parting gift.
If Anthony Davis comes to the Lakers it’s over folks !
Called it :D
Stephen A needs to take a leave he need to rest but i love the hustle
yeah acting like a clown on tv....talking fake news....hustle all right...
But Stephen A didn’t address Max’s point... if it was about being in Hollywood, he would have been in la before.
blindeyeshater no, not necessarily, he was more focused if playin ball than making movies. I think now he realizes his career is on the home stretch so he has another option now after retiring other than living in Cleveland 😂 “I never heard someone say they want to take a vacation to Cleveland”
Schnell you do realize that millionaires can conduct business from anywhere right?? They don’t have to live in that location. He films during offseason and lives in la during offseason. He didn’t have to move to la to increase brand or conduct business. It may make sense for the average person but he’s not the average person. Life after basketball opportunities don’t decrease if he didn’t move to la, period. It’s sad when people take their own logic and put it on someone else’s situation regardless of what that person has said or done. Smh. There are actual actors and directors that don’t live in la!! But, Lebron moved their to further his career after basketball, even though it wasn’t necessary, even though he said he didn’t, he did because you people say so. Got it.
Look at all these media people kissing LeBron's ass just because he's in a big market 😂
Remember when Bron fans were like "Wait til IT comes back". 😂😂😂 good times.
5:04 SAS in a nutshell
LeBron James went to LA to team up with Lonzo Ball!!!
( Ironic )
makis papachristou LaVar*
He's there to coach the next GOAT
bep 2 wtf? Ben Simmons won ROTY and doesn’t even have a proper jump shot. The similarity is that both Simmons and Ball are intelligent players, but Simmons is better at the moment, so you can’t just judge it based on a jump shot
bep 2 “Just wait till Isaiah Thomas comes back”
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Stephen a smith is a Fake Knick fan🤦🏾♂️, how your happy LeBron went to LA tf smh
Ok cmon how much of a chance was there that he’d go to the knicks 💀 kyrie and jimmy are probably not even coming
All Suave He ain't got no team
Weather. LA weather. ESPN is all over LeBron and KD so SAS and MK can both spend majority if their time out in Cali covering LBJ.
Because he's going to have to travel there a lot for work. Lol he's always saying that. He loved when LeBron was in Miami too.
Knicks are ass 😂
Lebron keep it real.......you went to the LA to break into Hollywood. Winning there is a distant second.
He was already in Hollywood. I look at this move the way ANY career move should be. What's best for me and my family? I'm always leery about assuming I know what someone else's motivations are.
Why not? You can play ball for so long
That kevin hart mode tho😂 😂😂
I love how those guys sat there and talked like they know what athletes think or why they do what they do..The man says it's not for holiwood but dude is arguing like he's in his head..Can't get over that
"ZOOM OUT! thank you." LMAOOOOOO I LOVE STEPHEN A. 🤣🤣🤣
For how intelligent Stephen A is he sure uses curse words a lot to express his thoughts and opinions! He should and does have the vocab to express himself better and more intelligently! This is a sports show! Why so much cursing!
Everything except Warrior games will be fun to watch, even the Suns will be interesting to see play with their new pieces.
5:55
The move wasn’t for basketball. He doesn’t need to prove anything else on the court. If it were for basketball, then he’d join the Warriors. He’d go where the rings are. But he didn’t. He made a family decision. His boys benefit from it, and his wife does too.
when is ESPN going to debate whether kawhi’s laugh was actually him or a robot?
Michael Han yea kawhi is lucky he has basketball talent 💯
hate how they keep bring Kevin Hart onto the show...instead of bringing on hollywood people and promoting their next movie or song bring on sports fans off the streets...I'd rather hear them talk
Lebron looks like the Rapper named the game
Stephen a smith ,Skip bayless , and Shannon sharp on undisputed lord of that happened R.i.P espn he said he would be living in la soon I can dream can’t I lol
Stephen “ lakers the second best team in the league” Smith 😂😂😂
Now, Lakers are gonna repeat against Brooklyn in the finals, my prediction.
I agree Kyrie
L
Stephen A knows whats up!
Mr A knows Lakers are better than the celticsk and knicksk!
If we get to the playoffs, its OVER! Then we get a finals or get a chip one of the young lakers allstar, we will be the best sports franchise Ever!
#LakersReign
How did ESPN miss the movie Trainwreck?
Stephen A Smith the lebron of ESPN.
Just picked up Anthony Davis 💜💛
To be real kobe should have got space jam 2 he's retired LeBron could have got 3
fken stephen a smith thank you was fken hilarious
Not gonna lie, Stephan A had me rolling with the camera zoom in 😂😂😂
I respect his decision.
Why did ESPN move First Take to NYC when all the crew talks about is how much they love LA? That's why I was surprised when they moved to New York.
5:40 what u wanna see... btw 3.9million subs is all Stephen A. Smith... #facts
Every body say WARRRRIORS
Oh the shade is so strong all the grass just died within 50 feet around Stephen.
Who the hell is gonna start at center ?!???! I like McGee off the bench but he can't play 35 minutes a game as a starter .. also I wanna know how the rotation is gonna look deep into the season, the team is STACKED with ball handlers but virtually NO sharp shooters (if lonzo can improve & B easy in spot minutes) also interested in seeing how minutes are spread out between KCP, Josh Hart, Kuzma, & Ingram who starts & who comes off the bench ?
Sas never disappoints 😂🤣
How does Stephen they know what LeBron is thinking or how he feels he don't even know LeBron personally he's talking in generalities of what he presumed LeBron is thinking that's not fact that's an opinion but these fans believe everything these guys say as if it's a fact and that's what bothers me the most. people take all of this stuff in and go with it from Face Value not even understanding that everything Steven they are saying we're even Max is an opinion unless you know him personally and you sat down with him and had a heart-to-heart conversation with him that's the only way you would really know it's in his mind talk to the players and the people around the players don't talk to these guys or listen to These Guys these Talking Heads as with most of the professional athletes call them. They get paid to give Sports OPINIONS!
MJ the 🐐🐐
Fuck no. LeBron and Kobe both better and everybody knows it
@@boated23 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 what a joker you are.
@@boated23 I'm just like you but let wait till lebron career is over
@@boated23 Lmfao they nowhere near MJ's greatness
@@RKO859 greatest and best player are 2 different things. In individual greatness accolades LeBron is 3rd, Jordan 1st, Kareem 2cnd. But era matters. The game evolves. Look at 50s ball. Straight trash. Jordan wouldn't look as good today. He was only a lock defender cause of hand checking. Kobe and LeBron are just better prime players
I think Stephen A knows LeBomb signed with LA to avoid playing a Boston with Kyrie and Gordon and is not saying so to keep his job. LA is a desert with endless highways and traffic jams for anyone who doesn't like mountains and trees. LeBomb never expressed his appreciation for the great outdoors as I recall
Please he been getting his ass whooped last 4 years by curry and the warriors. He left is first NBA team to win first ring with Miami heat. U can't compare him to Jordan or Kobe. But yet they still reward him with a space jam movie. Curry tied his nba final record and was just one game away from beating it. And with way he shoots it would have made more sense to make him the star for space jam js
He saw m.o.n.e.y. it wasn't about his family. The Lakers are a 3-5 th seeds. It was about possible movie deals after basketball. Please, this was decided months ago. Lakers are not going to get to the finals. They don't have the talent there right now to do it. Sorry.
Why is Steven A’s opinion so valued? Jason Whitlock and Smith need to have their own show. “Blind and Lost Souls on Sports” Today’s special clueless guest is Donkey of the Decade Charlemagne the God.
The movie list is incomplete, he’s in that Smallfoot animated movie. Or is Disney trying to hide that movie because it’s not theirs? 😂🤔
Stephen A. has no regard for humanity 😂 I love his honesty.
People say Magic is a legend in the NBA and in Business. Magic is getting owned by LeBron James in the NBA and in business. Magic Johnson became David Blaine overnight.
Lebron gave up and went to the lakers so he wouldn’t have to battle all the way to the finals just to get embarrassed 3 times in a row. He gave it one last shot in 2017 and now it’s just a slow decent into retirement, collecting all the revenue he can until it’s over. Jokes on the lakers for dishing all that cash out on someone who knows their best days are behind them.
Whether we like it or not, Lebron is always at the forefront of any basketball chatter, and the lakers are epitome of a successful basketball franchise, so it’s only right that the best player in the world (for now) plays for the lakers.
Yo, as soon as football season is over, they stop talking about the NFL. Can we please give it a damn rest with the NBA in the off-season and talk more NFL?
Only reason because lebron doing all of this is because he’s trying to create a new legacy, try to be impactful off of the court because you know he be getting bounced out the finals constantly and if stood. The east that trend would have continued but now he went to the west and now he will get bounced out far before that
lebron family in LA? thought just Cleveland 🤔 and what difference it makes basketball players travel non stop so not going to be there anyways
My only worry is Luke Walton, is he really a good coach? I just wish to heck LeBron would play under a great coach like Jordan and Kobe did...