Stephen A. reacts to the Nets' loss to the Celtics: Kevin Durant did NOT show up! | NBA Countdown
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
- Stephen A. Smith, JJ Redick, Mike Greenberg and Jalen Rose react to the Boston Celtics taking a 3-0 series lead over the Brooklyn Nets in the first round of the NBA Playoffs.
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This is a proper team vs “you go, i go” team.
Yup that’s it you nailed it.
yeah , because the team was build with James Harden playmaking and makes that job to facilited , Kyrie and Kevin to score..
@@MinoSeven someone smart 😭 thought i was da only one who peeped
@@MinoSeven they needed Harden in this series.
Durant did this to himself.
Love when JJ is on the show , he kills it ! I love the chemistry of this group
Bill u must have a lot of heart ❤️ break in your life. U love to EZ!!!!
what happened to his podcast tho??
@@Saiputera nothing happened. he just had rj barrett on
Speaking of box office. This lineup of Smith, Jalen, and JJ is absolute box office NBA analysis/talk show. Get them together like this more often ESPN!
Completely agree. People dislike Smith without realizing he’s intentionally playing a character on First Take. Anytime he’s in a more analytical role, I think his quality really shows.
@@eriklakeland3857 exactly!
Put some respect on Jared Greenberg’s name!!!!!
@@eriklakeland3857 yup , people don’t realize the intentional dislike is what draws you in
The Justice League
Would love to see the Dubs and Celtics play seven games in the finals. Both teams are built from the ground. Both are stacked with talent and depth. Both are balanced offensively and defensively.
I'd rather see Steph vs Giannis it would be an ultra rare occasion and we already missed out on LeBron vs Kobe 😢 at least we got LeBron vs Steph
The Bucks have something to say about that. But yes, the better "teams" are prevailing. Dubs and Celtics are bringing it.
Both us and the warriors core players are homegrown too which makes it even cooler if this the finals matchup we get
@@hokagedlo6133 no center....
The only reason the score was close is because Boston didn’t guard griffin on those 2 3 pointers
Nah it's because lebron didn't play 😭
What about the other 97 points?
And Bruce Brown kept them in the game
@@population-_-420 when he did play the lakers didn't make playoffs
Who would’ve thought he made 2 threes coming off the bench
If it was LeBron having this type of series everyone would be destroying him but for KD and Kyrie everyone seems to be super nice about it 🤷🏽♂️
Exactly!
I love KD but he's the most coddled superstar. There is no one who can withstand the kind of scrutiny Bron gets. HE'D BE KILLED FOR THIS
LeBron would be crucified.
Everyone is gonna take it easy on Kyrie cause he's special, the man thinks the earth is flat.
@@PatriotsHateTheLeft46 😂😂
Never compare KD to LeBron ever again, regardless of Lebrons record. One thing you can guarantee is that he’s always going to show up
Say it louder for those in the back
Agreed! KD may be the better mid-range shooter, but Lebron is a better leader.
@@akin242002 more than leader he is the better all around player. Put some respect on his name. Udonis Haslem is a leader. Lebron sitting in the same class as Mike bruh wit Kobe sitting behind Mike cheating off his test
2011 finals against Dallas?? Clown take.. Go back and watch
Didnt show up in 2011 , 3 all stars team lost to dirk 😂
"This isn't your regular 7th seed" well down 3-0 looks pretty 7th Seedish to me 😅
The Hawks as the 8th seed avoided being down 0-3. The Timberwolves as the 7th seed has won two games so far. The Pelicans as the 8th seed has won a game so far. The Nets with KD and Kyrie probably won’t win a game in the 2022 playoffs.
They ignored Greeny, if this was lebron they would be killing him
Crucifying
They didn't wanna comment on that lmao 😂
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Even haters can’t deny this because people still bring up his performances against the mavs. The media didn’t make excuses for LeBron like they did KD by saying “they applied to Jordan rules” to KD, yet didn’t acknowledge the same for LeBron
Shows the difference
Durant feels like Warriors should be grateful to him by hanging his Jersey, by being their best shooter all time and so on. This series and what the Golden State Warriors are doing right now tells otherwise. KD should be grateful the Warriors gave him chance to have rings
Yes exactly
Tells you otherwise, should've been from the start. KD jump on the fastest train 🚃 to Ringtown that's all..
Exactly, they were good before him and they are good without him. KD has know heart , he has to play with a built team
💯 joseph ..
The man left steph and what has he did?
If this was bron we would have funeral suit and casket and grave already prepared..i like KD but now i see he was neva built to b the man on his own
The Warriors already won a title before he went there lol
Kyrie has had ONE good playoff run in his career. Maybe two. Both with Lebron. That’s it.
💯💯
Kinda true, 2015 he got injured but that was also a good playoff run for him but was with lebron ofc
2015 2016 2017 even tho they lost 2017 still made it
HEY please sub to itske1
Tough when you not playing with Steph, Klay, and Draymond, getting to coast all season then turn it on in the finals. Say what you want about James and his teams but in his prime he has had a load every year to carry and carried it well through the regular season and post season. Even his worst series against the Mav’s was in the finals at least not the 1st round. And my lord why he wanted to play with Kyrie is as dumb as Lebron wanting to play with Westbrook. Years of history to go by and still chose the most talented, gifted, spectacular untrustworthy basketball player in the history of the game to play with.
Yes they team up to beat one man just like the clippers
lol, east is weak when lebron play. weakest east ever
@@markozbunjol625 excuses bud, Lebrons greatness made it seem that way. Boston had the #1 D in 2018 and was the 1 seed too. Lebron still carved them up.
@@markozbunjol625 bruh there were great teams in the east, until lebron had to play them
james has struggled playoffs but yeah he is a god. also he made a mistake to play with kyrie but rectified it and is now looking at beating the raptors without leaving 3rd gear.
This Celtics team has developed the same way the 2013 Warriors did towards a championship. Continuity is key. It’s nice to see even at the expense of these 2 superstars.
i mean with boston there is somthing there. i like this boston team. but if you put this team in the west, there probably sitting at the 8th seed, again I like this boston team but they ain't ready for the chip just yet.
@@gunkmasterflex942 east teams are better lmao, only warriors and suns are east level in the west
@@gunkmasterflex942 the west is not that good....there are 3 really good teams that's it. Pump the brakes
@@gunkmasterflex942 lmao what are you even saying
@@gunkmasterflex942 you still have time to to delete this before it’s too late…
Actually, Durant hasn’t shown up at all in this entire series. Credit does go to the Celtics defense.
Defense.
100% true, KD hasn't shown at all, shoutout to Celtics defense, they are haunting KD defensively, Kyrie couldn't score at his will like he did in the first game, this series is all about Celtics showing up defensively and offensively, shoutout to JB too, the guys is amazing offensively
Suffocating D and great coaching.
Man's disappeared. Even if you a liability on defense, if you Durant we need 40 every night. Durant needed curry not the other way aroy
Credit goes to bad coaching by Steve Nash and the horrible refs
Bron bron would never let this happen. Especially at age 33
That's when he had one of if not the greatest playoff run..like 4 game winners...51 game 1 against the kd dubs...one of my favorite lebron yrs fr
Man people talking about how good the Celtics are rn but imagine how unstoppable they will be after KD joins them
Stephen A don’t wanna say anything bad about KD. He know mamma Durant watching. Boy as soft as KD in this series. If it was anyone else, Stephen A would have gone off. Keep that same energy!!!!! 🤷♂️
If players come on Steve's show, he goes easy on them 'My brotha' . He only goes hard on those that Won't come on his show.
How KD soft ?
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If thats lebron or the knicks underperforming to playoffs he woulda out of his mind lol
@@sakarilawrence6342 He been soft this whole series
The Celtics definitely wanted payback for their elimination by the Nets last year and they showed it. This is more about the Celtics imposing their will.
Go bulls
Also you could tell jaylen brown was ready to ball them up after missing last year's playoffs
GO BULLS
Don’t defend Durant here if ur a superstar you gotta take charge and at least make an attempt to look like you’re playing with some heart
They want pay back for how kyrie almost screwed over all those young guys in Boston that had to work harder to get back to where they are now when they were already there before kyrie got there… and kyrie showing who he is, he’s a street baller not a real pg doesn’t do anything a leader or 1 guard is spose to do he makes everything everything harder then what it has to be and you can see it taking a toll on kd and them boys.
The Nets: “We had a great season, so let’s finish strong! Ok on three, one, two, three Cancun! Yeah Baby! Cheers to the great season that we had!”
Unc gonna have a *FIELD DAY* on undisputed tomorrow 🤣🤣🤣
whole league is trash, for years the stars formed their own teams so you knew the team that would win before the season even started, they get paid way more then any other sport, yet they take time off whenever they want, its all..."me,ME,me".. selfish, egotistical morons that are very hard to root for, what i said describe the nets best, kyrie , a selfish piece of crap...3 pt. shooting, no defense at all for 82 games, and boring!!!!
Cancun does look nice this time off year . I’ll go there one day
give the celtics their roses, they're playing well and earning this. give them some respect. kudos to coach having a gameplan and having the guys execute. and remember the reason KD left golden state: it's because he *wasn't* the leader. that was steph's team. the nets are KD's team, and he's showing his lack of leadership in this series.
Honestly tho who cares if he wasn’t the leader or not, that was a fantastic fantastic team and if KD left just to be the “leader” of the Nets and didn’t see anything markedly better than the warriors, imo that was his pride making the decision rather than an honest desire to play for the nets
@@yohjicadoavocado8425 yep and thank god he left gsw 😌
@@yohjicadoavocado8425 That team was a disgrace. Not one person on it had a competitive bone in their body
@@PatriotsHateTheLeft46 if ur talking abt the warriors, then scoreboard bud they won like 5 championships something must’ve been working
@@yohjicadoavocado8425 Lol winning a championship with Steph, Kd,and klay is like being principle of a home school
KD just showed us how scary LeBron was in 2018
Nah..this is different type of Celtic team..this team didnt have Udoka as coach nor Tatum and Brown didnt emerge as a player they are now in 2018
You lebron nutters are ridiculous. Don’t compare rookie Tatum to now.
That 2018 run is among the greatest runs I’ve ever seen.
@@richardwilliams947 Man that 2018 celtics team made it to the eastern conference finals Rookie or not they were pressure . Last year didn’t the Nets eliminate this same team ? kd is looking washed to me
@@Shaomillian9024 yea they did but still was young then..no where near the players they were now
Steph's GSW 3-0 probably sweep the nuggets 💪👍
While Durant NETS team 0-3
SAS "You left Steph for this?". Can't stop laughing.
Durant Sealed his FATE when he left GSW. Period
Let's go Dubs 💪
Durantula cares too much about what the outside world thinks about him. Thats why he left OKC & then GS
Hot take here 😆
“If Lebron James played a series that looked anything like this they’d be talking about it for 20 years…”
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He tried bringing up LeBum but good on everyone else for ignoring it and just moving on
I caught that too 😂😂, perfectly and emphatically TRUE.
facts
We are talking about 2011 wdym? Also, people want this to be 2011 so bad. LeBron had the superteam of his dreams and failed. LeBron had a great coach and defensive teammates and failed. LeBron’s 2011 was the worst series any basketball player has ever had. Not superstar, not all star, not star- basketball PLAYER!!!
Lebron dropped 51 pts in an nba finals game and took L, the world goes crazy, the hate took on another level. KD drop 16pts never scored 30 points on this series and this is all we got?
💯 double standards. That's how we know, its levels to this..unfair or not
what? A new level in 2015? Bro at that time lebron haters were quiet alrdy peak hate was in miami
@@stefanpapdi5151 he gain some fans back but there will always be a small section of guys who dislike him no matter what
Gotta give props to Boston. They’re playing harder, their D is on a string, Tatum and Brown are outplaying Durant and Kyrie, their defense has been dominant, they been unquestionably out coached, and they may end up winning the chip. Everyone’s picking the Bucks or Heat, but Boston might just be underrated and the team to beat.
Man idk if any coach could’ve made a difference, he’s dealing with divas, so who knows if he’s able to … “coach”
It serves them right, thinking they’re too good… they both have egos that need checking, KD leaving warriors , was a blessing for warriors
The Celtics won’t be able to beat the sixers they have no answer for embeid
@@darkmagician2346 the Sixers won’t make the ECF to meet the Celtics unfortunately
@@darkmagician2346
Isn't that what they said about KD? 🤔 Or do you expect Harden to lob the ball to Embiid repeatedly?
@@kr3539 embied is a big man he can post up any player on that team at ease harden is a facilitator they can’t double team and help like they are on the nets with embied posting up teammates will get wide open shots Durants main game is scoring on the perimeter
When Bron was in the EAST he ran that sh** and when he played with Kyrie he got him to 3 straight NBA finals and won one these 2 can't even get past the 1st round sheesh 🤦🏾
The East is better than the West now... Casual
Ya cuz a lebron in his prime isnt in it lmao.
The best thing that happened to this Celtics team was kyrie leaving. He did them a big favor
Yes
He is a part time player never all in
Boston figured out how to play against KD but KD just couldn't switch it up because he's used to having his way on the court. He didn't have an answer to the Celtics defense.
It's easy to guard KD in the Nets offensive system. Because they have no offensive system. No off ball movement, no cutting, no passing. It's easy to double and triple him when you have nothing to think about going on with the other players.
KD not Wardell Stephen Curry the Second. The GSOAT has evolved past the double team, but KD never had to evolve.
The answer was Chef Curry and Killa Klay...when you double Curry and rotate to Klay that would leave KD one on one or open it is that simple. Now he is facing what Curry and Klay face all the time regardless of who is on the court the constant double team...It is not so easy now. Why would anyone leave KD open? Because KD is not a 3 point shooter his game is mid range. Chef Curry and Killa Klay will kill you with the 3 mid range only gets you 2.
Nets also have a curry but he is just attempting less than 10 shots
As Stephan A says you are curry shooting is in your vein
@@slamandjam2 you still need to be a great defensive team to stop em. You think the hawks or really any other team would do to the nets what the Celtics are doing? Nah not even close
Wonder who Stephen A has as the best player in the world now… Ik it’s gonna be Steph! Or anyone else but Giannis lol😅
He gonna flop back to curry😂😂😂
It will be Jayson Tatum.
He’s always discrediting Giannis cuz he don’t shoot like kd 😂😂 acting like bro numbers ain’t better without a jumper
Well, skip picked embiid as the best player after game 2. Maybe SAS is going to join him. Lol.
But Giannis isn't.
KD bout to ask for a trade to Boston 🤣
This is the same team LEBRON played and put his team on his back, and took them to game 7 and beat them
No, it's not. Boston was not ready 3-5 years ago. They were young and unexperienced.
@@ronaldoreyes4119 yea but when they went all the way to the eastern Conference finals, they wasn’t playing inexperienced
@@bigdawg4620 if they were not young, rookies and sophomore and unexperienced back then. What do you call it??? Tatum and brown were not even in their prime but they are now....
All season long we heard "The Nets are going to turn it on and take over the East".....still waiting.
Yeah when we had harden and now we don’t have him or Simmons playing
@@ImNickNation yup harden about to play in the 2nd round leaving that dumpster fire 😂
@@jjack3186 yep while embiid Is carrying harden and breaking his back hitting game winners
A team faced a group of individuals, and they crushed them. This was beautiful to watch as a basketball fan. It's the death of the microwave super team.
What superteam was playing?
@@brendanbloom3366 meh if you don’t know, you don’t know.
Love that term “microwave super team”! Well said and I hope it’s true!! Nets were crowned kings before they won anything and that hype train looks like it’s about to crash 🥳
What superteam? 😂 y’all don’t even call Jordan/Pippen/Rodman a super team 😂
Right superteams really don’t matter it’s all about chemistry and these so called super teams are getting folded too many egos
Facts Jalen 💯 I never saw Kobe interacting nicely with his opponent when down in a playoff series.
I was like KD you can't be serious. They cutting you'll hip and you smiling with your opponent. Down 0 /3 smt!!
JJ and Jalen are naturals on TV. Love listening to them both.
It’s funny how people say steph needed kd when in reality it was kd who needed steph bro can’t win a chip without a super team while steph no matter what y’all say won in 2015 and has a good shot this year kd and kyire are crazy talented funny how people was saying they a better duo then steph and kd
No kyrie or love lol 😂 curry got lucky
@@alphachewy1879 that’s not luck kid
@@alphachewy1879 Cavs got lucky too in 2016 when Green got suspended, Bogut went down and Steph, Iggy playing 50%
@@suiken3149 And golden state got lucky the year before when Kyrie and Kevin Love got hurt. These things tend to even out
@@alphachewy1879 talking like there weren't injuries in 2016 finals and the green suspension. LMAO. bronsexuals are fucked.
Another Celtics win, another post game analysis about the how the nets didn’t do this, do that, etc. Just acknowledge the Celtics legendary defense and move on.
They doing their job dummy
The Bostons defense is good but Steve Nash's coaching is horrendous. Them talking about what he could've be longer than the game itself.
JJ mentioned it
@@jessereale People talking about Nash’s coaching is just a cop out. You can only make adjustments based on your, and your opponents personnel. What adjustments was Nash supposed to make? What did he do wrong as a coach? I’m not saying he’s a perfect coach, but the Nets won 44 games this year with Harden quitting on them, Kyrie only playing home games for less than half the season, and KD missing a lot of time. The Celtics have just had one of the best defenses we’ve seen in a while and that’s why the Nets are having trouble. It’s that simple.
Lol first time in what 15 years we’ve seen KD being locked up, yeah I think that would be the story not a 2 seed beating a 7 seed. This should be expected from the Celtics they are the 2 seed for a reason.
Real professionals. I admire and love basketball.
The shot of the guy on the computer in the back 😆
I guess the difference between curry, bron and kd is that when their shoots arent falling bron stjll have his playmaking, curry still have his gravity to suck in defender doing offball play while durant dont have any impact if his shoot is not falling.
If his J not falling Lebron Bron still going to the rim cause no one can stop him plus the play making. He gone get a point lol
His gravity 😂
@@yeahyeahyeahwhat6271 u a casual
@@wesleycuban8649 with 30 shots ye
kd a good passer
When greeny mentioned the lebron thing jalen changed the subject because he knows it’s true
They would crucify LeBron because he's considered top 5 greatest player of all time, Durant is not so it's obvious that LeBron would get more criticize than KD
Well that was a stupid thing to bring up cause people don’t think kd is the greatest of all time. If people want to call lebron the goat then we gotta criticize him more than any other player
@@Gatorfan_Cavon well stop comparing kd to lebron them
@@TM-NTM whos comparing them two? Not me. They are 2 different types of players
@@vin7463 people do say that's he's the greatest scorer and one of if not the most skilled player so..........he should be held to a pretty high standard
This reminds me of the 04 Finals, just everything about this.
Thank you Greeny!!!
"KD is 6”11 with a 7”6 wingspan who can pull up from 30 that has handles and can average 25 in his sleep"
anyone remember this line?
To be fair this was true for a decade. He's getting older and the Boston defense is historic.
@@ronnydee34 yeah it's not like KD isn't a 7 foot sniper with crazy handles who can pull up from anywhere he just isn't playing like he usually does this series. Credit to Boston's defense.
He doesn’t have handles.
From THIRTY !!!!!!!!!
@@thej1615 you must be blind.
I can't WAIT to hear all the experts' excuses for why the Nets are going to get swept. Sports analysts are nothing more than personalities. Anyone who watches these segments for information rather than entertainment, you're doing sports wrong.
True and they aint much on personality either it seems a combination of ignorance and a lack of desire to tell the truth
Ha...preach
agree, also fanboys putting it 100% on nash when it isnt. sure nash is part of the problem but its also kd and kyrie since they are the players and they have to get the work done at the end of the day.
I'm a Celtics fan and I would've had called this
Don’t worry guys because Nets fans have been telling us Ben Simmons is going to come in put the hammer down on Boston.
Irving 6-17 field goals, missed all seven 3-pointers.
Tatum had 6 steals, steals Celtics 13, Nets 7, fast break points: Celtics 25, Nets 9.
Great swarming Boston defense.
Please keep this NBA Countdown with JJ for the rest of the playoffs
Bruce Brown has been Brooklyn's best player by far this series
This just shows me that a well balanced team who is like this for years always gonna be better than a newly traded team who relies on their superstars! Thanks for the proof Celtics !
Facts, kinda like mavs vs heat 2011
Kinda like Golden State right
Warriors been done that and won a chip
The Warriors been the proof of that
The 2011 Mavs didn’t prove that already
Stephen A would be posting a 10 minutes video of himself on social media telling us how LeBron is not Michael or Kobe if it was him playing like KD. Or what does it mean for his legacy on First Take every freakin day.
But he will just brush it off cuz it’s his boy KD. He will talk about Nash & Kyrie next week. Just watch
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Steven a smith it's like wow me and my new York teams😁😁
SAS still going soft on KD, if it was LeBron he would destroy him
SAS is a clown
@ReiV17, you are correct! Steven A is friends with KD and his mom and that gets in the way of fair unbiased reporting as it relates to KD.
Probably cause K.D doesn't refer to HIMSELF as the goat. Smoking a cigar after winning a Mickey Mouse ring. That's a BIG difference.
Bruh they still talking about the 2011 finals lol KD has never faced the type of criticism lebron had in this league
People forget an never bring it up they swept Kobe and the lakers after the won a chip an the spurs 😂😂
On my life💀they still bringing up the 2011 finals 11 years later 🤣🤣🤣🤣
You’ve been bitching about him for a decade🤣
@@Jdub3amigo facts that Mavs team was very good
Yeah this is a nice crew!! They should definitely let them continue to work together to see how the chemistry develops!
Think this will be the big topic on first take tomorrow. Especially with game 4 Monday night. Think this could end with a gentleman’s sweep. The other 3-0 series remind us how hard it is to sweep a team now a days
Funny Kyrie ran away from Cleveland to get away from LeBron so he could be the man. How did that work out in Boston and now in Brooklyn?? KD ran over the Warriors to insure he could get rings ( and beat LeBron) after losing to them the year before. He went to Brooklyn because Kyrie wanted him to, not to lead. There's a difference between stars and leaders and neither one of them are..
Best comment here 👏
Amen kyrie did fk all in his career without lebron besides counting lottery picks and sending home in the first round
Kyrie is a plague
Do you know these guys personally. You know their reasoning now? Their teamates and coaches have praised their leadership throughout their careers. I guess you know better from your couch. Kyrie wanted to be the man? He made a list of preferred teams to be traded to. One had kawhi. Another had butler. Boston wasn't on the list.
Lebron running away from team to team to.
I remember in 2018 when they said Kevin Durant was the best player in the world while he played on a 73-9 team while Lebron on the other hand only had Kevin Love and pretty much non but Lebron still proved that he can go to the finals even without Kyrie. Oh btw Lebron faced that team in 2018 and he was pretty much alone in that series and he still proved that he is a goat contender.
All true 👍
With all due respect, that Eastern conference was a joke. That team would get cooked by 4-5 teams in the East today
@@MuhammadShakurIV it doesn’t matter still difficult to get to the finals and it’s funny how the east got stronger right after he left the east 🤷🏾♂️
KD came in after the 73-9 season
@@jordantaylor1042 Word 💯✔️
Stephen A. he left Steph for the Nets because y'all pushed him out. Every day y'all got on TV and said his championships wasn't valid because he had to team up with Steph & Klay. And that he need to prove to the world that's he could win without Curry and Klay. And kd so easily influenced he jumped ship, made the Draymond incident a excuse to leave. So yea he left to prove you media guys wrong. 🤦🏿♂️These media guys is so toxic 😣 y'all don't know what y'all want.
I'm curious for an interview with Andre Drummond since he played with Lebron and KD recently. He can compare how these two stars handle these type of situations.
If this was LeBron, Stephen A would be yelling and going off...Shoot even when Kawhi choked in game 7 Stephen A was going crazy...
Durant is choking and about to be swept in the FIRST ROUND....Where is the loud Stephen A at now?
Concerning for KD if he’s not held to GOAT standards
FACTS facts
@@MonsterIcee well stop comparing him to lebron then. Stop saying he’s the best player in the world because he has never proved that.
@@MonsterIcee He’s supposed to be Stephen As best player in the world though 😂. He quiet now.
@@goldenstateswarriorsbandwa4842 where is Lebron though?? smh
y'all acting like Lebron is waiting in the finals. dude didn't even qualify for playoffs with a team full of HOF
Stephen A. the type of guy to say "outcoached" while being unable to explain how exactly someone was outcoached.
easy thing to do is to blame the coach
@@ShadySlim_boxing_show the coaching is a huge part of the problem. Poor rotation, bad play calling, not having the guts to take the ball out of certain players hands, etc...the other big part is Kyrie and KD can no longer handle physical play..their time is up.
Anyone who excuses the coaching is a fool. KD and Kyrie are getting exposed and the coaching is also getting exposed.
@@ShadySlim_boxing_show The coach is a joke but put that on KD and Kyrie they vouched for him and also said they don't need a coach. KD also grew tired of the structure in Golden State so he got what he deserved.
KD and Kyrie said they didn't need a coach, remember? Don't blame Nash. What's he supposed to do with that? Just gotta let them lose and hope they learn, right?
I been saying for the last 4-5 years now, that Tatum and Brown need to show me more consistency before I consider them “stars”/“all NBA”. Welp, they are doing it in real time in this series and I am very impressed. Celtics are just a better team all around than Brooklyn in every aspect, not to mention their insane defensive prowess. Hats off to them..
beginning of the szn i never thought this would be the outcome, lets goo green
Boy are all these “analysts” ESPECIALLY Stephen A Smith who has been slurping KD for years now are looking real dumb and I cannot wait to hear all the excuses
Why did he ignore greenys lebron comparison
Because they be slurping kds nuts and hating on Lebron for the longest
@@boonebeasley9622 nah he himself has brought those lebron comparisons when kd was in golden state too.
@@boonebeasley9622 I’m thinking what your thinking, 2011, but it proves his point because everyone still mentions it I’m surprised they even mentioned that OKC and Memphis series where KD was having a bad time because everyone always sweeps all of KD’s playoff blunders under the rug, they sweep that 2016 series, which seems like it’ll be his 2nd worst series now after this, under the rug. I think Greeny wanted to make a point that KD isn’t receiving nearly enough criticism, forget Nash, forget Kyrie they’re not supposed to be the “best player on the planet” Kyrie at least had an incredible game 1, Blake Griffin can’t be the most hungry guy here
@@somregularguy exactly
Nobody answered Greeny’s question. How should we view KD performances? Because is it was Lebron, we will be talking about it for 20 years
Of course they didn’t because nobody wants to address the hypocrisy. Think about the hate LeBron got this season for the Lakers missing the playoffs even tho they had injuries and the team wasn’t good. KD on the other hand is getting a complete pass for being terrible in a series where he has a HEALTHY Kyrie on his team and with a roster that was viewed as so good to the media that dudes were still picking the Nets to win the title as a 7 seed. It’s stuff like that why I never seen KD as the best player in the world. People give him all the praise in the world when he’s great and when he won those two chips on a stacked team but now that he’s struggling, it’s everybody else’s fault. It’s the team defense, it’s Kyrie not showing up, it’s Steve Nash. But in all reality, if KD was even AVERAGE in Games 1 and 2, the Nets would be up 2-1 right now at WORST.
They don’t get graded on the same scale Lebron is the goat conversation you gotta talk about him different
They all straight dismissed it 😂 S/O Greeny for being a real one, Lebron would be on a cross at his very moment.
He kind of addressed the question to JJ, who interviewed KD for his podcast, and JJ asked softball questions, avoiding topics like the superteam in GSW. JJ wasn’t going to trash KD.
If you watch KDs postgame interview, he’s actually very honest about why he took so few shots. He thought he was forcing it too much and wanted to make smart decisions. In short, he hasn’t figured out what to do. He even declined to latch on to an excuse… he said he wasn’t tired or hurt, he essentially gave the Celtics their props.
This isn’t so much KD not showing up. It’s the Celtics figuring him out, and KD, or the Nets for that matter, never figuring out how to respond.
I think these analysts act extra with Lebron because they don’t like he’s compared to Jordan. It’s ridiculous but that plays a role in why they are so extra with him. They do need to keep the same energy with KD though.
The guy in the back just casually working with the cast of legends and stars behind him lol
That 3 piece all black suit is sweet
CORRECTION: Kevin Durant DID SHOW UP. HE JUST GOT PUNKED……..AGAIN.
JAYSON TATUM and JAYLEN BROWN ARE GOING AT KEVIN DURANT AND KYRIE…and it’s a beautiful thing to watch.
Celtics in 4
He didn’t show up lol he’s overrated
But he didnt show up lol the ENTIRE series it was Kd takes 2 dribbles , gets stuck , turns the ball over. Bruce brown had more shot attempts and points than him the whole series.
Let’s address the elephant in the room …why the GM traded Harden for a player that hasnt played all series. If Nash is fired I think the gm needs to be fired too
Thats what it all comes down to ! Kd is exhausted give em a pass
Not Sean Mark's fault Ben Simmons is hurt
@@afrolore7462 should had did his “due diligence” prior . Let me ask u this who would be better for Brooklyn rn Harden or somebody on the bench 🤣🤣 atleast yal could had blamed harden at the end lmao 😜
@@afrolore7462 bruh he isn't hurt
The trade is still good. James harden has like 2 years left in his prime, Ben Simmons is much younger and they got 2 first round picks out of it. Seth Curry and Drummond have been doing their job for the most part
Grass ain’t always greener on the other side - some old man with wisdom
so much for being the best player in the nba and considered the best offensive duo in the league. what happens when they go against a team thats amazing at defense.
Every game since the first they've said pretty much the exact same thing.. "I'm stunned", "I'm shocked", "I'm surprised". 🤣
Right lol. I must admit tho it does look kinda weird seeing KD look this bad😂
No way these guys in today's era could have played in the 80's and 90's -- I'm referring to these stars; none of them can really play versus solid/good defense if the refs just let them play, they don't have a game.
Look how pissed off SAS looks at 2:20 when Greeny mentions Lebron!!! That’s because the “they” Greeny is referring to is Stephen A himself. 🤦♂️
I peeped that too 😂😂
People can say what they want about LeBron but he wouldn't go down like KD , LeBron would be straight aggressive and try to take over the game
@Carl The One all players have bad games but Lebron didn't look this bad even against the Mavs
Never seen KD carry a squad not about his failures all greats will fail
2011 NBA Finals: Bron: Avg: 43min; 48%fga; 60%fta; 7ast- Probably the most similar series except Bron has yet to become a champion at this point and he was not yet the leader of the team, just 8yrs in. That changed the following year.
None of this can be said about KD, he’s been in the league almost 2x as long respectively, he is a 2x champion, 2x FMVP, he’s the leader of this team AND the best player on the team… he has to do better.
Crazy thing is they can still win but I have 0 faith that will happen.
We are seeing the end of the superteams and I love it finally.
Stephen A really hates Harden he said he’s done and he 22 and 9 and he went crazy on Harden now he’s talking all soft about KD
Wanda durant
@@pfizer3082 exactly. Dude still shook
Harder is a mvp anymore! Still good tho
Harden's looked relatively shitty all year which is why he thinks Philly isn't going anywhere against Miami or Boston or Milwaukee. Durant's looked great all year so he trusted him to bounce back. KD obviously didn't and Stephen a's been trashing him for days like everyone else. What has Harden done this year or ever for that matter to earn more trust than Durant?
@@williamharris7849 they should have never traded Harden in the 1st place... Atleast Harden can give them 20+ points and like 9-10 assists per game unlike Ben Simmons who hasn't even played this season
I want to know where is the same energy that they will have for Lebron. SA sound sympathetic about KD. He would have been loud if this was Lebron.
1:41 dude was typing fiercely in the background
KD was feeling himself. He was on the "Warriors thinking all we need is offensive fire power and it's easy streets." He didn't respect and understand the level of defense and coaching the role players it took to create that level of dynasty. It was deeper than shooting a bunch of 3s.
“Just watch how our squad comes out of this All-Star Break” --- Kyrie Irving
Did not aged well. 1st round exit 😭😭😭
Irving 6-17 field goals, missed all seven 3-pointers.
Tatum had 6 steals, steals Celtics 13, Nets 7, fast break points: Celtics 25, Nets 9.
Great swarming Boston defense.
i mean hea technically right, we watched them out of the playoffs
@@lagniappe3926comes out of playoffs haha
SAS sounds sad. SMH. Keep the same every you would with LBJ. SAS over here knocking KD for joining GS and knocking him for leaving. SMH. KD never was on the same plane as LBJ. Joining a 73 win team doesn’t make you the best
Its so funny with that guy on the computer in the background.
1:40 Man's grinding. Got that essay due
durant in his mind gotta be regretting his decision now.
Indeed he changed the course of history in a bad way for himself! These same talking heads had a hand in setting kd up with pressure from their commentary
This is what happen when you think the grass is greener on the other side.
nothing to regret. he has assembled a strong enough team, patty mills, seth, drummond, dragic, griffin, bruce brown balling outta his mind and kyrie. he has more than enough to win considering he is supposed to be the best or 2nd best player in the world rn. there is simply no excuses at all
Edit: Last i heard from the "nets fans", the nets were the clear favs cos they have KD and Kyrie regardless of whether they are a lower seed or not. unless they are changing their tune in a quick minute to change the narrative which i wont find surprising either lol
He probably could have gotten to 5 championships easily if he stayed with the Warriors and been head to head with Kobe and Magic and Duncan for career legacy. Now he’ll probably be stuck at 2 and be completely exposed by the Celtics. This Celtics series will be a massive stain on his legacy
His rings were phony. And still are. He set out to win the right way and is failing. Because he isn’t a true champion. He is a bandwagon who got a couple rings. No amount of rings in golden state would have got him the respect he was looking for
This was suppose to be the “ I’m Kevin Durant … you know who i am “ game smh 🤦🏾♂️
He’s a fraud what do expect?
No we dont . the only guy tht talks wen he has steph n clay.
They wanna hit that vacation early lol😂😅
I don't understand why Blake Griffin, LaMarcus Aldridge, cam Thomas not playing all three bigger and can provide shooting. This is all on the coach.
Thank you S.A. for someone finally mentioning Steve Nash! 👏🏾👏🏾
Easy call to make when they’re 0-3. Where was that energy when Steven A predicted the Nets to win the series ?
a lot of the blame needs to be placed on Stephen A’s “best player in the world” but we all know he gonna somehow focus on blaming Kyrie
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯✅✅✅✅
Nope, he’s blaming Steve Nash just as I expected him to
@@Dabighomiee the entire nets team should be blamed, even the management. Celtics played incredible defense. But that can't be an excuse for KD not shooting 20 times atleast. Especially when nets offense means him n Kyrie. And this Kyrie dude 🤦. He is good, but will be considered as great.
Nash is not a real coach. Everyone knew that when they hired him. But hey this is what KD n them wanted
You would be crazy to give Kyrie a long-term deal. You never know when he going to show up for work, maybe he wants to take a few months off again before he plays a game, dude is too unpredictable.
He's still going to get a long term deal. So you should stop bitching about him and his money. He's been in the nba 11 years and has gotten max contracts since his rookie contract. A team will give him a max contract for how many years they can give him. Cause the teams don't care about fan narratives and Media narratives about Kyrie missing games
@@terrence8483 Narratives? Have ever seen Kyrie play a full season???? The facts are there for all to see, I feel his heart is not on basketball anymore, dude should retire and enjoy his millions.
Steve Nash ain’t ready to be on this stage ..
mark jackson would take this team to the promise land
Can we finally admit Giannis is the best in the league now?
This is literally prove he is the Celtics ain’t doing this to Giannis next round watch he finna kill them boys 😭😭😭
@@WrestlingIsReal649 Without Middleton? The Celtics are not the Bulls with their horrendous defense and their team full of one-dimensional players, no, the Celtics are an elite team.
Not if Giannis gets punked too
@@Mr.Sax. he’s not gonna play worse than kd has
@@Mr.Sax. i think a healthy Suns and healthy Celtics in the finals could be grand to watch.
Y’all should be use to this kd been doing this his whole career he needed the over powered golden state team to win he couldnt win in okc and now the nets smh 🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️
Facts!
Imagine if Gokden State wins the championship without him and Curry gets to 4 rings lmao
I been saying that
Harsh truth
@@connordavis2345 Yes, to beat other superteams. 👀
Stephen A to Kevin Durant "That's why you left?" 😁 Nets about to be swept, Warriors about to advance. Those are facts.
JJ is a tremendous analyst
Watching this series makes KD’s “rings” even more laughable; it’s easy when you played with Curry, Thompson, and Green you could legit throw Porzingis on that team and it still would have been 2 rings. If KD loses as the leader of this Nets team against the Celtics it will be such a big L.
KD was carried by Steph, Klay and Draymond
@@micahkiyimba8641 but still won FMVP hahahahaah
Facts
right he cant win by himself, this hows clearly
U could’ve added any sf or pf to that team and they would’ve won a chip
give the celtics credit, most complete team since the new calendar year. while everyone is saying which teams should avoid the nets, the celtics took on the challenge knowing that if they play team basketball, they could overcome the nets. Mad respect to the celtics.
Remember when Philly and LA passed on Tatum for Markelle Fultz and Lonzo Ball respectively? That always makes me smile when I think about that.
@Spokesman of MJ I hate to say it, but it was a complete waste. Fultz and Ball aren’t even on those teams anymore. And they didn’t contribute to those teams in a meaningful way. Both players have been busts in my opinion.
I haven't been paying attention to the NBA all season long but when I look at this series it's pretty much over based on who leads this series overall.
Finally KD is fully exposed. This is who he’s always been, minus when he had the safety of Golden States actual champions surrounding him. He’s a highly skilled player, not a leader, and absolutely never a “best player in the world” caliber player. Recent players who smoke him are Lebron obviously, then Giannis, Steph Curry. All the former guys like Jordan, Magic, Shaq… those are all elite champions and best in the world caliber. KD is an elite talent, like AI.
Exactly! KD should never ever be compared to LeBron ever again.
Facts. I am honestly very disapointed, his lack of leadership was fully exposed in this series
AI shot below 40% in those playoffs he didn’t carry a otherif 76ers team they played great defense
He’s gonna be this generations T-Mac.
@@MrWick11 wrong. He has rings