FIRST TAKE | Stephen A. “BREAKING NEWS” Pacers ship Buddy Hield to 76ers for Marcus Morris, Korkmaz

FIRST TAKE | Stephen A. “BREAKING NEWS” Pacers ship Buddy Hield to 76ers for Marcus Morris, Korkmaz

Breaking news into first take this morning out of the NBA the Indiana Pacers are trading buddy heel to the 76ers for Marcus Morris cork MZ and three second round picks are Adrien wood narowski reporting Stephen A your reaction to the Buddy heed news doesn’t mean anything to me right now it would

Mean something to me if Joel andb was not hurt than because buddy Hills is a big time pickup because he can shoot the basketball he can shoot the rock so when you’re talking about him out there with maxi with Tobias Harris I love it a lot if mbid were healthy but without him

Being healthy it doesn’t matter doesn’t matter it’s like winking in the dark you know what you’re doing but nobody else does without as Stephen A said without Joel and B they’re not going anywhere and and um Tyrese Maxi is playing unbelievable basketball but without that 7 foot2 285lb monster in the middle

Spectacular without him it ain’t nothing then nothing all right we’ll stay in the ass Association because today is a very significant day in the NBA especially Shannon for Lakers fans so let’s get into it right now a statue commemorating Kobe Bean Bryant will be unveiled today outside of crypto.com Arena the date

Holds significance for the unveiling of the statue due to numerology associated with 2824 the number two is a tribute to Gian Bryant’s jersey number while Kobe himself wore the numbers 8 and 24 during his career Stephen A obviously I know how much you beloved Kobe Bryant we all did

One of my favorite players to ever play the game such an icon and obviously a dear friend to you Ju Just Thoughts on this happening today you know I just Shannon Molly you just don’t stop being sad um I tell this to people all the time uh Kobe was one of the most

Brilliant people I’ve ever known yeah um to be in his early 40s and to have his life taken away for his 13-year-old daughter to have her life taken away and she wore the number Jersey 2 when she played that’s why on a day like today

2824 signifies to both of them um and of course the other uh lives that were lost in the helicopter crash just tragic and so you know we honor and rever Kobe Bryant because of the great player he was the great Ambassador he was the great Champion that he was the girl dad

That he was and so many other things but his level of Brilliance his wisdom Shannon and what he brought toight not just the game of basketball but to the world especially the World of Sports and you see how he resonates with so many people you just find yourself imagining

What if he were here today I mean the things that he could do to just help us all be so much better than what we already are what would we all give to have Kobe and Gian here to celebrate this moment in person yeah you never get over the

Suddenness in which this happened yeah that’s what’s that’s so what’s so shocking if Kobe fix 5 7 and he’s been dealing with something a illness or something we could understand that it would hurt but we would understand it right but with the suddenness and the tragedy the tragic of it you still you

Find yourself like and I remember hearing it on my way to Miami for the Super Bowl and I remember here I was like nah you know how people put stuff out there such and such past I’m like nah this can’t be true because we don’t we think of athletes as invincible and

Especially Kobe Bryant we saw him overcome so much in his life and I don’t noall I follow it but I don’t follow ien been as close around it as you right has there ever been a player that resonated more with a fan base than Kobe with the

Lakers no I don’t believe as great as Jordan was in Chicago I don’t believe the bull faithful love Jordan like the if like if Godly right I mean the way they look at Kobe and him and Vanessa too as like the first lady of because he

Grew up Stephen he was 17 and they watched the young boy turn into a young man and get married and have kids and to win championships there’s something to be said with that well in his own way that that because Chicago revered and Jordan’s Godlike figure of course but I

Think the difference is is that there was a distance to Jordan where Jordan wasn’t letting in but so much whereas cobby did not necessarily as you know as he didn’t get you in live your personal life like but you know as a basketball player and with his mentality and then

In the aftermath of his career how he let you in a little bit more really opened up being that’s right but Stephen A also and you knew him more intimately he’s was so interesting and Brilliant the man spoke so many different languages so so cultured and such and he

He wins an Oscar yes yeah he wins an Oscar he was and he was just getting started he was just getting started and I had a conversation with him right before and you could tell the passion that he that he poured in the basketb he was poured into the second part of

His life just as much there there’s a quote Shannon how you do anything is how you do everything and that’s him and I think to me the Mamba mentality is become the best version of yourself that’s what he motivated and inspired us all to do is become the best you saw

Kobe you’re like yeah got to do a few more reps got to work a little harder CH is doing stuff Club sh Shay doing a lot of things as an individual independent think Independent Business I’m trying to do the same myself production company all of that other stuff I bring that up

Because Kobe Bryant came up to me when I had my television show from 2005 to 2007 and I was talking about Oprah Winfrey and hosting the show he said forget Oprah Harpo Harpo yeah it’s about ownership it’s about ownership he said don’t cut yourself short and don’t limit

Her to being a television host she’s so much more than that you’re so much more than that I’m so much more than that always think that way and he that’s it that that that’s who Kobe was mindset the mindset of greatness well our thoughts and prayers are with his family

Day we’ll leave it there when we come back here on first take much more to get into live from Vegas Demarcus Lawrence will be joining the show number one we have Kevin Durant it’s basketball season it’s right around the point Kevin Durant jannis don’t 611 Yannis you was Defensive Player of the

Year you were supposed to block that but jannis Kevin Durant said I’m the slim Reaper and the greeper and the keeper Kevin Durant y’all boy you going to come along at some point I’m going call you out every time next we going have LeBron James I call

Him the K but see he playing against these Young Bucks the class of 2003 High School draft class we used to say growing up get up get up and dunk on his head LeBron and then make the sankk face look at the sank face look at him do you

Belong he’s basically ask him do you belong in the NBA he’s the king I left my crown at home sorry green I make sure I have my prop next week LeBron James Woody that boy last but not least we got Luca Luca LCA Luca playing with his food

A little bit playing with his food at the top of the key drains the three-pointer Luca I never seen a guy him Yi the only two players in NBA history in my opinion that get literally one inch off the ground and ball every single night but look at this one from

The logo I’m used to seeing Daman Lillet do this I’m going start calling them logo dunk but Luca that boy B For foreign Speech Fore spee spee spee for spe speech spee My ally has been defeated your team has destroyed a tower enemy double kill spe speee foree speee spee Spee for Fore for destroy k Un enemy an ally has Defeated totally fore spech speech speeech spee spe foree Speee spee fore for speech Speech Even if I forget my name I’ll remember her smile they need a sword I’m just a [Applause] person teest Tower even if I forget my name En my life reborn for the Battle an enemy has deated you deated an [Applause] enemy Ally Ally Your tower has destroyed our base is under Attack

FIRST TAKE | Stephen A. “BREAKING NEWS” Pacers ship Buddy Hield to 76ers for Marcus Morris, Furkan Korkmaz