FIRST TAKE | “That’s damn” – Stephen A. agrees Mad Dog is mad that Sean Mark is still the Nets GM

FIRST TAKE | “That’s damn” – Stephen A. agrees Mad Dog is mad that Sean Mark is still the Nets GM

Christoper take it easy take it easy are you are you starting to feel the pressure do I got JJ he’s always tricky yes I feel pressure okay may I go hello St sure I’m going to get out again I’m going to get out of the way I was going

To do Purdue Connecticut because how did they make Purdue this committee this weekend number one team in America over Yukon but then Yukon got blown out last night so I had to lay low on that so I picked a college basketball one and how about Rick patino Rick all upset because

They blew another lead to Sean Hall on Su afternoon they had 19-point lead in the first half they have blown leads left and right and then Rick after the game basically takes a hammer and pounds everybody hates the facilities my team stinks the most unenjoyable year I’ve

Ever had in the history of college basketball we have no athletic Movement we can’t move laterally laterally we fouled too much and he took back the comments yesterday but Rick Rick Rick you came to St John’s you were extoling how great you were at the beginning of

The year you lose a bad game to se how about you figure out a way to get a basket at the end of the game there quar a time out want to play get a hoop he lost a close game to Providence you blew leads you blew a game at kraton I mean

Enough already about Rick here burying everybody at St John St John’s has been bad forever and he’s killing the facilities Rick stay I owna I mean I love patino he’s a great coach but my gosh that was a horrendous look killing a bunch of 19-year old kids you took the

Players and now not he killed his coaches where we did a lousy job recruiting what Rick what you kidding I mean come on you’re the head coach he killed everybody he was frustrated teams falling apart probably not can make the NCAA tournament Rick how about you take your responsibility you know what I’ve

Done a lousy job I got to do better this is unacceptable we’ve had a good year and then all of a sudden we’ve collapsed blame it on me I’m making $10 million a year I was shoted by patino number one I couldn’t stand I know I’m the Yukon fan

But he was lucky to get a second chance by iona’s lucky to be coaching at St John’s as well and I’ll leave it at that that fair you want to comment there Mr JJ I would just say you know as a as a player I always wanted to be coach I

Always wanted to be coach and I always wanted my coach to tell me the truth I just didn’t want him to do it in a press conference how about you Stevie let me hear there’s no excuse for what Rick patino did I mean he’s lucky to have the

Job that he has to be quite honest with you with some of the tri with some of the things that Molly alluded to um and to be in that situation you’re 14 and 12 obviously he’s such a great coach he’s not accustomed to this but it shows that

The level of resolve that he wants his players to have he doesn’t necessarily have because the second he has an opportunity to in his first season he threw everybody under the damn bus that’s not right all right that’s one so that’s an easy one hey how about Shan

Marx I mean does he have a job for life can you win something he’s fired a million coaches he fired ainson because Kyrie one of them gone then he promoted uh V then he demoted VA when he wanted to get Nash vau I’m sorry then

He what are you doing that for when I’m do my sorry it’s vau I just he demoted vaugh to get n then he fired Nash and then he brought vaugh back and now he’s fired vaugh and now he brings in obviously another interman Kevin Aly this is the same sha

Mars who on December 20th against the Milwaukee Bucks basically told his coaching staff hey let’s give everybody a pass tonight they need a little rest after they beat Detroit not to have stop that Detroit losing streak and he only played his guys in the first quarter and

They let vaugh take that hit for flying out loud he made a move for hard that was a disgrace he let Kyrie iring run the team that didn’t work out he brought in the kid from Philly he never plays they’re capped out they got no free

Agents and the guy he’s got no cap space and the guy is still here running the team if he was run the Knicks they would have run him out of town so fast you wouldn’t know what hit him and I understand he came from JC Buford and

He’s a San Antonio Spur by the way how many games has pop won in the last four or five years they never won damn r RC RC boy you too what are you doing and it’s and it’s Ben Simmons Simmons I forgot that too but I mean Simmons never

Placed RC bu to come from that great tree the Spurs haven’t won anything in a five or six year period if he was running the Knicks he would be out of here so fast you wouldn’t believe it but because nobody cares about the Nets he gets a chance to stay how many coaches

As a general manager who has done nothing are you allowed to hire and fire and what he did on December 20th in front of his home fans on Christmas with the prices they charge against Milwaukee to tell the coach these guys don’t play tonight because of load management and

Then he fires vaugh you know what Sean marks get on the next train and get the hell out of town that’s number two okay okay okay JJ um your objective you live in Brooklyn I just want I want your thoughts on this situation Shawn marks when he took over

The Brooklyn Nets it was the most impossible job potentially in NBA history when he took over this team they had traded away all of their future ass yes for aging Superstars yeah yeah that didn’t work so he had to basically come up with creative ways to build out a roster

Build out assets build a culture he did that that’s ultimately What attracted Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant now I’m not going to we don’t have enough time to rehash that era we’ve already done it a little bit today as it relates to Ben Simmons I get that he doesn’t play the

Guy has had serious injuries going all the way back to the bubble in 2020 multiple surgeries knee back all that stuff that’s not Shawn Mark’s fault that’s not Shawn Mark’s fault he done a good job running the team here’s the thing that’s the question he he was able

To bring in again they’re they’re they’re a toenail away they’re an injury away from a potential from a potential Championship from a potential Champion he’s got to then rebuild again on the Fly and they hold all of Phoenix’s future picks brother win they’re going to win all these games

They in8 stepen in 2028 Stephen a break this down for me is mad dog right no JJ’s right JJ’s absolutely right but yes he is yes he is but I will say this there are two things you can hold against Shawn marks but I don’t think he

Should be fired I agree with JJ the only two things that I will say is this number one Ben Simmons despite the injuries that he had because of the baggage that he was coming with I don’t think Shawn marks makes that deal if James Harden isn’t trying to force his

Way out to Daryl muray that’s number one number two I will say this when I think about the hiring of Steve Nash one a great guy really nice guy great player but he had no experience coaching whatsoever to me that higher JJ should have never happened but those are the

Only two things that I’ve ever held against Shawn Marx and Shawn marks knows that cuz I’ve told how about firing Atkinson you like firing Kenny Atkinson again again if you if if if you got superstars that are coming in and they have somebody else that’s a preference

Then that’s something you have to take into consideration which might be the reason why we can’t hold us so much against them for the Steve Nash hire because obviously KD and Kyrie signed off on that real quick real quick real quick Stephen I just want to ask you one

Question I want to ask you one question would you agree would you agree no you would you agree with me would you agree with me that in general when it comes to coaching there’s maybe a few guys in NBA history who can coach any group a lot of

Times it’s got to be the right coach for the right group absolutely right would you agree with me on that totally totally 100% all right 100% all right so on one I think you guys are wrong but okay all right number three can you flash this up for me please this is for

JJ in a little history lesson oh this is the 1962 oh Lord don’t laugh allstar game okay this game was at the Boston Garden okay there’s your starting lineups Baylor Robertson petett West W bamy Shay Hinson Garen Koozie and will do you know that the players were going to boycott

The game until an hour beforehand because they wanted to make sure the proceeds here’s the highlights wow those are good proed cotage the proceeds they pet it bang the proceeds the proceeds were going to go to the player association and the owners didn’t want

To do that so they were going to sit out this game and not play it and and they played it an hour to go Oscar Robertson was in this game Oscar was the head of the Players Association for years did a tremendous job who was at the game on

Sunday night Oscar Robertson who was also at the game Sunday night Jerry was Larry Bird yes Mr Indiana and I know I’m a little late to the party and Steve did plenty of this on Monday that allstar game on on Sunday is a complete utter freaking embarrassment what those guys

Did you know the game in 91 in Charlotte 112 110 you know there were 66 free throws in the game 26 fouls on one team 25 on another there were three fouls three on Sunday I understand you don’t want to bury somebody and cause somebody a season but that performance by those

All stars is an abominable mistake and they live in a cocoon and they don’t realize how much they turned off a lot of American sports fans by these All-Star games in the last few years and I’m also going to blame some of this on Silva you think this happens with Stern

How about Adam Silva says you know you’re going to play like this when not playing the allstar game bail out on it how about Adam showing some gun says guys this is this is unforgivable this will not allow we are not going to put this product on in front of America on

TNT with 15 18,000 people find a fortune to go to the games and you give me this performance where somebody scores 21 points and and and 21 points and you got osar sitting there what do you think he thought about that Larry Bird sitting there those players who participated in

That game and that means everybody joic you name it that is a complete disaster you should all be unbelievably embarrassed by that kind of effort and by the way Jordan in Charlotte how many minutes 36 Wow all I know is stepen a was on board with that cuz he he

Mentioned on Monday show after and he was there that they might have to think about getting rid of it hey real real quick real quick on Oscar Robertson one of the greatest players of all time an absolute Legend it’s interesting that you bring him up as it relates to this

All-Star game and the lack of effort because the reason that guys like me made a lot of money the reason that LeBron gets to make a lot of money you can directly Chas Trace back to Oscar Robertson he sued the NBA in 1970 the lawsuit took six years we didn’t have

Some form of free agency until 1976 77 we didn’t have unrestricted free agency until 1987 and that was because of Oscar I shout out Legend Kurt flood yes of basketball no question last point one thing do you think do you think that Anthony Edwards I hate to say this but

Let’s be fair you think if he ever even knows who Oscar Robertson is when he saw the old man sitting there at 85 I don’t know I I’ll ask I’ll ask him when I see him I’ll I’ll ask him when I see him Friday I’ll see him Friday when we do

All access there but I will tell you this you know it was an utter disgrace there is no doubt about it and you know what made it even worse Larry Bird I went to the Legends luncheon hosted by the great Ernie Johnson for TNT Larry Bird spoke

There and Larry Bird talked about the importance he said I want guys to take this game seriously and play harder he literally mentioned that I’m paraphrasing because I don’t remember exact quote but that’s what basically what he said so Larry Legend says it that morning completely ignored and they

Did what they did Sunday night hey let me just say this so two for three no no that was two for three no no no serious as far as the Agreements are concerned the one you don’t like with marks go ahead that was an epic rant all was an

Epic no you relax what you let me speak it was excellent and then the conversation after was also excellent JJ great job on Oscar it was excellent great job how about those highlights on 62 we got those highlights for you that’s the first ever you’re that’s the firstar game ever televised you know

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FIRST TAKE | “That’s damn” – Stephen A. agrees Mad Dog is mad that Sean Mark is still the Nets GM