Stephen A. calls JJ Redick’s SHADE towards Luka Doncic a ‘REALITY CHECK’ 😳 | First Take
Stephen A. Smith, Peter Rosenberg, Jay Williams and Brian Windhorst join Molly Qerim on First Take to discuss the Los Angeles Lakers’ elimination from the 2025 NBA Playoffs and the fallout from it.
0:00 JJ Redick calling out Luka Doncic?
1:01 Windy’s thoughts
2:46 Stephen A. calls it an “indictment against Luka”
5:33 Peter calls the comments “nasty work”
7:13 Need to find a different approach
10:15 Who knows Luka best?
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40 Comments
Lebron will never get the blame he deserves
Luka should go play with Giannis in Milwaukee.
JJ should of used his bench. Should if rested the fat man instead of overplaying him. Same with the old overrated man
Mane take that pamper off of Luca with yall cappin azz! Yall know this man does not play defense and his endurance is doodoo. JJ said something about getting in shape and the hit dogs begin hollering lol.
Luka gave the Lakers 30 ppg this series. Steph doesnt play defense Lebron doesnt play defense yet nobody criticizes them what a joke XD
I hate Luka but him being in shape is not the reason they lost. JJ shifted the focus off of himself
He needs to speak up!! All of them!! Luka doesn’t need to lose weight, he needs to build muscle, point blank!!!
Accountability, if JJ doesn’t demands it he has to be fired!!
Ownership, if Luka doesn’t admits it he needs to be fired!!
Luka is fat and plays the same as Leflopper James
Luka put up Jordan numbers. Clown
Imagine playing 5 guys for a entire second half including a 40 year old then saging they wasnt in shape this is pure deflecting to take hest off his horrible coaching in the playoffs ofc they defend their former espn boy
@windy There is absolutely NO PROOF or evidence whatsoever that anyone from his youth club in Slovenia or even Real Madrid said something about his conditioning or that he doesn't have the right work ethic to be a professional basketball player. We're still talking about the youngest MVP ever of the second biggest Basketball Stage in the world that lead one of the biggest European Teams to a title. Give me a break already. Why don't you get on a treatmill by yourself? It's just a straight up lie on national television.
Stop body shaming Luka
Them attacking Luka when lebron has no effort lowlight reels is crazy
SA talking bull as always.
Repeating heresay from Dallas with no solid ground. You are a joke.
Jj wasn’t a champion or in college tf does he know
How dare we question Luka , blame LeBron for not being in shape enough for two people. No reason why he couldn't play offense and defense for 48 minutes plus.
JJ Redick nvr takes accountability for the Lakers falling short. Not once has he ever said "It's on me" about aNything
LAKERS SHOULD ABSOLUTELY CATER TO EVERYTHING LUKA WANTS.
Zion gains weight they roast him publicly. Luca fat his whole career, “it’s the wrong approach”. Gtfoh
If Luka wants to win a championship, he better get out of LA right now
Luka is a whole defensive liability, talking bout how much better do we want him to be?…… play mf defense!!!
Reddick only has a job cause of lebron, tell lebron to play actual defense
If you can’t play both sides of the ball how in the h*** is he the best on the team!!!!!
Luka is ANOTHER James Harden type player. Great regular season scorer, when defense is less intense and more fast paced & transition play is frequent. He might win an MVP or two. Doesn't play much defense. Not a great playoffs type player, when the game grinds down to tough defense and more half court possessions. NEITHER guy will EVER win a title. I have said that about Harden for OVER A DECADE now, and it is proving to be true. I have been saying that about Luka for the past several years now, and that is also proving itself to be true. Luka will never win a title with Lakers, and I doubt he will still be there more than 3-5 more years.
Everbody wants Luka to be in shape so he can average 40 10 10? Everybody always wants more
No blame on Rob Palinka for making the worst trade in Lakers history
Yup! Thats right that Windy is giving advice about getting in shape.
ESPN AND WINDY ARE STRAIGHT LIARS. No one from the euroleauge ever came out once and said anything about Luka’s conditioning or his weight.
JJ royally screwed up the tactics during the play-offs, its embarrassing to blame the players
Love how the drunk driver is being the high moral here
Knew LeMedia was going to do this the second I found out Luka was a Laker… Seen it too many times to count 😂
How about getting someone on the Lakers who actually want to play defense
LeBron got this jj this position so any criticism of jj automatically needs to go to LeBron as well
How about get a big !!! They need a center plain and simple ..
Man, barely recognized Rosenberg!!! I get the button!!
JJ doesn't know anything about championship shape! He's never been a champion! What shape was he in then?
This is BS blaming Luka.. 35-45 points.. team not good in general..
Reaves selfish no passes goes alone..LeBron just waiting passes from him..Luka.. Everyone must play… Luka is offense.. bringing points..JJ talking about shape.. nonsense.. JJ is not experienced..
no ,, smart,, rotations.. no time outs.. when is needed..
Live Luka alone..bring new coach!!!
Deep State telling Stephen A. to tear down a real one. Stop the hate
And they protect Lebron at all expense.
Yall working with the feds to mess up Luka's new contract #deepstate