Stephen A Smith Defends His HOSTILE Giannis Take
Stephen A Smith Defends His HOSTILE Giannis Antetokounmpo Take as the legendary sports media personality joins Gilbert Arenas & The Gil’s Arena Crew where Brandon Jennings challenges the King of Sports Media on his viral take where he called Giannis an underachiever if he fails to win another NBA Championship. He defends his take by highlighting how Giannis is a good enough player to break through the Milwaukee Bucks short comings to take home another NBA Championship and gets real on how the media can influence a player’s NBA legacy.
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Dear Stephen A,
It's hard to win a championship. Please do not diminish this man's athletic achievements.
This guy. Clown 🤡
He definitely overachieved he has MIP, 2x MVP, DPOY, A Championship, Finals MVP and beat okc in the NBA Cup tournament and got MVP. Giannis carries the bucks, do you see how trash they play when he isn’t out there. And he has a Kobe like mentality he keeps getting better every year. Dirk, KG, Jerry West have 1 ring also but SAS would never say that about them 🤡
First of all, Stephen, a dummy Giannis never started off like KD or LeBron or Stephen Curry for that matter he never had any notoriety, or no one even knew who he was for you to say that he under achieved you clown he overachieved by winning one championship
Let me show how this man SAS contradicts himself.
He's said multiple times, if Bron stayed in Cleveland and brought that city a ring, it would have been respected more than the other three, and it would be a better case for his GOAT argument. Giannis did that but it's an underachievement until he wins another ring. Thats contradicting. Smh.
Everyone knew it wasn’t LeBron fault and yet they criticized him for leaving , it’s 2025 people just need to simply say I don’t like lebron and move on
5:25 SAS is such an idiot when it comes to his white European player biais… Jokic did last week in practice before a euro-basket game a reverse 2 hand dunk jumping from outside the paint….
The guy CAN jump, he just doesn't need because his footwork is so great the defender often have 0 chance to block him and he is tall asf.
Luka did a block on the backboard chasing Schröder the other day. Athleticism isn't define by what juice your on or how ripped you look.
Both are strong asf, they are just build different. Look at guys like KD, he is a stick and yet is the best mid range shooter. SGA the same.
Yeah, talk all this shit when he’s not there but when he gets up there, I don’t have the same energy. All these podcasts are the same.🗑️🗑️🗑️
Thats why that bs about staying loyal to franchise is bull!! Do you say that about charles Barkley? Foh
Another thing his take on Giannis is stupid! Or would he say the same for Dirk? He went to 2 finals and won one. But this ring is legendary! That's what counts…
Sooooooo it’s the team when it’s someone else not Bron…got it 😂
Loves jokic gives him an all-time pass… what dude is saying has been so contradicting
No way the thing that happened the organization fell apart. He can win tomorrow and say said me to GSW or Knicks
This 🥷 makes no sense at all. Take yo weak aaa narratives back to espn
I disagree with Stephen A because the same pressure that Giannis has Jokic should have as well to win a title and Jokic has significantly more than Giannis does . I don’t think that KD is enough to get Houston to win a title over the next 2-3 years. I do agree that pressure is on AD to bring Dallas a title over the next 2-3 years the main guy they traded Luka for.
SAS has always hated Giannis,idk why but he’s always been critical of him. Maybe because he’s African but identifies as Greek. Idk but according to SAS’s logic every year Giannis doesn’t win a title he becomes more and more of a bum, while others maintain their status
It’s not underachieving because he didn’t come into the league with expectations of being a multiple time mvp & multiple time champion. So he has already overachieved
KD was never ever ever suooose to go to GS that stained his legacy and to me he will never be top anything to me
Giannis had help ginanis had a good team had could teammates etc they keep losing no excuses the east ain’t hard to get through so ion wanna hear no excuses at all
KD ain’t top 10 anything man gtf off the couch nowwwww please
Why don't you say this about AR he been to 1 super bowl only won 1 but you stay calling him a bad mannnn
AD’s never been anywhere close to average. It’s not Luka vs Davis, it’s Doncic vs Davis, Christie, Cooper and the 2029 pick
giannis takes a hit but its only bc some players have ridiculous amounts of accolades
If GA left and didn’t win then what SAS? He’s in an even worse situation from a legacy standpoint. If he wins another in Milwaukee it would equal 2 rings else where
Kevin Durant is not better than Scottie Pippen! How is he Top 10 All-Time?!? I get that he’s a “smooth scorer”. But he’s not a BETTER overall player than Scottie Pippen. And he’s not a WINNER either. Btw, I LOVE KD’s game. He’s dope. He’s fun to watch. He’s just not Top 10 All-Time. SAS says one thing one day and a completely different thing another day. It’s so annoying.
Giannis probably would have had 2 chips if he hadn't gone out of the playoffs early due to leg injuries against teams that were easy sweeps with him healthy. However, in the year they did win, it took them too much to beat the Nets who were blackballing Kyrie, had a hampered Harden, and could barely contain KD. Non of that is really in Giannis' control though. If he's healthy with a good coach, which I have my doubts about Doc, he can win another ring in Milwaukee, but those are big IFs.
Basically he’s saying when Giannis retires people who didn’t watch him and just see accolades will judge him for it
So what about the all time greats that never won a title??? Steve Nash..Allen iverson…Karl Malone..Stockton…Barkley…they never won a title but their legacy is still a legacy
Anthony Davis does not give you 28 and 12 every night, he gives you 28 and 12 every other night, because he is hurt or injured every other night.
So move the goal post for jokic giannis has accomplished more but he needs another one and joker don't that's not fair
NBA wants to Move 34 for T.V. rating
Years later when Gianni's retires, and he only got the one, people will say he was a dominant player but could have won more. So yeah that would be underachieving
GIL WAS RIGHT {if CP3 got a ring we say that was all he(CP) needed is that for him to be the one greatest PG (point GOD) as sum would say now a Ring still isn't enough }GIL WAS RIGHT
I agree that gm did an inside job.
This is jus a dumb take
Stephen A Ass is a joke. There more double talking here than a 2 faced man🤷🏿♂️. Question is why ain’t you nighas calling out the hypocrisy?
Doesn’t have the option of picking his squad like LeBron in Miami. And kd in GS
We need Giannis in warriors and we will win like 10 championships
Stephen A knows his stuff. Props.
Giannis needs to develop a post game, mid-range jumper, and learn to shoot the three.
He contradicted himself through the whole segment lol
Gianni’s got pressure to win again bt not Jokic? Make it make sense
Pay attention the clown in SAS never talks basketball. He always talks about legacy, contracts, attitudes, stuff that players say about themselves. Never basketball
Bro Stephen a couldn’t more right, and yall just some glazers who flock to the players side the second someone says something negative in any way
Stephen a you just mad he ain't going to New York and the Lakers he staying with the Milwaukee bucks we don't need you to try to talk good about him now he's not joining your weak New York team
This is the same Stephen A that would call Giannis weak/say it was a detriment to his legacy if he moved to a team who was a contender. He’s such a clown.
Stephen A is pen pusher JOHN WALL js UNDERACHIEVER not GIANNIS buddy, Your take was ludicrous at best 🙄🤦🏽♂️ SQUAD UP
lol suspect thinks he’s an angel compared to those hoova people
You’re the same buddy, also a pimp
All pos stuff
I don’t think Giannis is as great as everyone says. His game is get the ball at the top of the key. Drive really hard. Dunk or draw a foul. Very boring player like 90% of the players in this league