Stephen A. reacts to Steve Ballmer’s comments on LA Clippers being investigated | First Take
Stephen A. Smith joins Molly Qerim on First Take to react to Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer’s interview with Ramona Shelburne after reports surfaced that Clippers star Kawhi Leonard accepted at $28 million endorsement from Aspiration, a company Ballmer had invested in.
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48 Comments
Steven is the worst
Kawhi is NEVER absent from work. Even when he's hurt he's REHABBING nonstop to get back on the court you ignorant fool. Ask Ty Lue who you trust. This narrative that Kawhi wants to miss games is slanderous.
Hmm so if he was getting conned and he's telling the truth the kawhi might be fkud
Didn't the Clippers pay a $250,00 fine in August 2015 for a similar endorsement incident when resigning DeAndre Jordan? From the league's perspective, would this not be the Clippers' second salary cap rules circumvention offense?
Does that mean penalties will be even harsher?
Kawhi didn't get $28 million for "nothing". The mystery is will we ever find out why he got that payout…he's not going to snitch on himself
I think this has more to do with kawhi Leonard's dad or uncle he is super shady and always making money off his name but regardless this looks horrible
Balmer is trash.
Keep covering his tracks … this is why i don't watch the nba … hope all nba fails …
Kawhi is always quiet because of his evil intentions collaborating with his uncle. Too many manipulation, too messy , too much accountabilities not given. This is a great example of a bad billionaire and his satanic plans and intentions. Shame on everyone involved in this corrupt owners. Clippers need a massive change and a full reset.
All of espn bending the knee, Clippers won’t get any repercussions for this.
SAS is a real life buck dancer for rich white people….Unbelievable.
SAS feels vindicated after saying Kawhi is the worst superstar ever. His foot is metaphorically on his neck, he aint gonna let go lol
There is no way Ballmer wasn't prepped for this by his legal team. Dude is good at playing it off.
Steve ballmer thinks were dumb lmfao
This clip should be NSFW cause SAS got on his knees for that man😂
🛑SAS🛑 knows to be nice to the 6th Richest man in the WORLD, which is why he’s throwing the blame on Kawhi. But like what Windhorst on his podcast today said, Ballmer thinks he knows he’s not going to get in trouble with the league, because the NBA is in his pocket.
Balmer can literally afford to buy the NBA and all 29 other teams, and those 29 owners know that, Adam Silver knows that too, that within 3 hours after this story first broke out, Silver leaked to Shams and ESPN the new All-Star game format to try and change the topic. Balmer has been getting away with league investigation since 2019 becasue money talks. He’s rich enough to pay off this investigation or even get forensic specialists to wipe all incriminating evidence on their phones and laptops from his friends at Microsoft. Shame on ESPN and the NBA.
I don’t believe Ballmer. I think he cheated and got caught.
right, so you take is that he must be a nice guy who never cuts corners who hasn't screwed anybody over, the dude is a billionaire. You don't get billions without cutting corners!
He's not wrong. If Kawhi did even one commercial, one appearance, one social media post about this company, this would not be a story.
We have to start accepting, as a society, that wealth does not equal intelligence, and it certainly doesn’t equal scruples. Ballmer is not that smart- he clearly did this to circumvent the cap, and he clearly didn’t hide it nearly well enough. Therefore, yeah, he’s kind of dumb.
Stephen A Smith can find it in his heart to talk about Kawhi, while omitting he has DEGENERATIVE KNEE ISSUES, yet can’t find it to talk about Shacarri Richardson and her incident, or Conor McGregor and the grape juice problems. He acts as if Kawhi goes out his way to rob and steal from the game. He doesn’t. Stephen A Smith will have moments where he won’t come to work. Just like he misses segments during late July early August, or when he doesn’t come in during the holidays. Just a complete shame.
Stephon
SAS really doesn’t like Kawhi😂
SAS is shameless
Here is an idea for steve Ballmer, if you think Pablo is lying then sue him. Oh wait, you won't because it will make things worse for you and your team.
"Props"…!?
Kawhi cheated the game basically…
ESPN FT still hasn’t brought Pablo on the show to explain his report
Stephen A spends his days on his knees and mouth wide open for rich white men smh
Didn't even watch this video because i know sas would protect the owners and attack the player.
he plays more than joel
Of course SAS would focus on Kawhi and not the Billionaire. Its an absurd attempt to hijack the conversation. In the words of the great Clay Davis "Shhhiiiieeeeet! I'll take any mfs money if he givin it away!"
Stephen A want Kawhi arrested bruh 😭😂
Lol he guilty
Move the Clippers to Seattle
The fact he’s trying to blame the player for something that deals with the cap is just mind blowing and honestly idiotic and credibility is in question
this man always finds a reason to hate on Kawhi man, can never just appreciate greatness
lol
How is he doing nothing if he’s hurt? Im confused does he want kawhi to play injured? Genuinely curious how this dudes thought process is, you cant be this big of an idiot
ESPN house slaves buck dancing for their masters…
Steven A Smith is the #1 cotton picker of the year
Ron Burgundy doesn’t believe him
Here he going tap dancing again for the peckerwoods
Uncle Tom 😂 = SAS
Imma say it again. Pablo better apply for that witness protection 🤣🤣
Lmao Stephen A will say anything to protect billionaires, and will say anything to drag kawhi Leonard, this must be his favorite segment of all time
"They conned me" said every billionaire in history 😂
Money talk bs walk nobody knows why he was paid 28million lmao😅😂This is crazy how everybody playing dumb even stephen a