First Take reacts to Chauncey Billups & Terry Rozier arrests in FBI gambling investigation
Shams Charania, Monica McNutt, Jay Williams and Vincent Goodwill join Stephen A. Smith on First Take to detail and react to the breaking news that Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups and Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier were arrested Thursday as part of a pair of investigations related to illegal gambling.
0:00 Stephen A. sets the scene
1:06 FBI director Kash Patel’s press conference
2:30 Shams details
4:27 Could more people be involved?
5:39 Jay Williams’ initial thoughts
7:40 Monica McNutt’s reaction
8:50 Vincent Goodwill’s thoughts
10:44 Shams drops a note on the unknown
11:54 Stephen A.’s thoughts
15:56 More coming?
19:43 Trajectory of sports leagues
21:37 “Stain on the league”
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46 Comments
You can forget having an nba team in Vegas now😂
If this is true shouldn’t the NBA be suspended and sport gambling shouldn’t be allowed
Rozier had a 94million dollar contract and he's doing this nonsense??
14:36, well Stephen A, this is not Comey's or Wray's FBI. There's a new no-nonsense sheriff in town.
Stephen A has succumbed to TDS? This started with the Biden DOJ. .
Steven A. calls enforcing federal law is disrupting things. I expect he will use the race card in coming days. Nobody is above the law including sports athletes.
What is SAS talking.
Ofc Kash Patel knew about this, the guy even said that he’d be spending a lot of time in Vegas as the FBI director.
Hey Steven, if you’re breaking the law should the law come for you ?
Gilbert arenas about to get that 6ix9ine treatment
If you have something complicated and mature to discuss, the LAST two people qualified are SAS and McNutt.
If players and coaches haven't done anything illegal. They have nothing to worry about. But if the shoe fits, then……………like they have often said,no one is above the law
Fools. They had EVERYTHING and had earned it within the rules. But no they had to have more more more and now they have ruined their lives. For what? More. Kurt Vonnegut was at a party of some super rich dude. He said something like there is one thing he will never have, enough.
Who was arrested from these crime families?
The insinuating? Sports leagues are corrupt and need government intervention like they did with MLB. He wants control over the sports leagues . This goes back to his loss with the USFL and the NFL. He's still bitter. He wants revenge.
I bet there other NBA players and coaches are going to be arrested greedy mother f?????s they get paid millions how much money do they need
Gee, let me guess Patel ran to NYC to hog up the limelight for an investigation that began before he came into his position. SAS made it seem that Patel’s presence was an indication of how big this investigation was. This was a big deal. Patel was there to hog the limelight, somehow to take credit for the results of the investigation that began years ago? His presence’s, as SAS intimated, was a big deal because it stressed how big of a deal this is. That is not why Patel was there. Anyone with half a brain knows why Patel was there. SAS, you should know better. You are making it too obvious who you are pandering to. Sad…….
Sports are rigged politics is a joke and the American dream is dead ☠️…. This is just an another example of how to distract the masses from the real world 🌎 issues!
Very impressive work.
Distractions
Stephan A Smith is right. He does have a good perspective of the bigger picture and the dangerous forces at play here. This is to make a statement that the president is literally gonna use another platform as a way to win the midterms cause he knowns if he loses it’s over for him. Plus this distraction also from the files. There strategically maneuvering out of a close call they preformed this year and it’s crazy how they go to great lengths to show how powerful there caliber is
Blacks blaming whites for their own behavior. Typical
Weird that the FBI arrests NBA players and not the MAFIA family members and leaders? Hmmm.
The fact that this video has sports betting ads.
Funny how it’s so many ads in this video
This investigation was started 3 yrs. ago under Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Stephen A. is a political democrat activist. He should be an independent journalist and tell the truth instead.
Pardon me Mr. Smith, undocumented members of our society are probably not paying 3,500 a ticket to see Bad Bunny at the Super Bowl. 😂
🧃 always saying it someone elsek
Netflix documentary gonna have white basketball players doing the dirty deeds!
This investigation is sponsored by Draftkings, FanDuel and HardRock bets.
Thia been a 4 year on going investigation. They finally got everything they needed. But that huge and how many people were involved is crazy
Billups charge will be a RICO.
Geez gambling….do a press when you stop a school shooting or other disaster
Don't Americans recognize how your president is doing worse gambling for his/family ownership while manipulating the media ? this news is just tiny part among them. Press has been totally faked.
no wonder all of a sudden michael jordan STEPS IN again. . . . . . saving the credibility of the hoops 😋 started after chicago got six rings? yeah!
Garbage Take. Shameful & Pathetic.
Just gonna leave out lebron
Basketball so corrupt.
Is the FBI working for free or with paychecks delayed on this? Just asking for a friend
Rozier def owed them money
There is no honor among thieves. They will rat out the others.
They are breaking the law, now it's President Trumps fault they are fixing games and poker games?! PUT DOWN THE CRACK PIPE! They cheated fixed game, IT'S ILLEGAL! STUFF YOUR HATE RACE BAITING CRAP WOKE SPORTS NETWORK
Attorney Antonio Moore, known for his Tone Talks platform, sounded the alarm on this long ago. He warned that this trend would disproportionately harm the Black community—especially young Black men. He was spot on when he said the powers that be are weaponizing Black nostalgia and gossip to push sports gambling, which is nothing more than a new form of crack into our culture. We were warned. Now we’re seeing the consequences.
https://youtu.be/7aDYdyIkgkA?si=FaRWsilGdUGgIE1G
Years of info with a multi prong attack and they decide to wait until after the season started, and persecuting these guys while the media minimize the actual organized crime ringleaders??? This smells more than the entire Seattle fish market
Is… Is he coming??
Stephen A's ability to turn any and all topics into a conversation about himself is unfounded