Stephen A. reacts to Bam Adebayo’s 83-point game: Let’s NOT BLAME BAM! | First Take
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith and Chris “Mad Dog” Russo join Shae Cornette to discuss Bam Adebayo scoring 83 points during the Miami Heat’s matchup against the Washington Wizards.
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First dude is an absolute idiot.
The NBA is microwaved dookie water.
This was fixed. I know its thw Wizards but that defense was ridiculous
No matter how you feel about it… Records are made to be broken
Now they'll start acting like him and his girl are basketball royalty.
Everyone is crying but guess what 😅 Bam is still number 2 behind wilt 😅😂😂
Fck all the hate…..Crown that man
I agree with Stephen A. (Can’t believe I admitted that)
Man yall trippin the raptors was trash asf with Kobe 81 points wilt was playing against straight trash the wizards is straight garbage why each team not playing like he was man he went go do his shht give him his credit he is a freaking center for God sake
Kobe really got active his teammates didn’t have to foul to preserve time that’s not skill that’s taking advantage
I respect the 83 pts cause regardless not anybody can just hop in an NBA game and do that… but I’d be lying if I said I don’t 100% agree w Mad Dog
This is why basketball ratings are tanking the media can’t move forward they are super stuck in time smh
I'm not even gonna watch this because aint no way i'mma listen to anyone here hating ona guy scoring 83
Y'all just mad because he broke Kobe's record.
The NBA is a joke 😂😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
Naw we good with him getting it but it’s how he did it. He has 43 free throws shot and 36 made that’s double Kobe makes and attempted for free throws. It wasn’t all buckets like Kobe’s 81
They didn’t loose the game solid?
This says a lot about the NBA and more importantly the tendernism of it
S/o to Bam but this was a disgrace and beyond pathetic on every level the NBA is dead💯
Fake news…the Wizards are tanking and going out of their way to lose. The Wizards staring 5 is a bunch of scrubs nobody has ever heard of. The NBA regular season is now a joke where ANYONE including your grandmother can score 40 points and up
agree with mad dog, this was the weakest high scoring game ever. this is summer league defense at best
Kobe would be so ashamed of all these haters.
I’m with dog
Personally I equate Bam's 83 to LeBron breaking Kareem's scoring record, neither was organic. 36 Freethrows, playing well into the 4th qtr risking injury to break a record Kobe set scoring naturally to procure a win for his team. Basketball isn't as pure as it used to be.
He got fouls all them times ain’t his fault and he had And1s
Mane stop hating be happy someone else broke the record he did he's thing I'm happy for you bam
Bam is trashh… garbage game
80 is 80 but what i don't like was wilt and kobe was in thr flow of the game. Wilt game didn't even finish. Kobe own was a close game where he lead his team to a win. But for me bam those had already won. They kept fouling to get him to try and get there. 83 well done but I'm honestly not impressed by it. It would of hit different if the game was close and you actually was fighting for that win and got the dub. Fouling to get extra point kml chessy.
Bro if Shaq did this everyone would hype the fact that he made that many free throws so what we really talking about
Bam called his game a top 3 performance of all-time. At least he is being humble about it …
Stop hating that boi did his thang
When your not a basketball.player and just talk this is really the comments it took him 40 plus shots but they did no look up how many hits he got how many triple teams he was guarded to just plain idiot to the game I love ESPN is the most disgrace analyst in the universe
Yo I hate to see black people achieve anything
What they saying is they don’t think Bam deserves to be mentioned in that convo
The first Q was the most impressive part of the 83 points. The wizards being trash has nothing to do with the accomplishment. 43 free throws is bizarre, but his team fouling when they’re way up just to get more possessions for Bam is the most egregious part of it. If teams decided to do that a lot of players can break points records.
Adam Silver is the ONLY ONE who needs BLAMED!!!
He shot under 50% from the field. That is wild.
Bams played an efficient game! The last 9 minutes is when he started to really stat chase and the game on BOTH ends was about stopping bam from getting 82 and the other end about getting bam 82! That was literally the game … he was shooting over 4 defenders like Kobe at some point … yall clearly didn’t watch the game and if you claim you were watching that’s CAP ! I watched because I’m a HEAT fan why on earth would anyone else be watching Miami play the wizards 😂😂
Disgrace to the game fouling to get more possessions. Kobe’s 81 was a close game.
All BS 83 is 83 and it wasn't like the fouls weren't real and you still have to hit them 🎉
That's wassup!
What's crazy is if he would've hit some more threes he could've possibly gotten 100 points
9:28 why does have to be trying to emulate someone?….. why cant he just hold the number up lmao. that seems like a normal thing to do after scoring so much. stop trying to project his intentions
They talking like bam fouled himself lmao
Go Wizards!
Let's blame lebron 😂😂😂
Bam's performance is better than Kobe ever was. 83 is 83. Bam is a big and was playing through way more physical contact. That's why he got 43 free throws and lower FG% because they were actually playing real defense. You guys are just haters and can't accept that Bam now has a higher scoring peak than Kobe. 👀😂
Took 20 years
This needs to be investigated asap.
When luka did 73 with over 70 percent shooting and without this fouling scam, SA said it was shameful…