Stephen A. Smith is blaming Jalen Brunson for WHAT?! 😳 | First Take
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Chris “Mad Dog” Russo and Chiney Ogwumike join to discuss the latest storylines in the NBA, including:
0:00 Knicks vs. Cavs
2:42 Stephen A. rants
6:58 Mad Dog responds
9:39 Chiney Ogwumike weighs in
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Knocks fans are the Cowboy fans of the NBA. You always think they are way better than they actually are. Every year it's "we can go to the finals" 😂😂😂
Chiney is so hot 🔥.
Real Knick fans know that we’re different in the playoffs
Stephen A is soooo dramatic!! He was singing orange and blue skies when they won a bulls**t in season tournament! He on some fanboy s**t!
Mac E. Cheese 🧀 😊😊😊😊 doesn’t blame Brunson , only those who never tried a delicious bowl of mac n cheese from a bodega near you!
It starts with Brunson! Why aren’t we talking about how he continues to fail to get his teammates involved in the offense . Why don’t we talk about Brunson not getting his boy!!! /
Stephen, Jalen is the player, holding him accountable for a bad trade removes accountability from management. Blame him for being a shoot first guard who needs to get the ball to KAT more.
This Knicks leadership gave Duren away to the Pistons for practically nothing when they had an often injured Robinson continuing a streak of terrible drafts of course they would overpay for a guy who is barely a top 100 player.
winning the nba cup has put a curse on the knicks
Y'all were not saying nothing last year when our players were doing sooooo well.
Bro they can't hit a free throw 😅
who cares? they already won the league cup! 🤗
Stephen A is literally the worst type of Knicks fan. The real ones don't claim him.
STFU Steven A Smith
Don’t blame Jalen Brunson. Blame Rick Brunson for the influence that he has on the Knicks. Rick was in Thibs ear and now he’s in Browns ear. Clearly, Rick wants his son to shine in order to help the Brunson brand. Also, Iet’s not forget that little dust up between Rick and Divo’.
JB is a great player, but he’s ball dominant. He’s not a pure point guard who makes his teammates better. I also question JB’s attitude as a leader. I don’t think he’s a good leader, because his attitude doesn’t brings his teammates together.
I still think people are overreacting, Sure they've had their struggles but when they shine there easily one of the best teams on both sides of the court. And there's still 2 months of ball to play before the playoffs. And it's not even the playoffs btw! This team will step it up in the playoffs as they've shown in the past! They've had struggles like this before in regular seasons. Is it a bit concerning for sure but then again They went 0-4 in the regular season against the Celtics last year and what happened there? Not to mention all the different adjustments that needed to be made this year. people need to chill out. They'll be fine.
She so badly does not want to give the pistons credit
The knicks also turned down kd
Bridges been flying under the radar scrutiny. Kat been getting all blame and I've been saying Bridges the real issue. 6 picks!!!
When they hired Mike Brown…. Smh.. I knew it was over
FIRST TIME I AGREE WITH STEPHEN A
I hate people saying the Pistons dont have a second scorer when its obviously Jalen Duren.
Let's get off this New York Knicks bulshit. The Knicks ain't going to go nowhere. I'M SICK OF WATCHING SCREAMING A SMITH, PORTRAYING TO BE A NEW YORK KNICKS FAN.
Harden just broke his thumb. You knew this guy was not going to be helping in the playoffs. And somehow Vegas and some of these cats were thinking Harden would push them to the Finals. Laughable.
I will wait till playoffs b4 jumping on this james harden hype😂
it happens- the Knicks are still a good team and they are a playoff team cmon now
Mikel Bridges was never that dude, he be out there doing cardio😂
🎯 Chris Russo was spot on with everything he said about Dolan, Knicks & Thibs.
Chiney subtly checked Doggy on that James Harden take haha 🤣
The Cavs and Knicks don't scare anybody
Hartenstein, DiVincenzo, Randle, Quickley, Toppin. Knicks let go of all the guys who had that dog.
You can’t blame him when he took a pay cut
Why black females envy white females like that ? To the extent that now they have entered into a period of putting on Horse 🐎 Tails on their heads — No God , No Wisdom !!!!!!! .
Getting Mikal is not on Rose. Its on Brunson. Rather than get Spida he went for his boomate. #Royalty over Loyalty
James Harden doesn't get enough credit for elevating big men he already helped embiid become the MVP he made Zubac an All Star caliber Center now Allen is looking great with Cleveland putting up 20 and 10. If James had a nice big during his Rocket days he probably gets a ring capella was even a 15 and 10 guy with harden
Cleveland dangerous
Chiney spitting facts!
A Mike Brown led team will NEVER win an NBA title. Zero dawg in that man. A coach who casually keeps his hands in his pockets all game shows his players no fire.
Mike Brown is not a good coach should not have fired Tibbs for him.
Biggest issue is you got an undersized sg playing pg
NEWSFLASH: Stephen A is wrong as he usually is , Brunson was NOT the person behind getting Bridges . Brunson's BFF is Divo , when the Knicks traded Divo the team would never be the same . The Knicks never needed Bridges they needed Divo to stay . The knicks were flat out AWESOME on defense and the chemistry was magical UNTIL that Kat trade happened .
Detroit Vs Everybody for all of our teams .Pistons in 6
Donovan Mitchell and James Harden are extremely hard to guard. Let’s be serious. We got Karl Anthony Townes and we got Jalen Brunson. We need more.
Nobody said this about Bridges last year when the Knicks was balln before Haliburton went super saiyan.
One step forward, two step backwards. That’s the Knicks.
This is why Minnesota TIMBERWOLVES traded Kat 😂😂😂
Cleveland’s beat the nets, wizards, hornets, kings, and lost to thunder twice and once without Chet and SGA 😂😂😂😂let’s not act like they been facing good competition 😂😂😂😂
Oh mannnn….SAS is in serious, critical, medical condition. He pronounced Doncic right!! For the FIRST time after 8 years!!😢😅
They're the 3rd seed in the East and we have them talking about "its over"? What lunacy.
KAT is playing like a mid level exceptional type player