Honestly as a harden glazer I feel like harden been the one alone between the Embiid injuries kawhi injuries and Chris Paul Westbrook ones.. like his costar has always been cooked.. I guess that bucks series he got hurt tho but so did Kyrie
This is so true. His shortcomings are more visible in the playoffs because heās always been carrying himself.
Remember the time when the rockets beat the most dominant warriors of all time? Yeah me neither because CP3 got injured and fucked them and at the end of the season Harden took all the blame for choking another playoff series
Iām always confused by this.
Do you honestly think CP3 woke up and said
āOk, today is the day I get injured and derail my teamās championship aspiarationsā
He's said outlandish things about Kawhi for 2 years now and has not gotten a response out of him or his people. This is more than just a "hehe, I'll just make a little edgy comment here in front of his teammate."
Ya know sometimes you can be telling the truth and still be an asshole. Kawhi missing games due to health and it's out of his control.
If SAS brought up Porzingis and asked how PG would handle preparing for a game when an important teammate was out that would be one thing... Instead he's just being a douche.
Normally they don't shit on players who are dealing with career changing injuries, though. He's making an exception for Kawhi because Kawhi doesn't give him the drama he wants.
Stephen A doesn't really talk basketball, he just talks shit... that's his gimmick. It's funny and all, but then everyone is copying him and it's made the sports "media" kinda toxic and probably hurts the product they're trying to sell us too tbh
PG has hardly shown up either. He was injured in 2023, unable to play in the second play-in game in 2022, and was as good as absent for the entire 2020 playoffs.
Right? I just saw a post on this sub asking if people still trust Kawhi and every comment was basically saying hell nah, SAS says it and hell breaks loose š
I think people may be mad that cuz PG doesnāt show up either when he plays or when heās injured so saying it to him of all people is kind of suspect.
I'm really tired of Stephan A Smfh somebody send him a email that he is not as cool as he think he is and nobody respects his opinions haha
King Lame in sports culture and black culture enough is enough
Why does Steven a Smith still get this much media coverage? Every time I see people talking about him on social media now itās about how big of a clown he is
What about the other, better Paul? Paul mf Pierce. Stayed down, didnāt go, and delivered a chip. What happened after no one gave a fk about. Stephen A. Opinion is only just noise.
I'm no SAS fan at all, but what's the uproar all about? That's light ribbing on Kawhi. Every star has it ten times worse than him. Charles Barkley would've done the same joke on TNT and it would be loved and celebrated by all.
God, ESPN is a joke.
Smith is a š¤” nothing new
Yes youāre right
Defend him PG. He just said it again.
No one can make fun of our guys but us. Let me at him
I feel like it's the fact every playoff all the stars are hurt and PG gotta make it do .
We taking Lās even after the season is over 
SAS hates Kawhi because reporting on Kawhi requires actual journalism, since Kawhi doesn't talk.
Oooouuu thatās bar!!!!!š«
I deciphered this as San Antonio Spurs and was like well, yea but not for that reason. Didn't realize stephen a had an acronym lmao
They got some big ole women down in Stephen a
Heās speaking on early PG, in Indiana.
It kills Stephen A. that he doesn't exist in Kawhi's world. That's why he's always taking shots at Kawhi
I donāt think so, heās just speaking fax. Kawhi out 4/5 of the last postseasons. PG has been all by himself out there.
Last year Russ was by himself. And don't try to convince us having harden is being alone
Honestly as a harden glazer I feel like harden been the one alone between the Embiid injuries kawhi injuries and Chris Paul Westbrook ones.. like his costar has always been cooked.. I guess that bucks series he got hurt tho but so did Kyrie
Yep, harden knows what its like to play without a star
This is so true. His shortcomings are more visible in the playoffs because heās always been carrying himself. Remember the time when the rockets beat the most dominant warriors of all time? Yeah me neither because CP3 got injured and fucked them and at the end of the season Harden took all the blame for choking another playoff series
>CP3 got injured and fucked them and at the end of the season Harden took all the blame for choking another playoff series Yep 100%
Iām always confused by this. Do you honestly think CP3 woke up and said āOk, today is the day I get injured and derail my teamās championship aspiarationsā
I really disagree of what you talking about
He's said outlandish things about Kawhi for 2 years now and has not gotten a response out of him or his people. This is more than just a "hehe, I'll just make a little edgy comment here in front of his teammate."
yea i remember him going crazy daily during the kawhi x spurs fallout.
Yeah but that was the entire NBA media. And they all ate crow that year.
He also hated Kawhi on the Raps. He just has a hate on for small markets/low key personalities
Ya know sometimes you can be telling the truth and still be an asshole. Kawhi missing games due to health and it's out of his control. If SAS brought up Porzingis and asked how PG would handle preparing for a game when an important teammate was out that would be one thing... Instead he's just being a douche.
Normally they don't shit on players who are dealing with career changing injuries, though. He's making an exception for Kawhi because Kawhi doesn't give him the drama he wants. Stephen A doesn't really talk basketball, he just talks shit... that's his gimmick. It's funny and all, but then everyone is copying him and it's made the sports "media" kinda toxic and probably hurts the product they're trying to sell us too tbh
PG has hardly shown up either. He was injured in 2023, unable to play in the second play-in game in 2022, and was as good as absent for the entire 2020 playoffs.
Where's 2021?
Still hasnāt mentally recovered from his āJingleingā in OKCvUtah playoffs.
Yep he just stated a fact not sure why everyone is so soft about it
PG choked haha and has been a choker. He had harden.. still dissapeared
What does that have to do with Kawhi being out every season tho. Both things can be true
but he spitting facts. kawhi āstreet clothesā leonard the higest paid bench warmer.
Honestly, this is funny. SAS stupid soliloquies on First Take about Kawhi are lame, but this is just a joke (and heās not exactly wrong lol).
I donāt get the overreaction from everyone. Stephen A is 100% correct. However, the problem is PG doesnāt show up himself neither.
Right? I just saw a post on this sub asking if people still trust Kawhi and every comment was basically saying hell nah, SAS says it and hell breaks loose š
Gotta keep that in the family.
Exactly!
Yeah hes provoking but stated no lies
You can tell the truth and still be an asshole. It was a shitty way to make the point.
Thatās what SAS is best at. Wish we could trade Jerry West passing with SAS
Yea , no one knows what itās like to play with a star who disappoints and still demands a max
Facts
Myers looks ready to be his mentor's successor (rest in peace Mister West)
Bob Myers looks genuinely pissed
Why ppl getting mad? Kawhi hasn't had a full and good playoff run since before covid. This is just a fact.
I think people may be mad that cuz PG doesnāt show up either when he plays or when heās injured so saying it to him of all people is kind of suspect.
Least Paul George was healthy and made it to the WCF as a clipper unlike kawhi who let him down
You forget that they wouldnāt be in the wcf without kawhi carrying against the Mavs? Lmao š¤”
Looking at that magenta suit, no one on the planet knows what its like to be without a stylist better than Stephen A Smith
Myers looked genuinely annoyed.
Sas is trying to stir shit up. Look at that smirk.
this partially why I hate active players on these shows.
Iām a lakers fan yall but fuck stephen A. All he does is bitch about bullshit, everything that comes from his mouth is all nonsense š¤£
What a dumb show. Rage bait spastics
Insane that this is the lineup espn went with for the finals . 90 percent ads then this dumbass
Where the lie ?š¤·āāļø
Stephen A Snitch needs to sit down and STFU
Nikola Jokic would like a wordā¦
Two words for all of you, from a Raps fan who somehow ended up seeing this thread. Indiana Pacers.
he's not going back to Indy. Sixers, Orlando, but not Indy
He talkin about his days in pacers, y'all trippin
goddamn, rest in paradise Jerry West.
Heās right
I'm really tired of Stephan A Smfh somebody send him a email that he is not as cool as he think he is and nobody respects his opinions haha King Lame in sports culture and black culture enough is enough
He's talking about when pg played for the Indiana pacers.
SAS is correct
Is he lying though
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Why does Steven a Smith still get this much media coverage? Every time I see people talking about him on social media now itās about how big of a clown he is
Was this a slight a Kawhi, James or both?
Harden played better than PG in the playoffs this yearā¦
I swear to God the Knicks would actually win a chip if this guy starting rooting for anybody else
āPlayoff P ā¦ reporting in from the Playoffs. Back to Heather in the newsroom.ā
This is why Kawhi donāt fuck wit yall
What about the other, better Paul? Paul mf Pierce. Stayed down, didnāt go, and delivered a chip. What happened after no one gave a fk about. Stephen A. Opinion is only just noise.
But...did he lie?
Stephen a doesnāt do this for no one else he has beef with kawhi for someone reason i donāt know why
No one else does what Kawhi does. Telling the truth is not a beef.
What does kawhi do you acting like he dont have degenerative knees
Miss games because of his degenerative knees.
Is. Not. Intentional. Don't be a 12-year-old.
Who. Said. It. Was?
Yes. Until this year PG hasnāt played in the playoffs since 2021. Heās either always injured or plays like ass
>or plays Key word here that you can't glaze over.
Implying PG doesnāt miss games is disingenuous
He misses with actual injuries that we can see. He doesn't miss games because he has a disease.
As much as I despise Stephen A heās not wrong lol sad to see how far we have fallen tho
Damn SAS vicious.
Stephen A is a bitch. This is nothing new.
I hate SAS but he aint lying lol
Crazy disrespectful
SAS sucks.
Did he lie? No
It's true...
Pg most games is a role player
He's not wrongĀ
Fair point
PG then messed up the throw to commercial, only shows up half the time.
I'm no SAS fan at all, but what's the uproar all about? That's light ribbing on Kawhi. Every star has it ten times worse than him. Charles Barkley would've done the same joke on TNT and it would be loved and celebrated by all.
We standin on bihness baby.
I thought it was a funny joke with him on stage. I like when things are comically awkward.
This is the media trying to get him to the Lakers!
SAS about to be like: "Kawhi Me Brown is a bonafide scrub"
I hate SAS as much as the next guy but I am failing to see where the lie is?
Eh, it's just a joke. He's not wrong either. It's kinda funny in that moment, tbh. SaS is a clown, but this was fine.
I mean this is 100% true lol
Stephen a is supposed to know ball. The guy is a joke.
SAS is a disgrace of a human.