'DAMMIT, PAY ATTENTION!' 👂 - Stephen A. warns Tom Thibodeau not to mess up the Knicks 😠 | First Take 

The problem is a 20 point lead in the nba isn’t what it used to be anymore. There was a time in the nba that if you go into the 4th up 20, your starters never went back into the game. Now that lead can be gone in 4 minutes

As much of a fake knicks fan as SAS is, he’s right here. Thibs is running his players in the ground playing them 40 min a night

It was a 10 point game with 5 min left. That's not a blowout

The problem with this take is a player can get hurt during warmups and SAS will blame Thibbs. At some point injuries happen

If it weren't for Thibs, the Knicks would be trash as usual. SAS should stfu and appreciate it

the idea that Tom Thibodeau cares what Stephen A thinks is hilarious, that man's ego is Trumpian.

Stephan A: the stars shouldn't load managment also Stephan A: the NY Knicks players should be load managed

Thibs is the reason knicks got to this point

The Knicks was up by 25 and he had his starters in the game I don't understand how he get away with it🤯

This dude is such a casual it’s ridiculous

Ankle turns and shoulder dislocations aren’t Thibs fault. Stress injuries would be his fault. OG’s elbow inflammation might be on Thibs. Nothing else.

Knicks are down so many players, Grizzlies literally came back when Brunson went out but Stephen A Smith thinks they can take liberties? Thibs knows the team better than him

SAS is never right but he is on this one. Thibs runs his players to the ground because he’s stubborn.

As a real Knick fan, I can say NYK success has come from doing the exact opposite of what Stephen says

Thibs made NY relevant

The Knick’s are good in the regular season cause he can’t change his rotation anymore, every game is like a playoff game for them

Thibs should be in convo for coach of the year. He does not need superstars to be in 3rd place and eventually rise up in Eastern Conference standings. He is not running his players into ground. Thibs and staff has conditioned his team to play. So Patrick Ewing, Charles Oakley, Mason, Starks, etc and all of the past players runned to the ground playing many minutes under Riley? No excuse! At the end ring is what matters! You condition yourself and rise above all the gas out conditioning and that is what elevates greatness. Kobe and MJ don’t say I’m playing to many minutes to win 6 rings😂

Oy vey. SAS knows nothing. Who does he think is on the bench? the Knicks have a very thin team right now. The only game the Knicks have lost over the past few weeks was the one SAS attended.

1:20 “ Don’t do this” 😂😂

Stephen A doesn’t watch basketball. He only knows that Jalen Brunson played 45 minutes against the Lakers on Feb 3rd which btw was his first game playing over 38 minutes in his last 10 games and only his 6th 40+ minute game of the season ( out of 48 games) He played 31 minutes yesterday when he got injured. Even if he played the whole game he would’ve played 36 minutes. So this whole narrative of him playing 40+ minutes a night is crazy.

SAS being a total casual as per usual. Randle nor Brunson ranks in the top 10 of MPG this season, and Brunson’s “injury” happened when the Knicks were up 9 (not a blowout) and Randle’s was a freak accident. Thibs ain’t that guy anymore, the numbers prove it

Wasn’t Stephen A the guy that cried when the knicks signed randle? That screamed when the knicks Got Brunson. This dude needs to stop pretending like he knows anything about how to run an organization…. 😂

I am happy Stephen A brought this up. I track the minutes the players play under Thibideau and Nick Nurse. They both have a reputation of running their players into the ground, and not playing their bench players. This was a big problem with Nick Nurse in Toronto. The fans were frustrated. Analysts spoke about it many times. They were ignored. There is no focus on developing players. Scottie Barnes was lucky he is built that way. As a rookie, Scottie was playing 40 minutes per game and OT minutes. Kyle Lawry was always hurt, because he played too many minutes, and came back while he was still recovering from injury. Fred was injured many times, so was Scottie. The players do improve their games but certainly will have short careers. When Nurse started at Philadelphia, he played Embid and Maxey 40 mins each game. He was asked about this in an interview. He said he stick with the same players who play well. What about developing a bench to have more depth? The fans were frustrated. Thibideau ran Julius Randle into the ground. He was hurt and was frustrated. OG had to deal with Nick Nurse in Toronto, and now Thibideau in New York. Not very good. The long minutes take a toll on players' bodies. They are not animals. I check warriors players' games, since 2015, they do not play more than 25 to 30 mins. per night, unless it's overtime. For years Warriors had a solid bench. Memphis grizzlies players do not play long minutes. Why? They have depth. The NBA should not allow coaches to take advantage of players, because they love to play basketball. They should monitor, and protect them, not run them into the ground. In spite of some of the comments here, players are human, the game is faster There is still the play offs.

"sometimes the loudest in the room isn't the wisest"

Can't have it both ways. Brunson puts up these numbers because he gets minutes and wins. Thibs has NOT changed his coaching style so what do you NYK fans want?!🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

Talk about the Cavs (2nd seed in the east) challenge: impossible

Thibs is Notorious for putting too much on his players plate, think about the D Rose career ending injury 😮😒

As a Knicks fan aww come on jb injured his ankle 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️😔 it’s sad news to hear from jb I hope that his injury won’t keep him out for so long, I hope everything goes well 🙏🏼🙏🏼🤞🏼.

Do people not realize or remember that Coach Tibs is the reason that Derrick Rose got injured and could never be the same!?!?

I would usually agree about Thibs but he is wrong about Tom this time.

That can’t be Stephen A. Smith asking for load management

He did this in Chicago, and worked poor Derek Rose to death, even after he just recovered from injuries.

Memphis was making a comeback. Knicks were up 26 with 9 minutes left in the 4th and Memphis cut it to around 10. That’s why Brunson was subbed back in

I was agreeing with Perk. But after what SAS said, I totally agree that Embiid should play if his doctors say ok and rehab goes well. Even without his history, u cant take anything for granted. Now, if he 60 - 65% wheb playoffs roll around, i will say wait till he at least 85 - 90%

He did the same thing to Derrick Rose

On one hand he talks about how star players must play every game now he’s talking about resting the stars…

Tom needs to get this message

Rose, Gibson & co never complained 🤷🏽‍♂️

Why do they talk like the season ended today. The standings will be different in 2 months

I think the Knicks are great but if you don’t manage the team to avoid injury the team will get more exposed to possible injuries.

Thibs is exhausting his players like what he did in chicago. Thats why, Derick Rose become fragile. Please Thibs handle your players with care... 😡🤬 This is aint College Basketball, This is NBA playing 82 games a year. So you wake up you are not Coach Carter... 🤬🤬🤬

Derrick Rose's worst injury was during dead time in a game under coach Thibs

Joel coming back would be a good way to shorten his career

I thought SAS said not to load management???😅😅😅

0:39 - Mentions every other team outside of my Cavs in the eastern conference, who are destroying every team in their way... Super disrespectful

Tibs play 6 man rotation just like your favourite Antoni with no D 😂😅😂

Only issue I have is starters being in the game in a clear win with 2-3 minutes left for no reason other than that all injuries we have currently are not from playing too many minutes

They ain't coming out east🤷 media goes crazy when knicks are winning 🤣

Steven A complains about load management and resting players, and now complains about playing players too much 🤔

Am I hearing Stephen A. encouraging Load Management? Lol

Stephen A definitely right

LMAO WHY BRICK 😆 Stephen A is no different with the Knicks then Skip is with the Cowboys

Thibs is the reason the Knicks look as good as they do. I guarantee you that if it was any other coach this team would be out of the play in tournament. This team is a 25c team that thinks has playing like they're 1$

Brunson's injury is probably just a sprained ankle and could miss a couple games.

N to think SAS was arguing Lebron to go to NY on his show 😂

Just stop it already with this whole SAS is a Knicks fan thing...

Couldn’t disagree more.

Thibs never learned from ruining drose

2:08 😅😅😅 I laughed so hard once i heard SAS describe that man as “my brother” I knew somebody is about to be shredded or someone has been shredded

Theres noone else to play. Gotta keep winning to get a high seed

Ppl get hurt, yeah thibs play them alot of mins. But everyone knew this for years so why complain. We winning. It sux but they just got to keep putting that hard work and effort. Let's just take it one game at a time. We good

Soooooo. We’re going to ignore the fact that draymond injured Joel embiid. Ok

he did this in chicago too :)

So load management? The thing he was complaining about a week ago? 🤣

The all star break needs to have occurred two weeks ago. It was a month late for the Knicks

All of the sedan OG is the best defender in the NBA? Did I hear that right? OG has been doing for Raptors for years. Now he's the best defender? WOW..... This bs is real......

Guys used to actually play all 82 what you talkin about

I love SAS.

Imagine the coach who ruined Rose career running these Knicks into the ground. *shocked pikachu face

It makes me mad to read and hear some true Knicks fans and fake Knicks fans(SAS) criticize Tom. JB, Randle, OG, you name the player, they want to play, they love playing, they wanna be out there every game. As for yesterday, yes it was a 20 point lead, but in the NBA, that's nothing, especially with 8+ mins to go. When Randle got injured, Miami still had it's starters in and we're trying to come back and win the game. OG is out not because he was injured late in a game. Mitch is injury prone, Grimes was a normal basketball injury. JB has to be out there because the game was far from over and with all the piled up injuries, players are gonna lag more minutes. Dante played 40mins, he's been playing a lot of minutes as well and he has been fine(🤞🏻🤞🏻) and if you see statistics it's not like they're averaging 40mins a game and are not even at the top in average playing time. We can't afford to be like Boston, Milwaukee or some of the top West teams and rest players or "load manage" because we need home court and we need to stay in the top 4 at least. Injuries are gonna happen, they can happen in the first minute, the last and in between. So stop blaming Tom for something he can't control. We saw when we were up 25+ the other game JB, Randle, Dante and most of our starters didn't play basically the 2nd half of the 4th quarter. Ultimately it comes down to the players and if they wanted to "load manage" they would've said something to coach privately and it would've been done. And one last thing, Rick Brunson is part of the coaching staff, I have no doubt in my mind that if he thought that his son was being overworked or overplayed and put in situations that would endanger his well being and livelihood, he would voice his opinion strongly.

Cool that they mentioned the bulls

SAS with the lines that abusers use

No Molly means First Take is a real sports show today

And don't forget the Magic who won all games against the Knick this season

“Only got Boston standing in your path” ahahaha yeah right

He did this same thing with D rose

That stupid music at the end is so annoying smfh

What is it you want. You want them not to rest or play like can't have it both ways

Pacers and Mavericks incoming and I feel Knicks will go on a loss streak!

This was a jester moment for entertainment purposes by SAS, that's all it is. He Can't be taken seriously 😂

Not thibs fault 😂 when Jalen first stumbled , he should’ve passed the ball 🤦🏾yet he stumbles , continues to dribble into the lane then tweaked his ankle

YALL keep sleeping on Miami they’ll be in the conference finals again

Keep telling y'all.. Stephen A is a jinx to all Knicks fans 🤣🤣🤣

Playoffs? Htf is it the playoffs in February? 😂

Steven A ginks my team by endorsing my team he's not a real Knicks fan stop talking good about my team stick with the bashing ur use to ,if he didn't say nth wr would have bear the Lakers

The New York Knicks will loose in the Eastern Conference Semis against the mighty Boston Celtics, 4-3.

the injury is good for embiid now at least he has an excuse for not getting out the second round

I would have traded Randle.. the guy was holding you back the whole time. Now that he's injured you can now see how good the team truly is without him.

No one should listen to SAS. The 3ball was dropping so no need to bench your starters so early. SAS played 15 seconds of basketball in college and is just a loud mouth.

Yo, that's exactly what i was thinking ! Ever since this fake Knick fan started to jump on the band wagon, the knicks have started to have bad luck.

Accident is waiting to happen 😆

Tom you did this same thing with D rose on the bulls ..

Tuned into First Take this morning, saw no Molly, tuned right back out.

Daddy Stephen A. your Knicks not winning it all this year. Stop dreamin, wake up. it'll just disappoint you 😂

I been saying for years steven A can fk with my dallas cowboys but like a his knicks lmao

Few times aibelieve stephen a the east is wide open and i dont trust tatum with og guarding him 🔐 knicks can make the finals

stephen a thinks be is knowledgeable in basketball because he covers it for a long time. playing and watching is two different thing

lol telling a coach who is notorious for overplaying players to not overplay them? Good luck.

Brick lmaoo

Is this an SNL skit?