I’ve heard every take except the truth. Ant can’t guard Luka or Kyrie, and as solid as Kyrie and role players have been, Luka can’t be guarded, is the best player on the floor, and manipulates the whole game whether it’s drawing doubles and kicking out for open threes, throwing lobs, or taking the game over when it matters.
@@Kobieguwappp Luka is the best player on the team. He draws more doubles than anyone else in the league. This allows Kyrie to have better options on offense.
They don’t want to give the mavs credit for anything. Why did their bigs not play well? It’s cause the mavs bigs are really good, more athletic and active than minnesotas (not saying overall better). Dallas has been doing this since right after the trade deadline to everyone smh. I expect wolves to come out stronger in game 2 and play better but stop discrediting Dallas it’s pathetic.
He's not the only one that has said that. I've heard other players say that. He can score on all 3 levels, handle the ball for a big and play defense. Now top 5 talent and top 5 player production wise is two different things
That was before he found a great home in Dallas...he had a rough time in Brooklyn, which was a dysfunctional situation, that's all..say that about your boy Lebum, who SHOULD retire
@@steppindee lol naw he just fake and ride with whatever wave moving 🤦🏿♂️ they could bring that movie situation back out and SAS would say it again lol
Perk and the media doing nothing but setting this man up for failure. Ant has superstar potential and superstar confidence which I respect but he isn’t there yet as a superstar player.
kyrie irving is the the difference his maturity every hustle play he does on both sides of the court to get his team in a good spot. Giving up shots so he can pass out to lively or washington so they can gain confidence and then he can score whenever he wants. It’s all those things that make the mavs better that’s it both teams are really good but experience always wins.
Whatever is Stephen A. Smith's prediction, bet the opposite way. He has been wrong in every prediction his whole career. That man knows nothing about sports and is just a great actor portraying himself as a sports analyst. Kudos to him for faking the funk so well.
their logic doesnt make sense cause the reason why the mav's defense is so good is because of their ability to crash the paint on defense. KATs never gonna have a post touch where he doesn't get swarmed. His ball security and passing is also not good enough to pass out of those situations either. You kill the mavs through perimenter isos and 3pointers. Thats what happened in most of their losses
Kat gets fouled a lot and gets zero calls when he attacks the paint. He’s probably frustrated but he should definitely shoot more middys cause he can shoot over almost anybody.
You all need to get OVER Anthony Edwards being the "face of the NBA" Not now and never will be. He's a distant third best player on the floor, in this series, if that.
Dem puppies in Minnesota can't do nothin' gainst them studs (Gafford, Lively, Washington, Jones) on the Mavericks, and certainly can't stop the offensive dynamic duo of Luka and Kyrie.
@0:53 I wonder how she can call it surprising that the game was close considering the Mavs shot 24% from 3, while Jalen McDaniels couldn’t miss and the wolves shot 38% from 3 as a team. It’s actually more so surprising that the Mavs won a game with such bad shooting from outside
They both play the 2 spot. That's his matchup assignment. I didn't hear him say WANT one time. All of the reports are saying he wanted it. If he explains that, they'll say he is backing down
Dude said "My matchup is going to be Kyrie. It's gonna be fun." It not the loudest call out ever, but that's all it takes to motivate some of these guys. Ant didn't have to single Kyrie out like that and now he's gonna see just how much fun he can take lol.
Doesn't matter what we think. Kyrie believed that he did and said he used Edwards words as motivation. To hell with what any of us think. It obviously felt like a call out to kyrie
He didnt even call Kyrie out . He acknowledged Kyrie is next after going 7 with murray and jokic and 4 with durant and booker . He never called him out
Most Mavs fans and local Mavs media say the same thing. I didn’t think he called him out, just said that’s his matchup and he’ll see what he can do there. It’s just the National media trying to push a narrative as usual.
@@kevincharles1983 dont got to stop Kyrie its obvious if the wolves play how they did but have kat and ant play even more decent the wolves win . will be good series
Sports analyst are making too much of the I got Kyrie statement All he was doing was saying I’m guarding Kyrie. He wasn’t lighting any fires. ESPN is making more out of it than it is 2:32
Ant fans all of a sudden claiming he didn’t call out Kyrie when after the interview he said it, all of em were saying how he’d lock Kyrie the same way as Murray. But he got cooked, ain’t nothing wrong with that. But yall gotta admit when your boy is in the wrong
Such a close game. Minnesota could have won it too and the narrative would be different but in reality it’s a 7 game series. One game doesn’t make a series winner or loser. I’m just ready to watch my Mavs again.
How do you feel saying Kyrie should retire? No credibility whatsoever. He can talk, but he never seems to be right only twice in a while like a broken clock.
I dont know wht everybody beating around the bush, if Kat plays to his full advantage he is KD with bigger build, Gobert should be the big man on boards and post skill. Ant needs to answer his call because he is coming but has YET to officially arrive so far in these playoffs. The role players are actually out performing the stars of the team.
Wolves didn’t play well, terrible in fact in the final 4 minutes. We lost by 3, not 23. No blowouts in this series. They are big boys, they will make it a series.
Why don't everybody calm down it's only game one if any game can be taken by any team it's game one playoffs is about adjustment now let's see how the Wolves respond before we start putting Kyrie ane Luca in the finals it's only one game people just RELAX
DAMN SAS CAN U GET SOME NEW LINES & RHETORIC?..... LAST SERIES KYRIE DID SCORE 9 TWICE & 12 ONCE VS OKC.....? FINALLY HE SCORED IN 1st HALF ....SMH....IF HE CAN SCORE WHENEVER THEN SCORE WHENEVER
They won by 3 points lets not act like they got blew out lol that 3 points is justified byt that extra day of rest. I know tonights game will go very different!
Why this obsession with sanctifying Ant? Did you ever see MJ tired like Ant in the first game against Dallas? I never did. He is light-years away from being a Jordan. That face of exhaustion in the first game against Dallas I still can't find an explanation other than daddy Kyrie wore him out. But still...Ant is 22 YO. There's no excuse to be gassed like that unless he came with a hangover. Perk. I don't think your excuses for Ant's being gassed are acceptable. Luka came from playing two series INJURED! Excuses? Could you send them to the whining department?
Why they keep saying how great Anthony Edwards is, what has this man done that makes him great on the basketball court even to be compared to MJ. What a fake narrative and agenda being pushed.
Hey Perk and Stephen A. You are the ones forcing to every one's face that Edwards is the guy, the next face of the league, the MJ, the Kobe ... and then you will hide him behind KAT at tells everyone now that KAT needs to step up? And that Edwards is only 22?... KAT is actually the one with guts to shoot the ball in the crucial moments of game 1.... if you say Edwards is THE ONE so it's on him... When the Kobe's lakers lost, it's on kobe and not on pau Gasol... when MJ's bulls got threatened by indiana, we call out MJ to step up not Pippen. When something is wrong when Lebron's cavs were losing to GS, we all call him out not kyrie.
The media will run with anything. Anthony didn't call out Kyrie Irving; he just said that he would be guarding him and that it's going to be fun. That's not calling someone out.
“Calling someone out” can mean several things: 1. Rebuking someone for their poor performance. 2. Saying someone’s name. 3. Challenging someone to a duel/competition/etc. ANT clearly called Kyrie out, and Kyrie knew it, cause he responded with a 24-point first half.
@JesusSavedtheEntireWorld, I hear your point, and I respect it. I see it differently, and that's okay. In my opinion, I didn't see him calling anyone out, only saying that Kyrie was his matchup. But I hear you, and I thank you for your perspective.
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Anthony Edwards is more tired than Kyrie because he actually plays defense. He doesnt switch often and they set multiple picks on him. Fighting through screens is work in itself let alone having to be a primary scorer. Stephen A should know that
