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LeBron an all-time great scorer? Stephen A., Mad Dog & Mike Francesa debate | First Take
Stephen A. Smith, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo and Mike Francesa discuss whether LeBron James is an all-time great scorer as he nears passing Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for the most ever.
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0:00 LeBron James press conference on scoring-record while playing
1:00 Do you view LeBron as an all-time great scorer?
2:30 Mad Dog on why LeBron joined the Lakers
4:00 What's LeBron's career shining moment?
6:25 Discussing LeBron and Larry Bird
8:00 Mike Francesa's top 5 NBA players list
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@PrtyNeal Год назад

You don't score 25ppg for 19 straight seasons without being a great scorer

@zackneskov2006 Год назад

lol its just old heads that cant handle he is better than jordan bro, theyre mad he is first in scoring while being 4th in assist and prob end up 3rd

@PrtyNeal Год назад

@@zackneskov2006 it's a matter of opinion. Some old heads think he is the goat. Shannon Sharpe is an old head that's his biggest fan

@MissConceptGuild Год назад

@@PrtyNeal SS is also a Hall of Famer.. He knows what freaking excellence is.. Compared to these buffoons

@millzoday4117 Год назад

He's a good scorer not great. He's ball dominant.

@yrnsebastian7873 Год назад

27 actually

@Lilbuptown_1 Год назад

Lebron: *becomes all-time leading scorer* Analyst: is Lebron a good scorer?

@derrickperry7705 Год назад

This segment was the worst of all time

@Twomps Год назад

Hes aiight

@jimmyjimmy6354 Год назад

Smh

@blesshmar8380 Год назад

hahhahhaha

@Hi-cq2hm Год назад

Not only that his average points per game is 4th in the whole NBA history. I don't get it why people say Kobe was a better scorer than Lebron if Lebron scores more points every game than Kobe , that's what average points per game means.

@kentrellparker-murphy2018 Год назад

apparently putting up points doesn’t make you a scorer, it’s about the “mentality”.

@nydibs Год назад

It’s also how you get the points and the eye test. Wilt scored 100 points in one game, but nobody says he’s the greatest scorer ever

@JohnnySensei7 Год назад

It’s such a bs angle to use to disprove Bron. Everyone that’s played with and against him knows he’s a monster. Just because he doesn’t jack up shots he doesn’t have a “killer” mentality

@corpyhogan4433 Год назад

This right here is the reason why sports discussion is so horrible nowadays.

@GibbsVision Год назад

FACTS!!!!!!!!!

@nydibs Год назад

@@JohnnySensei7 - Lebron leads the league in field goal attempts per game. But yeah, hes not jacking up shots. 7 3s at 31% per game. Its all within the flow of the game

@ianmaxwell1282 Год назад

Bro… how is he not the “last shot guy” if he hit the most all time in the postseason???

@MK0437 Год назад

Cuz they’re stupid. The way they talk he’d have never got anywhere near this record

@TheKondinho Год назад

narratives man. the media is very powerful to the point where then can make you question undeniable numbers.

@kevothegoat9891 Год назад

One shot to win a game are you picking Lebron?

@murphdell1 Год назад

@@kevothegoat9891 probably

@donovangray6665 Год назад

@@kevothegoat9891 well when you make the most and take one of the most and also shoot a higher percentage then nearly anyone else then yes I will

@LiquidChamploo Год назад

Man, the bubble was some of the BEST basketball I’ve seen. So many players were FORCED to lock-in those performances were on another level.

@nicholaswilliams1675 Год назад

Totally agree

@jamesc0890 Год назад

Rite. Ppl act like you need special conditions to lace up some shoes and play. Nothing but excuses

@rohangupte3545 Год назад

Everyone loved the bubble until Lebron won it.

@cubbdacrossfacecrippler Год назад

It definitely was

@cousinchris5851 Год назад

That's what the players said too

@deucedread24 Год назад

This is not about LeBron James, this was 3 MJ fans doing everything they can to keep the legacy of MJ alive as long as possible.

@leonhall856 Год назад

Dont need to keep his legacy alive, just look at the shoe sales.

@Fugitif012 Год назад

Exactly It’s always funny

@ferminarechiga5035 Год назад

Thank you because that's all it is three MJ fans down playing was about to go down

@martinonuegbu1384 Год назад

What are you talking about? One of the guys was defending Lebron most of the time lol

@kevinabernathy6472 Год назад

I said the same thing 😂 you got haters up here trying to change to topic by talking about other players an trying to criticize lebron.

@MK0437 Год назад

27 ppg for 20 years is INSANE!!! One of the things I love most about Lebron is how he continues to make his critics look foolish, and them stubbornly sticking to their “not a scorer” “not clutch” narratives just looks more ridiculous.

@javiersarmientojr.9340 Год назад

💯💯

@kingreg8997 Год назад

Rings matters

@HansumTrini Год назад

@@kingreg8997 Yea, he got four rings already plus accolades...thanks for pointing that out 🙂

@handsomedevil254 Год назад

Karl Malone stats that way too

@Bey_Dreamer Год назад

@@kingreg8997 Championship accolades. That’s more impressive than not tbh. If we logically analyze his finals record, 4-6 across two decades 🧐 4x MVP, 4x Finals MVP, Top 5 in assists & #1 All-Time to end his career ? That’s ridiculous.

@JJones3. Год назад

This segment was nothing but backhanded compliments 😂😂😂😂

@ogreen28 Год назад

Yep. Seen it coming. Not a surprise at all. It's quite sad really.

@YungEmmakulata Год назад

SAS has Lebron #2 and Francesa took Lebron over Bird. What are you guys on about?

@JJones3. Год назад

@@YungEmmakulata we can start with the initial question "Is Lebron an all time great scorer" when he's 89pts from being number 1 all time. It's not that they said anything crazy its just when they say one good thing it's followed by all his failures which is irrelevant to the question

@ogreen28 Год назад

@@YungEmmakulata they went on and on about LeBron's "failures". They always do this when he achieves something. This segment is full of backhanded compliments. To say he isn't an all time great scorer, and then say Kobe and Malone are is crazy to me. To even ask if he is when he's on the cusp of being #1 all time in scoring is ridiculous in itself.

@YungEmmakulata Год назад

@@JJones3. The question is set up for someone or someones to to both praise and also critically critique Lebron. That's what that question says to me. What did expect? For all of them to just shine Lebron's shoes and wax poetic about him?

@DBZenkai1 Год назад

*becomes the all-time leading scorer in the NBA* “Is he an All-Time great scorer?” Cmon now 😂

@FlyTyBlizzy Год назад

Exactly lol

@globalevents0 Год назад

They're retarded

@ronaldmcdonald9289 Год назад

first thing i thought of too when i saw that title 😂

@rogelio7524 Год назад

Lol crazy

@IAMSOMID Год назад

Literally

@SPRVLN27 Год назад

*averages 27 PPG over the span of 20 seasons on 50% shooting* "iS leBrOn gOoD sCorEr????"

@edgewoodaldridge Год назад

Even when they acknowledge his greatness they go out of their way to hate smh

@TreyJaySoSway Год назад

MJ d*ckriders that’s why.

@ooozie6285 Год назад

Fr😂

@phillipsosa3353 Год назад

If we’re not gonna count lebrons title during Covid then we shouldn’t any sports title in that year. HOFers have said they wouldn’t have been able to handle the bubble. The bubble was the one year where you got the best of every single player. All they had to do was focus on basketball. Nothing else, that’s why tj warren looked like an mvp and hasn’t looked even close yet they had to deal with the mental aspect of being a human being and being stuck in one place like that for so long.

@youvegotapointthere4359 Год назад

You explained it perfectly and gave a great example! There is no reason not to count the bubble championship. It's the only time where homecourt advantage couldn't play a role in the outcome of the game. They just played basketball and the Lakers won.

@Mo-ei7ig Год назад

90% of the people who are saying that ring doesn’t count were bandwagon clipper fans that wanted to see the lakers fail

@SummerAwe99 Год назад

The Lakers were 24-2 to start that season and the 1 seed before the bubble... they were winning regardless.

@MichaelSevilla97 Год назад

@@SummerAwe99 nah anthony street clothes davis was probably gonna get injured or lebron would have worn down having to carry the team they did get 4 months off before they went in the bubble

@thedon5367 Год назад

@@MichaelSevilla97 the entire nba got 4 months off. And the lakers 3rd best player didn’t even go to the bubble.

@malachi975 Год назад

Karl Malone over Lebron as a scorer is wild😂😂

@Indyanajones_ Год назад

crazy talk fr

@charlesdonawayiii3396 Год назад

They hate bron for no reason fr. Like cmon

@APOCALYPSE_X-MEN Год назад

LeD1ckl1cks

@BooBooDaFoo330 Год назад

To be fair Malone was a consistent and very skilled player. He’s not 3rd all time for no reason

@rastafarri4953 Год назад

@@BooBooDaFoo330 until the play offs come

@Onlyij_4 Год назад

If any other team won the chip the bubble would have been a valid chip…..

@keefriff99 Год назад

Any excuse to invalidate LeBron’s entire career…

@jaymoore9181 Год назад

FACTS

@bungybooce4205 Год назад

No it still would’ve been a bubble ring😂

@kevenrowe2958 Год назад

Facts !!!!

@kevenrowe2958 Год назад

@@bungybooce4205 had the clippers won or Giannis won it would have been a celebration

@cozyfades1587 Год назад

What's crazy is I'm old enough (I graduated hs in 2012) to remember people saying LeBron would be done once his athleticism waned 😂

@marcoenrique8309 Год назад

I am his fan and I used to think so as well.😂

@idosabamemanuel5163 Год назад

Haters gonna hate I guess 😅

@gregharper6382 Год назад

Yep same!! Crazy!

@omieg89 Год назад

Around 2012, people swore that he would slow down in the next 2-3 years. Here we are 11 years later and he’s averaging 30 ppg in year 20.

@michaelknight5097 Год назад

Facts bro I’m a year ahead of you (CLASS OF 2011) even though I was a Kobe/Iverson fan back then

@voteblue8681 Год назад

I remember when haters were saying lebron was declining because of a few bad games to start the season 😂😂

@nydibs Год назад

He is declining tho, no defense, terrible 3 pt shooting. Lakers have the 26th best record in the league. But he’s still putting up stats for sure

@wahm7872 Год назад

@@nydibs causals like him shield be banned from watching the game. They're so annoying g

@jaidenknight2358 Год назад

@@nydibs he’s actually not nice try hater

@nydibs Год назад

@@jaidenknight2358 - how is that hating? All his advanced metrics show hes declining, one of the worst PER of his career, TS% is down, shooting 31% from 3 (up now that he went on a little hot streak). All his advanced metrics are down, except for his usage rate and shot attempts, both at career high levels And then his defense is non-existent on top of that. But sure, lets trust your judgement and not the stats

@tyronbrewer141 Год назад

@@nydibs it’s not a significant drop off. No other great has played at this level in year 20 so while it’s obvious that LeBron is getting older and can’t do everything that he could do when he was younger, he’s still balling at an extremely high level

@SummerAwe99 Год назад

'Bird didnt have a bad series like that' Ummm he had TWO 8 point games in a finals. His team was so unbelievably stacked they still won.

@Jsmooth1174 Год назад

Didn’t everyone have the same chance to win the championship in the bubble? I don’t understand why people try to diminish it like it the Lakers chose to have those conditions

@omieg89 Год назад

In my opinion the bubble title has less of an asterisk than a lot of peoples titles. Lebron faced all healthy squads. No travel. Everyone was well rested. It’s more legit than Curry’s 2015 title or Kawhi’s 2019 title. It’s more legit than the Lakers winning in 1988 when Isiah suffered a high ankle sprain.

@worldlfree Год назад

No one wanted to be there

@yomicry-ed3697 Год назад

@worldlfree who decided not to participate though??

@jaykon3451 Год назад

Mollys “who’s they” killed me 😂😂

@martinonuegbu1384 Год назад

Same lol

@normanberry8205 Год назад

Literally 😂

@IAMSOMID Год назад

Right i love molly 🤣

@ByeByeLegacyCryHarder Год назад

When you realize lebron would score even more points if he didn’t like passing so much

@weixiaozhang1970 Год назад

you can dislike Lebron but you can't disrepect him. his dedication and dominance in the last 20 years of this game is just amazing.

@iflemister3935 Год назад

Ur white I can tell I don’t disagree that he has questionable political views..but he left bc of the incompetence of the front office and betrayal of his teammates lol buddy said dedication and dominance we talking about basketball..and the ratings when he was in Miami and the cavs both time ratings our down bc of rule changes..refs..etc but lebron didn’t create super teams

@robglobal1 Год назад

Dominance??? He hasn't dominated anything lol stop it

@Sullicities Год назад

@@mikem4481 there were super teams being formed since before the Miami big 3 moron.

@Sullicities Год назад

@@robglobal1 I see you don’t watch basketball

@robglobal1 Год назад

@AuRa Hydro I've been an analyst going on 20 yrs and a fanatic for over 30 yrs I've watched a little bit...Lebron James has had to stack the deck in order to win and still only has 4 rings and has never been the best offensive player nor defensive player so to say he has dominated makes zero sense. He has great longevity playing at a high level but that does not equate to dominating

@adrielchapa7545 Год назад

Cornbread Maxwell was Finals MVP while Bird had 8 point Finals games

@wangtang12 Год назад

It doesn't matter because what bird did was enough to win

@kentayali Год назад

@@wangtang12 lol I bet Bron is way better than bird just imagine if LeBron was yt lol he’d be even greater lmao 🤣

@smellykush48 Год назад

@@kentayali way better is a stretch

@abiolaadeyemo4155 Год назад

I don't get the argument against the covid season. Every other team had to compete with the same circumstances. I guess I can make an argument that any team that won a championship during a leap year should be discredited since they got an extra day.

@brennansnyder476 Год назад

Exactly. As if everyone else in Orlando wasn't trying to win. Tell Jimmy Butler that, see how he reacts. Haters will try anything to diminish LeBron. It's actually sad. No other player has had to deal with the negative response like LeBron has, and he's still outperformed expectations.

@suprmekai5 Год назад

@@brennansnyder476 remember when Lebron had lost the first game in the playoffs to the trailblazers and all the haters started running their mouths that he will be eliminated of course we know what happened then when he lost the first game in the second round to the rockets and they ran their mouths about how the rockets aren’t the blazers then in the western conference finals they went against the nuggets and those idiot haters claimed that he dodged the Clippers after the clippers choked to the nuggets.

@timonriehl8707 Год назад

@@suprmekai5 If lebron and the Lakers would've lost they would've said that the Bubble is the most valuable title ever. But since lebron won it doesn't fit the narrative

@jayh4911 Год назад

If anything the bubble championship was probably more difficult to win simply because there's no homecourt advantage, no fan's, away from family & friends, playing on a court where's nobody is familiar with. It was just non-stop hoops & may the best team won!!! Lebron is the goat

@gregharper6382 Год назад

My thoughts exactly!! People keep talking as if the Lakers played a bunch of college teams to get the ring or as if they had some sort of advantage that others didn’t!

@Onthehop08. Год назад

It will be one of the greatest moments in NBA history when Lebron becomes the all time scorer.

@mitch4837 Год назад

If Kobe played the bubble… tone would be different. And we all know Kobe wasn’t missing any basketball no matter what

@erikkdane8485 Год назад

YES. LeBron is an all time great scorer. It's not rocket science especially since he's breaking the scoring record that stood for almost 39 years. The fact that he's doing it while being top 4 all time in assists is phenomenal.

@tylerdowd Год назад

How is this even a question when he's literally about to break the all-time scoring record? Lol

@staymad9916 Год назад

😂

@hectorzayas5488 Год назад

. Man's 🗑

@flippa7352 Год назад

These guy can never have a segment to just praise the guy for once without critic 😂 you seriously arguing about a 38 year old in Year 20 who is balling BTW averaging almost 30.2 ppg 8.5RB and 7.1 Ast and Averaging 36.5MPG oh and who is literally dragging the whole lakers taking 1 game off to rest 💀 this just shows how great lebron is

@nydibs Год назад

Lakers have the 26th best record in the league

@tonyparra8736 Год назад

This is the most parity ever in the NBA most teams are a 3 or 4 game win streak from being a top 3 or 4 seed. The Lakers are the scariest team currently not a top 6 seed. Imagine fighting all year for the 1 seed and facing LeBron in round 1 with healthy AD.

@Kvng-_- Год назад

@@nydibs doesn't mean LeBron needs to play every game 💀every one of these analyst are literally the embodiment of Envy 🤣imagine getting mad at a player a pro athlete for sitting out a game💀💀💀

@YungEmmakulata Год назад

They aren't there to be Lebron's cheerleaders. They praised him but critically critiqued him. Nothing wrong with that.

@IAMSOMID Год назад

Literally!!

@lloydbonafide3398 Год назад

I can't even lie as a celtics fan watching that game lebron still amazed me. The fact that he only scored 60 points once but is about to be the leading scorer of all time is also impressive. Since he does everything else. I know kareem played in a more strict era but if lebron wins another title then i really believe he's the goat.

@rodolfoarroyo5956 Год назад

Health….. its all it is. His longevity is thanks to his health, imagine kobe fully healthy like lebron✌️ give jordan 6 more years….. these records are all about totals it about skill

@vancev3 Год назад

@@rodolfoarroyo5956 LeBron’s health isn’t an accident tho..he put more money, time, & care into his body then anyone else in history. That dedication and commitment to his craft and understanding his body deserves praise!

@carterbilbro4615 Год назад

If by strict you mean extremely watered down then yeah

@carterbilbro4615 Год назад

@@rodolfoarroyo5956 this is the lamest argument ever lmao Bron could do it those guys couldn’t. Bron the best ever

@khalilwilliams1818 Год назад

exactly it's easy to score hight when that's all you do lebron does everything on the court and is still the leading scorer

@gannona4882 Год назад

“He’s not Kawhi Leonard” the silence 😂😂😂

@shaquille_5784 Год назад

😂😂😂

@pulliam318 Год назад

I hate when ppl say, he’s more competitive than everyone. Like bro, EVERYONE ON THE COURT IS COMPETITIVE.

@kentayali Год назад

Go cry in the car

@mariechambers7917 Год назад

This guy mad dog really said Larry is over Lebron I’m done😂😂

@akunneogalanya4929 Год назад

Can you imagine that nonsense? What metric can you use to say that Larry Bird is better than him?

@pkboolean Год назад

Facts, Lebron will drop 50 on Larry

@Kvng-_- Год назад

This goes to show you that these "analyst" are just regular people who knowledge only stretches as far as the hate will let them 💀

@henry7765 Год назад

Larry is tougher mentally than LeBron . I’ll give him that

@Kvng-_- Год назад

@@henry7765 💀

@derrickperry7705 Год назад

This was the most disrespectful segment first take has ever done. This man is about to become the #1 all time scorer and they bashing him…… I feel even worse cause Stephen a let these two old white men do it to and he ain’t say nothing !!!!! SMFHHHHHHH

@barryeugenejr4977 Год назад

Nothing. Smh

@derrickperry7705 Год назад

@@barryeugenejr4977 it was insane man…. SMH

@23cteezy Год назад

typical Lebron fan, absolutely insane. Because they didn't drop down on their knees and give him .... , now they are disrespectful. Clown fanbase

@Lagunaish Год назад

No one likes him!

@nydibs Год назад

How was it disrespectful. They talked about how great Lebron was. Does it really matter if you have him top 5 or top 6. People are too sensitive

@thomascrowniii1693 Год назад

The Bulls were favored in all 6 of their Finals appearances, LeBrons team was favored in 3 out of his 8 appearances. And he won two them.

@youvegotapointthere4359 Год назад

Thank you! No one ever brings that up.

@thomascrowniii1693 Год назад

@You've got a point there Of course they don't. Hating LeBron is full time job and the facts don't matter. He's 4-10 and ten in the NBA Finals and people actually think that's an insult. You know who would love to be 4-10 in the Finals? Barkley, Malone, Ewing, Stockton, Nash, Iverson, Harden, CP, Dominique, Westbrook and 100 other first ballot hall of farmers who don't have one ring much less four.

@worldlfree Год назад

They were not…

@melvinodavisii4047 Год назад

I'm dead,😜 he asked for the healthy back and still chose LeBron. Hoodie Hustlin'

@jarretheller2244 Год назад

That was great 😄

@Smartkid2387 Год назад

I thought the stats proved Lebron is one of the most clutch players to play. I think people are just hung up on the fact that he was willingly to pass instead of being the guy to take the last shot.

@omieg89 Год назад

Lebron got screwed a lot by incompetent teammates who didn’t hit the big shots. Kyle Korver in game 3 of the 2017 Finals. George Hill missing FTs in game 1 of the 2018 Finals. Danny Green missing the 3 to win the title in game 5 of the 2020 Finals.

@MK0437 Год назад

This, Lebron doesn’t like taking bad shots “at any point” during the game. That doesn’t suddenly change in the last two minutes. He has shown he is capable and willing to hit clutch/game winning shots when it’s the right choice

@edisongao9528 Год назад

People love to add asterisks to lebrons career but why not to his finals loses? He carried a bunch of bums in 07, then again in 2015 without love and Kyrie, and then he got over powered by the durant warriors. Is that his fault? Swap MJ into those scenarios, would the result have been any different? These debates are just idiotic.

@balldontsleep4546 Год назад

Stupidity at it's finest

@youvegotapointthere4359 Год назад

The only finals that you could argue would be the Mavs series, but even that's debatable because outside of Wade, Bosh, and LeBron that Heat roster was sad. Those Mavericks were the deepest team in the playoffs that year and swept Kobe's Lakers who were coming off of a championship run.

@BooBooDaFoo330 Год назад

@@youvegotapointthere4359 thank you no one ever gives that Mavs team credit, plus Bron wasn’t even bad that series he just underperformed but that was all in credit to the Mavs defense.

@edisongao9528 Год назад

@@youvegotapointthere4359 deep teams are never given credit when they win a title because they don’t have enough “marketable stars”. But the Celtics big three win one title in 08 and they are legends forever.

@youvegotapointthere4359 Год назад

@@edisongao9528 I agree. To this day, that Celtics team is talked about like they were a dynasty. It's hilarious because Garnett and Pierce only have 1 ring each while Ray and Rondo have 2 rings each because they both joined LeBron later in their careers.

@ibrahimsharif1050 Год назад

This is the stupidest segment in First take history

@Anonymous-gy4lp Год назад

I second this

@trvspvrk Год назад

*LeBron is a couple games away from scoring the most points in NBA history* ESPN: “Is LeBron an all time great scorer?”

@gophersdream6726 Год назад

Lmao couldn’t have said it better

@TheMastermindzTV Год назад

You know the definition of a "scorer" in the sense of basketball?

@carterbilbro4615 Год назад

@@TheMastermindzTV he’s 5th in ppg. Bron will retire as a top 2 scorer ever at minimum

@TheMastermindzTV Год назад

@@carterbilbro4615 Hahahaha. Yeah, you don't know what a scorer is. Kareem was number 1 in points for like 35 years and nobody ever ever called him a scorer, nor Karl Malone. Durant is a scorer, LeBron's game is facilitation, and always will me. Sorry that it hurts your feelings. 🤷🏽‍♂️

@justdre2742 Год назад

@@TheMastermindzTV I get what you sayin but brons a facilitator AND a scorer, jus because he’s great at both shouldnt mean one takes away from the other. Kds career and bron career avr are literally identical in points. 27.2 and 27.3 a game

@Yardie_king876 Год назад

People not counting the bubble season and the chip is laughable, for one people only saying that because Lebron won the chip so it’s just hating on Lebron, also people seem to forget that the lakers beat the best teams and was playing well before the pandemic really did its damage, y’all just sound sad asf

@averyb.476 Год назад

Lebron doesnt go out there trying to score a lot of points every night. However, if you told a player I need you to score 40 or 50 points tonight, there arent 5 guys im taking over Lebron all time to accomplish that task. One of the greatest scorers ever no doubt

@sirnightingale608 Год назад

KD, Steph, Jordan, Dame are the main names that comes to mind before I’d take Bron

@akunneogalanya4929 Год назад

@@sirnightingale608 dame will get you more 40 to 50 points consistently than Lebron? So why does Lebron have more 40 or 50 point games than dame during the same time? (I’m not even talking in the entire career because Lebron has played more games. Just in the time Dame came in the league). Same question is for Steph. I don’t know why these statements are made. He even have more 40 point games than KD.

@omieg89 Год назад

@@sirnightingale608 no way. Only Jordan and that’s a maybe.

@kentayali Год назад

@@sirnightingale608 Jordan and wilt chamberlain the only two I think comparable

@paulh.9937 Год назад

@@kentayali I agree. I don't think I would even depend on Shaq and Kobe for that. They would come up with 35 or 37 points on any given night no problem. But if you want a guy to go and score 50, right now, give the ball to Jordan, wilt, or lebron. Tell them to do nothing but score, don't pass, don't rebound, don't defend, and they will drop 50 maybe even 60, casually

@ankletaker2729 Год назад

Stephen A done turned First Take into a senior home. Bro look just as old as the people he brings in to debate

@williamneal6938 Год назад

😂😂😂

@qbqb99 Год назад

20 year veteran can/should take a game off

@dparks2856 Год назад

This was about being the all time leading scorer not about anything else

@DBZeni Год назад

Bird had TWO 8 points back to back game Mad dog. LMAO

@cortneyross7631 Год назад

If anybody else won that chip in the bubble they would be praising them

@jamesc0890 Год назад

Save this to y'all Playlist, cus in 5 years Smith gonna be saying he never said this stuff

@KevinSiingh_ Год назад

Mad dog was so proud of himself for that Kawhi line 5:45

@714milky Год назад

It was a great point

@ogreen28 Год назад

This segment went just as I expected it to go when I saw the lineup.

@reddeep5983 Год назад

How can you not be a great scorer and pass the all time leading scorer???? Can’t say longevity because that’s how Kareem got it as well anddddd it’s the only way to break the record at this point lol

@omieg89 Год назад

People say longevity as if it is a negative thing. Lebron’s scoring average for his career is 27 ppg after 20 seasons. MJ’s career scoring average was 32 ppg when he retired with Chicago. Those two Wizards season dropped his scoring average 2 whole points down to 30 ppg. Imagine if MJ played 20 seasons, how far his scoring average would have fallen.

@TheAwesomeRA7 Год назад

Bro Lebron clears Larry bird🤣 buddy tripping

@SleepyGrapes Год назад

Listening to mike and mad dog together stugotz got it EXACTLY right 😂😂😂😂

@seanmarshallnibbs6878 Год назад

This segment was a JOKE. I genuinely hope LeBron doesn’t even acknowledge Stephen A Smith at this point. This was a complete JOKE!!! Men lie, women lie, numbers don’t. All they can do is commentate on the game, but have idea what it really take as a professional athlete. I rather hear a actual players talk trash on the boy but not these dudes.

@omieg89 Год назад

I honestly believe that’s why SAS doesn’t like LeBron. He was tight with MJ, Kobe, AI, Wade, and Melo. Notice he never crushed any of those guys. LeBron never kissed the ring. Good for him.

@justicebediako6181 Год назад

This is great analysis….I love it

@paidinfull9641 Год назад

He’s Litterly gonna break the record and this is a debate

@Prince.Of-Dior23 Год назад

6:22 Maddogg knew what he was doing when he made that devious smile 💀🤣

@jathinr987 Год назад

Larry bird choked in the finals as well, old dogs think we wouldn't know that eh 😂

@Prince.Of-Dior23 Год назад

@@jathinr987 true dat 💀🤣

@papichulo6528 Год назад

@@jathinr987 i love these new hosts on here man to funny 😂

@grindologyeast Год назад

I like Mike calls it like he sees it

@josephwooden732 Год назад

I love the different Plus their historical knowledge

@B23rie Год назад

We need an hour of these 3 talkin about sports.

@just1ty881 Год назад

The man for his career averages 27 points his CAREER !!!!! How could you look at him any other way other than an all time great scorer of the basketball

@omieg89 Год назад

Only 4 players are ahead of him all time in career ppg. KD is in year 16. The other 3 didn’t play more than 15 seasons. Lebron is something else.

@teejaythomas4479 Год назад

ESPN needs to hire more young analysts 😂 These folks said “the soon to be all time scorer” is not one of the all time great scores 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@markfroman738 Год назад

The supply chain of greatness just keeps on going!

@banzamike7534 Год назад

Let talk about bird the man avg 15 points in his first final on 41% maxwell won that Fmvp that was in 1981, his avg from the season dropped in the playoff in 82,83 and lost each yrs with 63 and 54 wins both regular season, 84 great post season they win, 85 PPg, reb,ast dropped again in the final and they lost but won 63 games that season, 86 best yrs they won again. in 87 great playoffs run but again PPg, Reb, ast dropped in the final and they lost. in 88 shots 40-114 that 35% against the piston and guess what they lost and 89 get injured in 90,91,92 nothing happened. Don't let some of these old head make you believe great players in the past didn't came small when it counted!

@eliafuimaono94 Год назад

@6:44 MadDog almost ripped one lmaooo

@fadya.3660 Год назад

The fact that we’re even debating this is sad. Yes. He’s up there with all of the other greats.

@NankoRi Год назад

SAS: They do call me Stephen Naismith for a reason Molly: Who's they 😂😂

@muterflucker6 Год назад

Bruh can literally score anytime, how is he not a great scorer

@JackFri27 Год назад

i thought this was supposed be a debate show. But when it comes to LeBron its most of the time 2-3 people hating on him and no debate. This is a joke

@omieg89 Год назад

Nick Wright or Shannon Sharpe would murder any of them on a LeBron subject.

@hawkeyeeagle5280 Год назад

man, this is like taking an exam where everyone knows the answer but everyone forgot what the question is

@TheDwightMamba Год назад

Besides every championship being "indoor", bubble basketball was some of the best I've ever seen.

@ajlivereacts Год назад

How did we make steph breaking the 3pt record front page news but completely downplay lebron becoming the all time leader in points in nba history(which is the most renowned statistic ever)

@jhad777 Год назад

Because it’s not the most renowned, were did you get that idea? That record is based on longevity and 90% of players don’t play 20 years

@ajlivereacts Год назад

@@jhad777 and it is the most renowned. The main goal of basketball is to simply put the ball in the hoop more than the other team. Well lebron has put the ball in the hoop more than any other basketball player who has ever walked on the earth 🌍

@omieg89 Год назад

@@ajlivereacts LeBron has already scored more than any player if you combine regular season and playoff points.

@renherbo955 Год назад

Get these old people off the show 😂😂🤦🏾‍♂️

@Itsxmusic Год назад

Thank you lol if you were born pre 1960 your opinion doesn’t matter anymore

@austingreen1274 Год назад

I need a drink after that segment. In 10 minutes they didn’t address the question, just started replaying the hit talking points about Lebron that have been said a million times.

@otfnlmb150ripnuski Год назад

“He’s not kawhi Leonard”😂😂

@Chris-ti3gq Год назад

I’m not a Lebron fan but he’s a great player and this is an amazing feat

@Ghanaba23 Год назад

Is more difficult to play like Lebron than anyone

@carterbilbro4615 Год назад

Devolved into “who can discredit LeBron the most” lmao sad to see

@liveesunflower Год назад

What kind of question is thus when this man is about to be #1 in points in the next week

@rainmwhop Год назад

I’m a huge LeBron fan, he’s my GOAT, but I’m glad you pointed out him missing the Nets game. I spent a lot of money to go see him, made personal sacrifices to actually go to the game, just for him to take the night off. I literally told myself “he has Sunday off, it’s not a back to back, he should be playing.” I didn’t give as much thought of him loving MSG because it was a back to back smh.

@qudariwilkinson9538 Год назад

Jordan the goat buddy

@JT-lj2yp Год назад

Jordan wouldn’t have dicked u like that

@jaidenknight2358 Год назад

@@qudariwilkinson9538 nahh he’s not

@carterbilbro4615 Год назад

You can thank the refs for that one

@paulmilford1187 Год назад

@@jaidenknight2358 6 for 6 with 6 Finals MVPS never going to a game 7 in the finals and you say Jordan isn't The GOAT.

@amerik556 Год назад

The man with the glasses my God he's good

@Melbester9 Год назад

As a Yankee fan and someone who grew up watching Mike and Mad Dog on WFAN and YESNetwork. This is cool to see Francesa on ESPN with Christopher Russo. Since Mad Dog is on MLB Network High Heat and hrs been on ESPN First Take with Stephen A for a while. There was reports that Mike and Chris were going to bring back Mike and Mad Dog again since the show split. Chris left originally, and Mike took over the show. Then Mike left after a decade with the show by himself and went on to podcasting. I met Chris many years ago at Javits Crnter in NY when he was hosting a show on SiriusXM Radio when the convention was hosting the NY International Auto Show and got a photo meet with him. He is the nicest person I have met. ESPN gotta bring Mike Francesa more often on First Take with Chris and Stephen A.

@timonriehl8707 Год назад

Ain't no way you watched that segment and thought that this was good