Skip Bayless is humble as he points out how much LeBron James had to overcome in winning his first ever Championship and Finals MVP. Skip Bayless applauds LeBron, and congratulates him on his success. Stephen A. Smith responds
Saying “what took you so long” to someone who just won an nba championship is insane 😭 The majority of players don’t even get close let alone win it all. Skip is cray
@@gamambaye yeah and he won 4 championships, became all time leading scorer, went to 10 finals, has 4 finals mvps, is a 19x all star, and he’s not even done playing. I think he is the chosen one 😭
@@gamambayeIt took Jordan years to win a title, he didn’t win it right away. It took Kobe 4 years to win his first. Everyone usually has to learn before they win.
@@gavinthatcher9307 Skip was still on first take when the cavs made a 3-1 comeback. The first thing he did was argue how Kyrie deserved finals mvp and how LeBron couldn’t close
Seeing skip lose his mind cause LeBron won 2 rings was great...the same bron who he had been killing for years on tv making money off of and challenging revelling in his failures yet trying to be seen as a credible unbiased journalist and then beat his home town okc thunder and then his favorite team spurs the next year was priceless....back to back..crushing his friends and families dreams..those tears were so sweet and salty
skip really thought lebron winning his first title was validation of everything skip said about him and the about damn time was for skip...its laughable is what is is..is he a little overrated yes but lebron's one of the 3 best player ever with a top 5 career and top 4 legacy..can't take that away from him...thats hard to do...putting him 1st is insanity when mj existed but in terms of non bigs cause they impact the game in different ways, lebron is easily the 2nd best player ever...I don't think you can debate that anymore...
@@seancarter7954 thank ya so so much I didn't believe him at all fake ass. He don't say that shit about Jordan when he got his ass kicked by the celtics and pistons
herecomesdatrain but did Jordan have talented teams around him like Lebron did I’m talking about just the Mavs and the 2014 finals where despite all that talent they got their asses beat. When Jordan finally got talent he won every finals he was in. Now Lebron can carry a team of nobody’s to the finals the 2007 and 2018 Cavs teams were trash but he’d be remembered so much better if he still managed to win those finals
@@j4v_twe3ty53 the first year bron made it that team was loaded with ok players... the next best player he had was mo Williams bro, and they still want, but lost to the spurs
Watching this years later is crazy. Stephen & Skip still showing up to work everyday and keeping sports interesting. LeBron still dominating despite the Lakers struggles.
@@michaelryan9711 You need guys with hot takes to keep it fun and motivating. And yes, Lebron almost led the league in scoring at 9000 years old. Stat-padding or not he’s still dominating.
You Kno what I like about LeBron he don't clap back at this bll sht .LeBron told the world Jordan was his idol Kobe wanted to be like Jordan not LBJ is like magic see the media start it all that the next Jordan the choose one not LBJ why can't both of these guys be great and leave it at that right .1Lovr
+Bam Bam The Hitman I couldn't agree more. You are 100% spot on! These LeBron Haters just have a cancer that will eat at their hearts until the end of time.
The LeBron hate is fine if its a small complaint about his flopping..or for joining d wade if someone is trying to argue him over mj ..but don't hate on 4 time mvp 3 time finals mvp 2 time gold medalist for not being mj or the goat cause for a high school kid to do what he did is impressive with all that pressure on him....and let me remind you LeBron last season did something way more impressive than what durant finally won in the finals 10 years in the process after joining the 73 win team that beat him..aka a trophy that is handed out yearly that LeBron has 3 of..and is a team a accomplishment..LeBron became the all time playoff scoring leader in less playoff seasons then it took mj...that just looks silly to say the 1 nba title is worth more than that...we may never see LeBron surpassed in our lifetimes.... we nba champs yearly.. ..someone has to win it....the warriors did without durant..he just made it easier... ..anytime anyone criticizes 1 of the 10 best ever I laugh ....he has accomplished so much..any negatives are just petty splitting hairs and very biased way of trying to bring down one of the all time greats..end of story...with no off court drama like Kobe mj magic shaq all had or injury issues like bird ... ..
@@dramahawkpromotions9621 max is legit just dumb. Skip says everything he does to get ratings but max literally makes dumb takes because he actually believes it. Skip obviously used to troll SAS.
No he's not.. Rob Parker has the biggest LBJ hater title by far.. Skip will actually give him his due Parker will never ever lol its fukkin annoying if you ask me
the way 90% of the time skip talk about LeBron you would think hes a 7th man...he barley has him top 9...its laughable to put magic russell bird kobe shaq duncan over lebron at this point wilt too...kareem and mj have cases..thats it...
@@noah_256. the Cavs lost when LeBron dropped 48 in game 1, 44 in game 3, and 40 in game 4, imagine that... That's a lot of wasted performance from LeBron and Skip had the audacity to say LeBron didn't show up against Orlando?? lmao
young savage wat you are saying is some what true, but it doesn't tell the whole story. yea he did team up with wade to get a chip but that's because kg, ray allen, and paul pierce and all those guys teamed up in boston. be realistic bro he couldn't win with the team he had in Cleveland. for some reason no one ever says boston had to team up to beat lebron and a bunch of role players, but he get the shit tho. it's crazy bro.
Yung Savage Its a team game, Wade won a Finals with Shaq. Who did Lebron have with him in his 1st stint in Clev? Anderson Varajao? Mo Williams? Lmao. Lebron also never had a legendary coach like Kobe, Wade, and MJ had
Leo Blacklock It sounds like you’re saying it’s Boston’s fault for being that good stop with the excuses Lebron had to leave in order to win the same thing with Kd idc if he joined a 73-9 team the fact is they both had to leave in order to win there’s no other way around it
Yung Savage Lebron didn’t ride shit lmfao, Wade was already looking like he was 40 years old by 2013. Lebron helped wade and bosh just like they helped him, but Lebron was the biggest piece.
Watching this 9 years later shows just how deranged Skip Bayless. No normal person could keep an act like this going for 18 years. This guy is clearly a psychopath.
Stephen A is the same he always was he just doesn’t have skip to really set him off anymore. I like kellerman but skip got SA going like no other man, best comedy on television.
Nobody ever ever ever gives Dallas credit for 11. Lebron didn’t collapse, we had 9 guys on our roster playing the best ball of their lives knowing they never would have another chance at a title. It was lightning in a bottle and Miami was so good they still punched us in the mouth. Dallas just happened to all career at the same time that’s why they beat Miami.
Fettman07 I agree, people are acting like Jason Terry and Dirk were bums. And Lebron choked against bums. They simply outplayed Lebron and Bron couldn’t create because of their excellent play. z
Well dirk literally became wilt chamberlain and was unstoppable I really don't blame Miami so much as dirk was unfathomable great that whole playoff stretch
I rewatched games 23 4 and 5 6...LeBron quit..period..he did not even try in the 4th on either end of the floor ..if miami had just benched him d wade and bosh would of won it without him ....Dallas was awful in that series for 4 games....should of been swept...and really 5 bad games for them and Dirk until the 4th or game 5 when they got some easy 3s off defensive LeBron mistakes ...especially terry and kidd
Miami was 2 shots away from sweeping Dallas...LeBron shat his pants in the 4th and quit playing after game 1.. but y'all were bums...right next to the 2004 pistons and 94 rockets....not sure whose worse..
Fettman07 I'll never say Bron quit but 17 points a game for a player of his caliber he played great his first 3 games and then stopped playing they should have won in 5 they had them beat in game 4 I'm a LeBron fan always will be but I give Dallas 35 percent of the credit
@@_ProTrax LeBron just Won a Championship and he spends most of the Segment Bashing him and u mean to tell me u don’t anything wrong with that at all?? Lol 🤔🤔🤔
@@saiyerugara9038 I didn’t say anything about a debate. I said Bayless was DEMOLISHED and he was. However, I mean… First Take is a debate show. That’s pretty much the format.
@@saiyerugara9038 2nd one? What team? I’m not talking about LeBron. My comment is about Steven A demolishing Skip Bayless in this video. I have no idea what you’re talking about.
This is why Skip left. He got tired of Stephen A owning him. Always being more articulate, having better points and upstaging him. Skip was intimidated by Stephen A Smith
Jake Russell yeah it’s more he wanted his own show and Stephen was taking that show over. Stephen looked way more professional and intelligent and Skip was looking more and more like a troll. Skip and Shannon (where he still trolls) is more pure Entertianment and Shannon works a little better than him. And it’s more skips show
this is such a classic. LeBron Miami days was just a good time cant believe its its his 17 season now. I was in the 5 or 6 grade when he made the decision felt like a month ago. I justed hated that Miami didn't go 4-0 or at least 3-1, but it happens doesn't take away from LeBron greatest at all. Also makes me miss the Indian, Celtics, Spurs, Mavs (which is historically underrated) and Laker teams previous 2years last of good Kobe before injury, especially the thunder who everyone pick in 2k at the time. some good basketball those times. SAS and Skip was such a funny combo.
@@MonnieGoCrazy earned 😹he left Cleveland for Miami, a stacked team in those years, same with KD with the warriors, both left their teams to win but they didn't earn their rings
@@Ale-yo7rg LeBron at Miami was a totally different circumstance. There was still competitive basketball being played. KD left a title contender @okc after losing a 3-1 lead & joining the greatest shooting backcourt in steph & klay. LeBron left a Non contender team to join another Non contender in Miami. LeBron made Miami a contender. LeBron earned his rings Hands Down
LeMagic James overall statistically he showed up but there were DEFINITELY moments in both of those series that he came up short and that’s with every superstar(including Jordan) but a different level of scrutiny comes into play when it comes to Lebron
He didn't show up in 1 game against Boston. That's it. But you know skip and how big a troll he is... Also, its lebron... what do you expect? He's gonna get a different level of criticism.
one thing I don't get is why skip never brings up 23 year old lebron and his game 1 2008 east semi finals where lebron went 2-18 had 12 points in a 4 point loss vs a team that had gone 7 in round 1 where big z had 22 points and the cavs had swept their injured first round wizards team so they were rested holding boston to 76 points...that was a choke job that cost them the series and a finals trip...his game 7 2006 vs the pistons was pretty bad too as was his 2007 finals...skip always goes to the mavs series which is obvious and other series where lebron played well.... he actually had bad games in 2006-2008 and skip never brings that up...why?...2011 was bad specifically the 4th of game 5 and the entirety of game 4 but like what about 2010 game 5 east semis lebron's 3-14 quit game...bring that up
Love the respect level for Spo by Stephen A in this. Years later , no Bron or Wade , and the Heat are only 2 years removed from a Finals appearance and were one game away from another
Michael Bonhomme Lebron and his true supporters dont take Bayless seriously. I think i‘ve hardly ever agreed with anythink Skip he is just highly entertaining somehow.
A A it definitely does there are so many false narratives that people say to degrade lebrons greatness. People still say he isn’t clutch and he always nitpicks everything even if Lebron has a flawless game u can’t say anything about.
S.A.S gets on my nerves ever so often but He is def A 🐐 in the sports media field! We won’t have him forever and I’d like to thank him for being a PROLIFIC BLACK MAN IN MEDIA! You did your thing and are continuing! Thank you for your hard work and dedication and being able to SHOW BLACK EXCELLENCE ON NATIONAL TV EVERYDAY!!
"Lebron shot 73% from free throw which is just okay, its not 90% like Magic, Bird, and Michael, but that is terrific for Lebron james." - Skip sarcastically complements Lebron. LmFaO!
10:14 what about Chris Bosh he’s unselfish he didn’t even get a single reporter to ask him a question… u wanna talk unselfishness Bosh basically went from being a franchise player on the Raptors team to a 3rd superstar that doesn’t get credit for the amazing rebound that saved the heat from elimination (even tho it’s 2 years from this video)
Yeah, he sacrificed the most out of everyone and instead of getting love and respect they bashed him The man received all the hate because he didn't always show up. Well it's hard to show up when they make you into a Spot up shooter as a third option.
@@Christopher._M he wasn’t a spot up shooter anyway! So of course he’s gonna not show up 🤦🏽♂️ the media is stupid imo about basketball players ⛹️♀️ sometimes they don’t understand how hard it is to go from franchise player to 3rd option (if u even wanna call it that more like a rotation player) to just another player on LeBrons team
