Stephen A. can’t believe Max’s take on Trae Young and Stephen Curry | First Take 

Facts bro Max was just so wrong today

And btw steve kerr usually rest him in 4th qtr when kd still in the warriors

Curry could drop 50 at least 70% of the time if he wanted but the way the warriors play is team ball and they rack the assist to around 30 a game. We saw what curry did this season when the gameplan changed and he had to take over. Trae doesnt even get double team more or less triple team and ppl say well curry dont see the floor that well like they are so delusional bc curry 90% of the time passes it to a open man and 60% they miss that ain't his fault. But on the other hand trae is my fav player in the playoffs rn and if he can take this bucks team to 6 or 7 and win or lose I would say his ceiling is higher I believe he can do it.

I never seen Curry have 18 assists. Car just got sent home by Ja Morant. The youngest team in the playoffs

@@whatsgood8329 his career high is 16 but that's not how they want him to play any more

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Krillin

i wouldn't mind if he shaved it all off his hair does look weird for his face lol

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How many finals mvps??

That's an award decided by 11 votes. Who was the most important player on the Warriors again? Iguodala was more important? A 6th man? Durant, the one who lost to GSW and and joined them to win easy rings?

@@sirenamiw6313 curry 0 points in 4 minutes. Durant was the best player every other series they played also. Curry played so badly they had to give it to iggy.

@@andylarkin5779 he was robbed

@@andylarkin5779 thats a lie curry dropped 37 in 2015 series he didn't play bad

Facts!!

Sacramento punching air RN!

Yep all these youngblood balling. The future is now!

Micheal porter

@@str8Jonesing I think Sacramento will be great team in 2 or 3 years.They have some youngsters

He hate steph Max is not a steph fan 😂😂 he proved that over year I mean steph is a 3X champ for a reason

How does that not make him a steph fan tho 🧐 ppl say they want Bron for the first 46 minutes then another player for the last two cause others are more clutch, doesn’t mean they aren’t Bron fans

You would take Steph? Dude has never made an important clutch playoff shot ever

@@Nyualum21 niggas used to say that back in the early 2010s😭😭🤣🤣

@@finesse2k749 ppl still say it my guy 😂 2016 (or was it 2017? Don’t really remember, first year kd was with the warriors) finals game 1 dude got whiny at jr and ended up going 0-4 in overtime and they lost a very winnable game. Plus Brons free throw percentage ain’t great

LMFAOOOOOOOOO

Sas the same one who said Donovan was the greatest jazz player ever lmao

@@stopcampin4097 he is

@@jonjays2370 He hasn’t even been to the finals

@@stopcampin4097 I think he meant talent/skill wise not all time accomplishments

@Vis - You obviously don't understand how this works. Trae is only 22 and not even in his prime. Steph is 33 and has already reached his peak. Just by that alone Trae has a higher ceiling. And sure, maybe Trae will never get there but the sky is still the limit for a guy who is 22 and is better than Steph was at 22.

@@DUB_87 yo momma

@@DUB_87 yo daddy

cap

@@iToxicTritton lmaoo

Getting a Finals MVP would be the highest.

@@lynchdj being the only one "unanimous mvp" is better in my opinion

@@katakureen should’ve been James that year and that’s facts

@@waxtastic22 who's James?

Never was the best player in the league. But I do agree with the rest of what you said lol.

Im a huge Steph fan and I agree on Max..... Well Steph Curry his always well guarded but same to other elite players Luka, Trae, Lebron, Giannis, Durant great players suppose to overcome those he didnt gets that confidence till 2019 but lost and we dont know if he will get another chance whish is upsets me alot

What max said was all facts lmao

^ casual af

@@deantrejohnson4625 you casual or high 🤔

@@sanjivinsmoke4587 Steph gets discredited for everything he’s ever done tf are you talking about

Max so biased it's funny

I'm in utter shock right now that Max Kellerman would say something like that

It’s not hate dude. He’s in his 3rd year and is in the CONFERENCE FINALS

Curry 0-3 in playoff game winners since max said that

Curry literally couldn’t score on Kevin love to win game 7 and put the stamp on a 73 win season why do curry fans pretend like it didn’t happen ?

Max still wrong about Steph because Steph scored 40 in his first WCF against Houston in 2015

@@dreb877 - 40 is not 48.

Having a higher ceiling does not mean better.

Isaiah Thomas has a higher playoff career high than Harden, Curry, Kyrie, CP3 and Westbrook. Did that make him better than any of them? Lmao

Then why did he lose to Ja Morant?

@@manimavuso thats was them clown this team not the same e

@Mahmoud Mohamud fr man Dude acting like steph was the one who missed dat layup🤦🏿‍♂️😂😂

Because he played on stacked teams and then this year he didn't and he couldn't even make the playoffs haha

@@TellyGianoulis He Won Without A Stacked Team lol. And They Would Have Been In The Playoffs If They Didn’t Do Play In Games Cause They Had Even More Injures At The End Of The Season

Steph is Trae Young’s dad lol I got mad respect for trae young tho I just don’t know why they gotta compare players all the time

He’s right tho

Im confused, max made a correct statement🤣

Tbh Max isn’t wrong on this take

@@imalpha4471 He's right. Trae shimmes in the playoffs. In the playoffs Steph just turns around before it goes in.

i guess only us warriors fans remember that year lol ngl its like everybody forgot what warriors did to rockets and then blazers no kd smh

They just want to hate man nobody actually respect steph for what he have done.

I swear Stephen A never brings this up as a counter argument

And okc to when they comeback in wcf even they blew 3-1 lead in final but still what they do when comeback againts okc is pretty good

Alone?! Klay was there too buddy, Draymond was there, Steph was the best player in the series obviously, but let's not act like he was playing with a bunch of scrubs.

he hasn’t gotten a chance to yet, the question was whose ceiling is higher

@@lukecanhoop8628 how can he have a higher ceiling than someone who already hits the highest of highs

@@Newportnews98 he’s not a perfect player. especially not in the finals or playoffs

@wFs96 - Which is the reason why the guy who is only 22 and not even in his prime yet has a higher ceiling. Smh.

@@Newportnews98 - Steph is 33 and has never won Finals MVP. He ain't getting any better at 34 and beyond. Therefore he hasn't reached the highest of highs. Trae is only 22 not even in his prime and if he wins Finals MVP this year at 22 he had already done something that Steph has never done. That's how Trae has a higher ceiling.

it ok Hater will be hater,what can we do.

Lmfao 🤣🤣🤣🤣

It be sounding personal sometimes lol

@@trustplanet Because it is. He despises Max and doesn't respect Max. He doesn't even hide it.

to be fair, he did that in a loss. game wasn’t really ever close

@@David-lf6rr I swear you just proved you didn’t watch the game 🤦🏾‍♂️. It was literally only close in the game when Steph was flaming in that game.

And win the game never

@@David-lf6rr Yes, it was similar situation like KD's game 7 against the bucks, Steph didn't get single offensive prduction from anyone. Klay missed that game. Kd didn't play that game, even players like Kevon looney who helped them usually was injured. Steph was scoring like crazy. but, whats the point. you could argue Kd's game 7 against the bucks was close, but in that finals series against toronto steph had better offesive numbers when compared to both teams, but ultimately, Raptors won that game, Kwahi was also playing well. It doesn't matter. Warriors would be back,they need a decent team to go up against the likes of Lakers .

@@ashwinchander1837 listen i’m not hating on steph, he’s my favorite player i swear 😂. he deserved the FMVP in ‘15 and ‘18 imo but that 47 point game is overrated because again the game wasn’t close even when he was in the game. i’m sorry 😂

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He’s mad because he’s always wrong and max is right

Why can't he just come to work and be a professional. He has turned into such a Prima-Dona however tf u spell it. 😂😂

@@austinbailey7775 🧢

You should watch that episode on max’s kawhi take

@@azmalrangrez Epic 😆

Hello going to da final is not about him or Curry it depends on how good the team or organization was but Trae is aready do better on da court than Curry!🤔

@@georgiemerm6269 L

@@georgiemerm6269 You're a casual

@@georgiemerm6269 Trae Young is better than Steph Curry... lol man you people don't watch sports at all...

@@georgiemerm6269 great joke to start friday out with 🤣

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Meaning he’s right

Nah Skip isn't THAAAAT delusional .. he likes the Clippers a team that is STILL playing and he's normally spot on about Kawhi... Max is terrible at everything except his boxing takes

Max also uses on/off stats to show how Harden is more important to the Nets than Durant. He doesn't do the same with Curry/Durant. If he did he'd see that the Warriors were much better when Steph was playing and Durant was injured than vice versa.

one game? dude been solid for the last 2 years

@@optimusprime4263 facts..people don’t know he average 30 & 9 last year & 25 & 9 this year.....and in his first playoffs he is averaging 30 & 10 ..people just now getting the chance to watch hawks because their in playoffs

@@greatone9102 he’s been averaging that because his team was horrible until this year he was the only player on the team

When Steph was in year 3 he only averaged like 16 and 5 and he had bad ankles...... Trae does have a higher Ceiling currently

@@gritsgravy3886 no he doesnt. he’s had a higher floor but he definitely does not have a higher ceiling

he did score 47 in a finals game too, which trae hasn't even played in and most probably will not anytime soon

Steph has had 6 career 40+ point playoff games the disrespect is just crazy from max

Steph a better shooter no doubt but kyrie is showtime and hit a game winning finals shot over steph big buddy

You can’t always be right, but Trae take isn’t bad, the kid is way better than Steph was in this age, he can shoot, and he is a great passer as well, why won’t his ceiling be higher than Steph, especially if he will manage to lead his team past the Bucks and get to the finals

Max is the same one that said Brady had a Cliff and since then Brady has won 3 rings 😂

@@imalpha4471 Because some players peak early. Steph had a slower start due to ankle injuries and a transitional management period with the warriors. Steph really hit his stride in 2013. Young is having early success, but it is dangerous to assume that means he will be this good over a long career. I have watched basketball for a while and have seen plenty players peak early and fall off. Penny Hardaway, Derrick Rose, Brandon Jennings, Michael Redd, etc. Too early in his career for takes like that. For example, He wasn't very good this regular season

@@imalpha4471 You have to understand that when you say his ceiling is higher than Curry’s you have to realize that you are talking about a guy who is recognized as a lock top 5 PG all time, some would even consider the greatest PG ever. A 3x champion, 2x MVP; only ever unanimous MVP, 7x all star and all-NBA, 2x scoring champ, and a 1x steals champ. Do you really think Trae Young will accomplish all that and more? Steph still has a few more years of high level basketball to add to that as well

To be fair, teams need to double Trae and he's breaking down defenses this post season, but I get what you're saying. Steph puts the fear on other teams.

@@str8Jonesing Trae draws doubles but it’s not the same as Steph, Steph requires the team to build their entire defensive game around stopping him which gives his teammates many open shots. Best examples of this are the 2017 and 2018 finals where the Cavs would literally let KD have a wide open fastbreak dunk then leave Steph on the perimeter. Curry also faced 80 double teams in the 2018 finals compared to just 2 double teams on KD

Steph literally gets double - triple team every game. For trae even if he is scoring 40 he is still one to one but steph start of the game 0 points and he starts getting double team that’s how great he is.

Not to mention trae is a huge steph wanna be. He is even copying steph's antics on the floor

@@parthpatel2381 he get triple teamed wen he doesnt even have the ball thats how much teams fear him that they willing to let anybody else shoot but him cuz they dont want steph to get hot

Because Stephen A Smith is black and only black people apparently know basketball.

@@nicholasappelhans3853 Tim Legler is the best analyst out there so take this L dude

@@keithadams6030 he was saying this rhetorically... obviously he doesn’t believe that lmao

Because that's how he is all mouth Barkley is right these not pro's speak as if their " opinion " is the law, I'd rather hear from ex-pro's like Shannon to provide us with the real

@@nicholasappelhans3853 U probably never stepped on a court😂

Facts!! Lol

A.I. can’t touch Trae when it comes to passing the ball.

just cuz they’re “cat quick”

Trae young better than Iverson because he goes to practice

He sisnt make the topic just gavr an opinion and i agree

@@supercoolguy466 and you a casual trae getting blown out by 30 rn

@@simplyjay0748 they getting blown out cuz I'm watching the game live and even tho trae is a good player he is def not on steph's level

@@joeku2004 thank you I see dumb casuals saying he's better than steph 😂

@@simplyjay0748 they havent been watching basketball I've been watching basketball since the michael redd, pistons, kobe, mgrady, the melo days, and the finals

Good offense > Good defense

@@vintagemonte fax

Yeah people forget that this dude who's supposedly knows everything about basketball is the same guy that says I reserve the right to my decision to change and talk about how the buvks were going to sweep them

well these analysts say too much over 1 game especially the first game. You cant just base a series off of the first game lmao

Yeah but who wouldve thought Milwaukees defensive scheme was to have Brook Lopez and Portis to sit in the paint and let Trae get wide open floaters or shots… And make no adjustment even after Trae kills them like 10 possessions in a row…

He lost money in 2016 but wont bring up 2019 no kd

Never thought I'd make the switch but Skip/Shannon has become much better than First Take. Those guys at least seem to like each other and don't always have to disagree.

Like he literally makes me not want to watch the show

@Phenomenal Titan - I think people don't understand the ceiling analogy. Trae is 22 and not even in his prime yet. Steph is 33 and has peaked. He isn't gonna get any better at 34 and beyond. Trae has 11 years to accomplish what Steph has and even exceed. At 22, Trae is better than Steph was at 22 and is already in position to do something that Steph has never done. Trae has a higher ceiling.

Crazy part is even with that mentality hes still gonna get u 8 to 15 assists any night. Walking 30 and 10.

Fax

With Dame's range

Trae getting this Hawks team to the Finals and Jimmy Butler getting that trash Heat team to the finals last year without Bam Adebayo and without Dragic is a proof of how overrated Lebron was and how easy he had it in the East with historically stacked teams in a trash EAST.Even Lebron fanboys are realising it now.The East was so trash- they had to change the all star game format and have it Lebron vs Giannis.Commisioner wanted to change the playoff format too but Lebron refused and said it would be crazy so he didn't do it but had the papers ready and everything.Imagine if Trae Stacks a team with Ray Allen,Wade and Bosh in this trash east and only got 4 rings in 18 years to show for it(one being a bubble ring).East was so trash - Jeff Teague made the all star team.A washed up Melo still was making it and Sabonis made it twice.Dragic too. People will realise now.And Trae and Jimmy might not be even top 15 players today and doing it with trash teams- Lebron was top 3 and was doing it with stacked teams.

@@erikpuka2627 no one cares

Do you want to pinch sas’s cheeks and kiss his forehead?

and 2016 as well

Facts.. bro plays like Steve Nash

True. Just because they shoot deep threes and has handles curry and trae are the same

Yeah he assist non-all star teammates as well

Yeah Trae is a pass first PG Steph plays more like a shoot first SG

@@Dux310 you obviously didn’t watch Curry 2011-2017

Exactly lmao

in any other topic/debate he has a good argument when it comes to steph his iq turns into -10000000

yea, everytime they talk about Steph he brings up the playoffs...

Is he wrong though? Steph has never been a Finals MVP favorite

@@deuceswild117 Finals MVP has nothing to do with this argument.

He never will be. He's 3 inches shorter than Steph and not a great shooter, let alone the GOAT shooter. Steph's only weakness is a lack of size and he towers over Trae. The better Trae gets, the harder they will defend him. Right now they leave him open on the perimeter because he's not a big shooting threat. Meanwhile 2 guys are bodying and fouling Steph when he crosses half court, but Steph doesn't get foul calls because the NBA can't allow a cheat code to exist.

@@sup9542 listen trae is a much better playmaker and he foul Bates other opponent not too mention a better floater game steph is only better at shooting everything else i wouldnt want from steph if im trae steph is bassicaly a sg with handles he doent make his teammates better the same was a cp3 dame harden trae nash kidd does

@@sup9542 Trae has been double teamed all year. As soon as he crosses half court. Stop it

NEMT BACK AGIAN!!!!!! What NBA you be watching😂😂😂steph shoots better, has better handles, and what he does without the ball makes him more of a player than Trae by itself

@@perkaset6703 he is more of a sg he cant elevate a team because all he does is shoot 3s he cant create and playmake for other the way a harden cp3 or trae could those can elevate a team because they can be the vocal point in it steph curry is just 3 point shooter with handles but he only uses those handles to shoot 3s not create for his bigs or get others involved like wiggins oubre drey wiseman poole thats why alot of people doent considerer him a PG but more of a SG with the height of a PG

Yep then blew a 3-1 lead.

@@bendover3653 draymond suspension did that

@@Tamaquashad facts

@@Tamaquashad had draymond for game 6 & 7 tho

Missed the playoffs

Lmao max is wrong on so many things when talking basket ball idk why the comment section supports him

@@yGreatOne. He needs to stick to boxing 😂

He's not wrong tho.

He can never claim to be data oriented because of that. He reduces the sample size down to just a few games and judges players' mental fortitude based on that. A game where maybe their knees or ankles were hurt, maybe they were getting bodied and refs weren't calling fouls. But no, they are mentally weak, they crumbled under the pressure. They "didn't want it enough."

Trae carrying a team on his own to the eastern conference finals that says a lot ang even beating the bucks game 1 in their house 😲

There is not acting. He did not deserve any Finals MVP Awards. He was average in 2015 and 2019, he was non-existent in 2016 2017 and 2018

@@1sagacious1 what??

@@1sagacious1 casual

@@1sagacious1 2017 definitely non existent when he averaged 27-9-8, 2018 non existent when he was the best player 3 of 4 games

@@westbronco9066 sorry pal, you gotta use context. Curry is given credit and gets praised on the level of Top10 all-time nba players. Curry does not perform anywhere near to a Top10 all-time nba player especially when the moments are the biggest. Curry is a rec-center highlight reel. That's why he's never won MVP in 5 trips to the NBA Finals. And he implodes in the biggest playoff games.

dawg if they doubled trae they woul´ve lost by 20 pts, easy lob to collins/capella

No doubles and plenty of drop coverage looks. Steph would never see defense like that lol!

Yes because they CANT double Trae. They double Curry because that’s how you hack him and his 3 point shooting. You cant stop Trae Edit: Scroll down for a further explanation

@@daburritohero634 you make 0 sense.

@@leftbenchplayaa ye I didnt understand him either

On G 😂😂😂

Fax

and he always says “ galvanize the troops “

Vitriol and diatribe gotta be a close 2nd😂😂

You're wrong, and here's why 🤣

They’re just as bad as each other.

@@newrecruit100 I get it, like Max loses me with his takes on Steph, but Stephen A is one of those people that think yelling makes him right

He shouldn't have won that finals mvp, iguodola deserved it way more. He doesn't just talk about that one performance he speaks on his whole playoff performance against the best teams.

@@IBlackSanta pass the weed

@@ABasedTohan he's right

Where was Steph in the play-in tournament? He wasnt even able to get the 8th seed as the 1st option

Curry got carried in 2015 and started choking, Iggy was guarding LeBron. And stopping him from getting 50 every night curry was putting 25 points per game while putting 31 in the regular season that's a whole 6 point drop off, he was choking

your name tho😂💀

He will be a champion one day during this decade.

Fr Max literally compares their stats without context. If Steph receives the same treatment as Trae Young receives, he's gonna be better. Steph literally won the scoring title this year with a team that barely has any spacing and help. He was getting abused by the double teams and even triple teams especially on those play-in games and still averaged 35 on both games.

Gtfoh when steph had kd and klay nobody was even double teaming him

Factsss

@@tbrcc636 and that's why he didn't have to preform at his best because he didn't need to

FR

I hate how the media always goes from underrating to overrating players. I hate to see it happen to my favorite player.

they're talking ab potential not what they've already done

@@jtontop5154 The only thing that trae does better than Steph is passing. That's literally it. He doesn't have potential to be better than Steph in any other areas.

Max takes always be garbage especially when it’s about basketball. maybe steph didn’t do it cause he didn’t need to. 🤷🏾

@Mk I wouldnt say steph is better than magic. The right there tho.

Where is warriors? Who had all-stars? Hawks have NO ALL-STARS LMFAO and look what Trae does. Curry can't even carry team to playoffs LMFAO

@@supernotnatural the only all star the warriors had was curry?

Curry has come up pretty small a bunch of times in fairness to max

@@supernotnatural curry was the only all star and trae is sorrounded by great shooters and scores tf

Curry has never had the numbers trae puttin up in these playoffs ever..

Trae shouldnt be penalized because of him being younger and not being in the league when steph Went crazy

He’s great when it comes to boxing

Max also doesn't seem to understand how little spacing Steph works with because of how much defenses respect him, or how few foul calls he gets because the NBA doesn't want him to be a cheat code. I don't think he watches Steph unless it's a big nationally televised game.

Max is a clown , trae shoots 33 percent from 3 , Curry 43 for his career!! It’s not even close trae 43 from field Steph 48

I think the part everyone is missing this is his first playoff so if you look at it like that you might get a better understanding

@@jarviscarroll5064 Curry was shooting 44 percent from 3 his first 2 years even with the bad ankle injuries, trae shot 33 percent!!!! Trae is having a great playoff run but don’t compare him to the 🐐 of shooting

@@hankson8 don't think it has anything to do with field goal percentage but more of first time in the playoffs and doing it on the road steph wasn't this tough his first time in the playoffs that's the only comparable difference not a career

@Mk shoots 42% from the field and 38% from three in the finals. Definitely a lesser version of himself

@@Jeromejohnson678 Interesting. What’s Trae’s shooting percentages right now? Much, much lower. These arguments don’t hold water. Ridiculous.

@@Lee65100 bruh im just saying curry doesnt play as well as he normally does in the finals, and gave undeniable proof. Yes, he scores more but by that logic james harden is better than stephen curry

@@Lee65100 im a curry fan btw and by no means is trae young better than steph i was just shocked af when i read currys percentages in the finals

@@Jeromejohnson678 Undeniable proof? Was it the 33 points in a half against Chris Paul and Harden, who were supposed to win in the WCF? Or was it his 47 points against a box and one? Maybe it’s when the Blazers were supposed to win in the western conference finals because KD was out and Curry was going to get “exposed” and averaged 37 to Dame’s 22 with Klay and Dray playing badly. Or is it when he gets doubled and triple teamed more than any other player in NBA history in the regular season, playoffs and finals? I can’t have these conversations with people that ignore those facts. Lol. Have a nice day.

It's just a projection it doesn't mean it would happen but based on what Trae has accomplished compared to steph at the same age he has a higher career trajectory.

@@daebak7370 steph’s career started out slow due to injuries and a league that’s not 3pt oriented yet, but once it took off it took off like tesla stock. 🚀 🌙 Young is good but he’s got a loooong way to go

@@daebak7370 but you can’t project what Curry did, Curry played one of the best 5 year stretches in NBA history

No. Just no

well said

KD also played every minute of game 7 including OT great or not you need some type of energy to put up a shot.. but Max just need to go back to boxing and leave the NBA alone

@@terrellpringle1786 yeah I mean so it should not be a reason you criticize a player like Max does.

I honestly believe it’s a race issue. I’m not the one to bring race into anything but Stephen A and Perkins always bully max and get away with it.

@@HOODCHRYMER everybody bullies max🤣🤣🤣🤣

@@josh37829 Because he’s the “white man” I’ve seen it many times

@@HOODCHRYMER if you say so.

@@HOODCHRYMER nah max just hate steph tbh😂

he actually cleared that up by saying d book has the same offensive package as kobe and has the mentality but carry on

@@coranonthecob1613 😂😂😂 nice

Nah this is a dumber take

@@coranonthecob1613hush your mouth