Stephen A.: If Kevin Durant gets knocked out of the 1st round it won’t be a good look! | First Take 

"Unapologetically so" nahhh I definitely remember Stephen A moonwalking when Mama Durant pulled up to the show 🤔😂

Y’all want every star player to win at the same time lol

I hate SAS explained KD situation like we all don’t kno what happened 🤦🏾😭

If Lebron never got a title outside of Miami he’d be destroyed publicly. KD (an all-time great) gotta be held in the same regard

The dude had a Achilles injury stop acting like he didn’t smh

If the Suns don’t at least win a series. Someone is getting fired. The sky will be falling in Phoenix if this happens.

I hate when these analysts talk about basketball like it's a one man/individual sport. This is a TEAM sport.

As a Dubs fan I respect what KD did in the Bay. At the same time, he’s in that same boat Steph was in prior to 2022. Steph won one on his own and silenced a lot of the haters. KD got to get one on his own to cement his legacy.

Why is that girl on the show she said a whole lot of nothing 😂

" If KD misses the playoffs , it won't look good " " If KD has to play in the play in, it won't look good " KD avoids play in, and now this. If KD getd knocked off, it won't look good. If KD doesn't make the WCF, it's a failure. Moving the Goalpost. Meanwhile the " Greatest shooter, God created " is in cancun.

Yall say this every year. Yall recycle these topics just to make sure yall get enough views. Low hanging fruit topics

"Steph Curry is NEVER winning without KD." -Rob Parker -Skip Bayless -Kendrik Perkins -Domonique Foxworth

Stop playing as if KD has had the most complete team around him in BKLN and PHX. The Celtics had the most complete team in that series against KD and Kyrie just like the Timberwolves have the more complete team now!!! Defining KD whole career off of it is trash when you see how MORE competitive the West is and it was more competitive THEN as well. Especially how Lebron changed the dynamic in the Eastern conference with his move to Miami and taking Bosh with him.

K.D is a terrific player and he knows he is!❤

This effects booker more than Durant

Legler really be speaking the gospel!! 😂😭😂😭

what is that chick talking about, KD definitely should get scrutinized

Suns got more vets than Timberwolves, and they won all 3 games this season, so they should be fine.

KD Lebron and Steph all get hated on like are you guys fans of the game or just haters

Yeah Legs keep it real. I knew he has something to say the way he was rockin back and forth while Stephen A was talking.

Draymond ran KD out of Oakland

Steven A literally said two days ago that KD had nothing to worry about in the playoffs and was roasting James harden saying his legacy is on the line in the playoffs this year. SA is a flip flop

KD getting swept by the same team Curry went on to beat is the low point of KDs post warriors career, it can only go up from there

I hate the "GSW couldn't have won without him argument". They turned around after he left and WON without him!

Why is this conversation only centered around kd, steph didnt even make playoffs, steven a sitting around laughing about when the lakers will get swept but only kd legacy looks bad? Why every story they have about kd starts out negative. What about all the players who have not won anything. Luka, joel, james harden. Where are the stories on their legacies?

The Suns disrespect is insane 😂 When the Lakers come up is in a positivity form "if they win", and when they talk about the Suns "what if they lose." With that being said Suns in 5 against the Twolves, and Suns in 6 against the Nuggets. Suns are going all the way and everybody has underestimated them.

How he ain’t brought up the sweep against the Celtics lol

He already got swept 1st round not too long ago 😂

He'll be out in the first round watch 😂 Ant ain't gone spare them

Let this sink in. The Warriors were in the play in this year and essentially didn’t make the playoffs because of Draymond and his 20 game suspension. KD left the Warriors in his prime mainly because of Draymond. Warriors probably lost to the Cavs because of Draymond suspension. Their first ring Lebron didn’t have Kyrie or Love, his next 2 best players. No one can survive that. Essentially what I am saying is that Draymond is lucky that organization loves him because he has cost them more than he has gotten them. A dozen other players could have fit in easily and won those titles with KD.

I'm just saying it hasn't been the same every since he left the warriors and curry

KD is a great passenger when he’s part of a well equip touring group, but he ain’t no bus driver.

BUS RIDER

kd sacrificed his ego, his achilles and salary to help gsw to two chips but all gsw fans want to do is hate on kd

Cannot say that GS would not have won if KD not there because before KD's arrival, GW won before he came, went to another Finals, and after he left, GSW won one more. Steph & Klay sacrificed for KD. KD had not won before nor after that

Honestly kd is spectacular but curry was key focus even while kd was on the team because curry is just that effective ty lue basically said it

KD is the ultimate frontrunner 😭 ya haven’t realized that yet?

Extremely hot take here: if Durant loses 1st round it won’t be good

I have to agree 👍 💯 percent 👍 kd had every right to leave the warriors but sometimes you have to say in the hard times and work it out ! It develops you

Wasn’t Stephen A arguing against the crew the other day when they was saying he was under the most pressure this post season?

So let me get this right, Steph doesn’t even make the playoffs but we talking about KD not winning a playoff series these agendas be nasty I’m out ✌🏾

❤❤ Monica ❤❤

KD was NOT the best player on the warriors. Steph step back and gave him space to feed. Steph is an all time great.

The thing is that KD does get credit for what he did with the Warriors, however when you're one of the 75 best players ever and someone who many consider a top 20 player of all time, the manner in which you accomplished your championships has to be taken into account, when comparing you to your other elite peers. If Jrue Holiday, who is an excellent player btw, did what KD did, we wouldn't still be talking about it the way that we are with KD.

They love talking about KD it's ridiculous....Steph missed the playoffs that's the bigger story ..

KD hasn't got outta 1st round sense leaving warriors Steph won championship and finals MVP without him it's time for him to step up in the playoffs

M&M there saying its wrong to discount what KD did with the warriors. Unless or until KD can win another title without the greatest team ever assembled, then yes you 1000% can discount what he did in GS. Not all championships are made equal. And as SAS said back in 2016, it was the WEAKEST move by a superstar of all time, that wasn't hyperbole.

Curry won before him, with him and after he left. They are not the same at all.

I got suns vs Celtics finals. I hate topics like this cause context is never added. KD is in the aaron rodgers range right now rightfully so but let’s not forget he tore his Achilles. Players don’t comeback from that let alone still be 10% of what they were. He got a chance to do something this year with a full healthy season and actually have his healthy co stars playing

Kyrie didn't get hurt.. We need to tell the truth.. Giannis hurt him.. Keep it real..

whole network was SALIVATING at the idea of lebron getting swept in the first round but had little to say about the possibility of durant getting swept...against a team that doesn't have a 2x mvp or a championship. shout out to stephen a smith for holding that man accountable!

Steph has one a chip b4 and after KD left, how can anyone still say he was the best player on the GSW

He needs to go back to the warriors

Curry is better than KD

The warriors winning that last championship without KD really hurt his legacy because it shows he needed the warriors more than they needed him.

I agree on everything but it's kind of sad if you think of the injury that cost them the 3pit

Durant simply cannot win. It's as easy as that. And that's OK, great talent but he's not a winner

I was listening in on the timber wolves 🐺 radio station & they said that Anthony Edwards has been in the lab 🤐 & not talking to anyone I know nobody is giving the T wolves a chance but remember this comment if they win the series Edward’s is getting lock 🔒in@ the moment we shall see! 👀

It depends on how. If it's an easy sweep, then yeah. If they put up a fight and he's getting numbers, no. Twolves a better team and should win the series. The expectation is higher on edwards and wolves to win.

Literally tho ever since that game 7 against Milwaukee in 2021 It hasn’t been the same for KD at all

Isn't minnesota the favorite in this series?

KD is another Carmelo Anthony if he didn't join Curry

Why is the video so dark?

Monica no one is saying KD is not supremely talented but just about any 2 way all star player added to that warriors team probably wins those titles.

He deserves it. Proves hes nobody without an all time team.

If Kevin Durant lost in the first round he would never be in the top 10-15 all time player imo

All this to say what Barkley already said, "KD....he's a bus rider not bus rider". Just facts man. All time talented but haven't seen him do it as a bus driver. Different stratosphere of responsibilities and pressure.

Kevin Durant might be a Timberwolf next season 😂😂

KD has no rings its that simple. Hes the jcole of basketball. He isnt "the guy" that can defend, run the offense at all times, score, rebound at all times in a 7 game series.

KD is the GOAT bus rider

I still believe that Stephen Curry is a superior player to Kevin Durant in terms of overall historical leadership and impact. When considering talent, scoring, and defense, Kevin Durant may have certain advantages, but that does not necessarily make him a better player than Stephen Curry. This is simply my personal opinion, and I acknowledge that others may have different perspectives. When he was with the Golden State Warriors, it was more efficient for them to give him the ball and allow him to play as the best player because that was the most effective way for them to win championships, similar to the way the Los Angeles Lakers used to play. When Kobe Bryant was playing with Shaquille O'Neal, it was more advantageous to play through Shaquille O'Neal rather than Kobe Bryant because Shaquille O'Neal was the dominant player at the time. Therefore, it made perfect sense. After Shaquille O'Neal departed from the Lakers, people had doubts about Kobe Bryant's ability to win championships, but he proved them wrong by winning two championships and reaching the finals three times, which solidified his status as one of the greatest players of all time. The challenge with team sports is that you cannot solely rely on the best player; instead, you must employ the most effective strategy, not just the best player, to win games and championships.

I love how not even a month ago people were worried about the Suns now they are what we expected them to be 😂

Get these women off of debate shows

aint no but… he a 2x champ, 2x finals mvp… he saved golden state. The cavs (lbj) would’ve won 2 more if kd didn’t join. The media is overzealous on their takes. We only remember chips. We got new age media talking about the 90’s like it wasn’t the golden era, like it was the 70’s with no talent… because only mj and hakeem (while mj played baseball) won. if you’re gonna shame kd, steph should be shamed more for needing kd… anyone that effects the lbj legacy is ridicule thru the media KD and Kyrie.

Molly job on First Take is to look good and bitterly interrupt Stephen A

Celtics fan here, but if it’s not us winning the chip I love Minnesota and Ant Edwards. Such a likeable team

Then what ring of Mike’s is most important ? Which one of his rings really meant something ?

He just leaves if he is not happy but a diamond has to go through hard times all different quality things have to go through the hard times to bring out the Purity the quality of it the gym the Magnificent the character is going to test the strength of it the endurance is it going to show what is going to become and how is going to shape out in the end you just can't run from it

Kawi's ring in Toronto was better than anything KD ever did in his career

Literally just looked at the title said duh didn’t need to drop this

The "they would not have won without him" narrative is so completely baffling and incredibly lazy by the media. - They lost in game 7 by 4 points - Across the entire series GSW only lost by 4 points(703 - 699) - They lost their backup center to injury - Draymond was suspended for a game - 2011 Heat vs. Mavs (Lebron 'Frozen One') --> 2012 Heat vs. OKC - 2013 Spurs vs. Heat (Ray Allen buzzer beater) --> 2014 Spurs vs. Heat (Largest avg. margin of victory in Finals history) ^^ Teams have lost in devastating fashion and comeback to win.

They should just replace SAS with an AI… pretty sure Alexa can summarize up what KD has done just as well…… rly miss actually NbA analyst on FT… quick and concise to the point

Stephen A Smith sincerely doesn’t like Kevin Durant😂😂😂

Bad take here by Windhorst on the KD-Kyrie saga. Kyrie was held hostage due to him not being vaccinated. He was healthy, and ready to play for Brooklyn, the same way he’s healthy and playing in Dallas with Luka

If Durant doesn't win a championship anywhere else, he'll forever go down as the guy who cheated the game to get rings.

KD is a great player but hella people cannot accept that this dude took the easy way out to get rings people wanna say oh without him they don’t win them The warriors were making the finals without KD to begin with and even after he left they got one more championship KD went to Brooklyn failed Now he’s in Phoenix what’s the excuse???? He cannot win by himself is the fact it’s not the coach it’s not the GM it’s not the players around him it’s KD if he shows up this years playoffs then it will be on the rest if not this is on KD How can a great not make the finals by himself ? Is he really a great?

There hasn't been much expectations on kd since he tore his Achilles and he hasn't been the same since no matter what the numbers may suggest

“Hasn’t been out of the 2nd round since golden state” brah he was literally in the CF last year after coming halfway thru the season😭😭

Toe on the line vs Bucks (missing Kyrie and injured Harden) who won; swept 4-0 by less than 5 points every game against high seeded Celtics (missing Ben Simmons); matching Nuggets 2-2 and down 3 points at halftime in game 5 (missing Ayton, CP3) to eventual winners.... NBA is a game with fine margins which could go either way. KD has been balling and just a bit unlucky with teammate injuries and drama around him.

He need to win the chip to not get talked bout how he is now he a legit baller but hard on his legacy to not have another ring

I love how M&M agree pretty much on everything but knew in a debate show they cannot all agree so she threw a little curve ball at the end of a narrative that was never mentioned, lol

Long as he keep scoring 30 . He good 👍🏾

Durant should come back to GSW, win 2 more championships before he is done

Wait he's gonna run into the "Denver Nuggets at some point" did the Lakers and Nuggets series happen already this year and I missed it 🤔🤔🤔

People said this man is better than Bron at one point 😂. But na you gotta put respect on his name though he’s amazing he’s top 10 all time when set and done.

I’m for KD and AE But I believed KD needs one last championship to be in d goat conversation

lol .. she was finding it hard to answer the question. 😂 KD needs to win another ring to to stop this discussion otherwise it gonna tint his career. Not all rings are the same

If the Suns go home in the first round. They have no more monty williams, no more cp3, and no more Deandre Ayton to use as scapegoats. But knowing the suns and the fans they'll find someone to use regardless. 😂

KD needs to go back to OKC (via trade) J-Will & Dort picks to PHX for KD & Beal be good

“They would not have won without him” is what everyone seems to forget. They only talk about his move. They came to his room and asked him to join because they’d just blew a 3-1 lead.