HerbertElayda I’ve watched LeBron since I was young and live in Ohio and I don’t remember this interview. Not everyone watches every single thing that’s on ESPN sorry bud
Nah a couple years after this skip and Stephen disrespected lebron when none of them put him in their top 10 players in the league at the time . I think it was the year he lost to Orlando with the cavs or the year he lost to dirk with miami
I really feel bad for how horrible the teams he had to carry. It’s insane how bad the cavs franchise was. Couldn’t even surround him with anyone good. Blows my mind. He’s so great
2009: Steven A. Smith occasionally raises his voice to express emphasis 2020: Steven A. Smith seemingly yells out of frustration from hearing his own voice form words
Bruce Mate he was on his 6th year in Cleveland and didnt get any help, of course he was already thinking of teaming up with them, either bring them to the cavs or go together to another team. Lakers, spurs and boston were having big 3s at that time. Yes, Bynum was an allstar with Pau and Kobe.
@@manofaith75 Nice joke. Lebron james cavs got smoked by dwight howard magic that got destroyed by Kobe bryant lakers. 16 -6 Lebron vs Kobe -OK. Kobe best teammates were pau gasol and lamar odom. Lebron best teammates -Dwyane wade, kyrie irving, chris bosh, kevin love, ray allen. 😂😂.If Kobe bryant had teammates lebron had it would have been reverse (6-16 ) I know that kawhi vs lebron 9-3 in regular season and 7-5 in playoffs. -OK 😂😂I don't think kawhi is a better player than lebron. I'm a kawhi fan. Please explain this bronsexual.😂😂
@Michael '1st round exit' Jordan It would have been 3-7 finals record 😂😂Not 1,Not2, ....7 finals losses 😂😂Mr bronsexual. Nice profile name . MJ is living free rental in your head right 😂😂
@@manofaith75 Lol please, Orlando beat Cleveland that year decisively in the conference finals then Lakers absolutely killed Orlando in the finals. So what makes you think Cavs would have beat LA?
@@bendover3653 "styles make fights'; do you know what that means? Get a clue bruh. The magic was a bad match-up for the Cavs but Kobe and the lakers were always a good match-up for Leb'ron and his teams. Learn the intricate details of match-ups in sports before you give an irresponsible take.
During the whole Kyrie situation I remember Lebron called one of Stephen A's reports completely untrue and then Stephen A became a Lebron hater right before the start of the 2018 nba season ... all the real first take fans know what im talking about
Daniel Kosmala You’re absolutely right. I think when Skip Bayless was on there he was the Lebron hater and Stephen A was defending him. But when Skip left he became a hater Now that Kellerman is hating on Bron Stephen A is defending him again. I find that interesting
@@jeromewilson2949 yeah i think he also upset that Bron dont acknowledge him like other nba stars such as d wade, shaq, etc like Bron never even mention him
I want to inspire kids not only in America but everywhere to love the game of basketball, well we have one named Luka you inspired and he made it to the league
Grady McKinney exactly. Michael Jordan is still the goat in my opinion but he didn’t last like Lebron did and continue to play at the same level. Lebron hit his prime at 18 and it still hasn’t ended.
It's weird lbj hasn't changed, the public changed on him, only bc he left Cleveland listen to this interview his words are the same THEN and NOW!!!! Wakeup ppl this brother has stayed true to his words, w/o any off the court incidents..We're hating on the wrong guy!!!
'IM 25..me still being young and having a lot of years of my nba career'..and now he is 35 and probably has 4 years at most..one day we will look back and regret for the times we did not appreciate how great he really is and realise that there will never be another lebron james
Personally I don’t think Jordan in his prime by himself could of carried the ‘07 Cavs to the finals. That feat alone made Lebron a top 5 player of all time lol
Thank you!!! People kill me with this Jordan comparison as if Jordan had a shitty roster of starters on his team. Jordan had no excuse not to win those titles with not only the talent he had surrounding him, but also when Detroit Pistons was no long a roadblock for them. In 2007 like you said, he literally carried that Cleveland team!!! People are delirious if they think Jordan would have stayed with Chicago if people like Kerr, Kukoch, Grant, Pippen, etc wasn't pulling their weight.
Jordan in his prime definitely could’ve dragged that team through to the finals, wouldn’t win it lol but it wasn’t exactly like that was a stacked east
3:53 I like how he mentions Wade and Bosh casually as 2010 feee a gents and those are the guys he teamed up with! Makes me feel like those three were planning it for a while
You also heard the man who drafted Kobe, AND the coach he eon title's with, Jerry and Phil, say Lebron was the best player this SAME YEAR. Lebron's MVP in 09' was miles ahead of Kobe's in 08', but we know y'all like to rewrite history. Kobe's own COACH said Lebron was better. Google it, if you forgot.
Taj Ferrell and Jerry West apologies for saying that and took those words back when Kobe won the title in 09 in another interview. He said kobe still the best player. And phil never said that goofy
@Aboood165 for real. and he really didn't wanna leave Cleveland but he was betrayed by his teammate about the Delonte West issue. Rumor back then was Bosh and Born would teamed up in Chicago or in Cleveland.
@@sethu2356 It might have something to do with how he drags LeBrons name and other athletes names in the dirt As a media outlet that influences a lot of casual fans minds people like SAS should be held accountable
@@BluesGetOrigin No thats not it LeBron stoped speaking to Stephen A after he roasted him after his 2011 finals performance against Dallas. Lol dude can really hold a grudge.
a lot of people have consistently witnessed Lebron since he was in high school till now ... which is WHY his supporters view him as a role model for others who want to REACH GOALS
He really was put into that GOAT conversation from a young age. The narrative is still going. The Olympics IMO is what confirmed that he was going to unite forces with Wade and Bosh.
There’s something about his voice here that kind of makes him sound similar to Jordan at least early on in this video (haven’t watched it all the way through yet) Edit: 0:38 “plays” 1:02