Stephen A. responds to KD calling him out on Twitter | First Take 

I peeped that too 😆

Facts 😂😂

Classic.

😂 steve 😂

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 kd is comedy first Scott now steve

Facts 😂😂😂😂

You are correct sir, people are different

Yes, but no one ever talks about Kawhi!

@@Kemet3.0 facts 🤣

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It’s a two way street..Lebron knows Skip helps his brand even with the trolling and Skip knows Lebron helps his show even without Lebron mentioning it

@@shinsukecorbin425 facts.

Totally agree, so many people don’t grasp that.

Facts😂😂 he’s a better man than me

I think he forgot he made that statement

That was an iconic SAS moment!

Dude think he sooo tough it's funny

@@ryanabbeyseon he leaned back in his chair while saying it like Tony Montana Lmfao

@@teddylovesit nah

that's not what they are saying. They are saying that KD picked Kyrie over Steph, and if the result is NO ring, then that would be a huge mistake on KD part and a stain to his legacy. They are not wrong.

The MEDIA is spinning this story. Not me lol

He’s shouldn’t have joined and got those easy rings. But if he leaves and doesn’t win anything on his own team that’s an even bigger knock on his Legacy. He’s got himself in a mess but that’s on him and we gotta keep him accountable same way we’re doing other all time greats, Kd always gets a pass and has his mom speaking for him…

@@samuelgustafsson2322 he didn't get easy rings. If it was easy, he wouldn't have been finals MVP and everyone would do it.

@@BaithNa “Everyone would do it” we all know KD is a special talent and a great player but I’m holding him to higher standards lol. You see everyone couldn’t do what he did in GSW but everyone isn’t considered a top 20 player all time in basket. By his greatness and expectations it was 2 east rings and if he can’t get it done with Brooklyn I don’t know how he can be considered a top 15 player all time?

They don't never keep to the same energy when it's face 2 face

Lmao he think that about a few they tolerate him because he media. They have to be cool and not take it to any other level because at the end of the day they professionals.

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Then in typical Stephen A fashion comes on first take and softens you up with compliments, brings up his mom, then proceeds to talk crazy.. Stephen A and Skip think because they call him "The best player in the world" that he's suppose to fw them, KD has made it clear he dont care about none of that and he dont like yall..😂😂

@@Deveaux5 I was just saying this with my friend at work lmao.

And if KD was to go find him and put hands on him y’all would say KD being sensitive again

KD’s Big faced mama needs to stay off of KD’s defense team, man.

ima be honest. He wasn't wrong. the window for Kristaps to get good and be functional was longer then the window the knicks had. he was gonna go to a spurs, mavs, utah, type market. same way that that luka didn't want to go to ATL. so, if that's the case the knicks would have been better off trading him after he proved some what good to build a real team.

@@MistressOP he was completely wrong he literally just had a hate towards euro players at that time

That’s cap, we waiting on the Kwame Brown apology. He never did that, and will stick to his agenda

@@MistressOP Yeah but Kristaps future was derailed by injury...so...

@@romeiii9222 He does & doesn't owe Kwame Brown an apology. He didn't lie, Kwame wasn't very good going into the draft, no apology needed there. Then on the other hand, MJ & Kobe ruined Brown's career by bullying an 18 yr old to the point where he was just broken mentally on the court, and thats not Kwame fault, so SAS should have apologized for that part tho.

What agenda does he have against KD? Nobody honors KDs rings with Golden State.

the man has a job to do and he is keeping it real

@@barithekid don't say nobody

@@barithekid he's talking about SAS pushing his agenda in general not just in this situation, but I don't disagree with him in this situation.

@@no12578 ?

Sooo basically he wants to be good at his job?

Switch the word agenda with job and you are correct. Its the mans job. He's literally paid to debate the headlines in sports 😂

@Quoise Games no he wants to be the best actor

@@SUswim He's not paid to defame Players. You're slow.

@@Laid2Sleep exactly but they love defending they slaves

FACTS

but he’s ok with them joining the nets… that not his point.

And the Nets have done nothing but since.

Exactly lol

Hahahahahaha

SAS gained $$$ from ESPN

@@icebergmays He didn't gain any extra money from riding for Kd lol.

Lol 😂😂😂 you right

Facts

Agree

I mean he left golden State to go play with two more superstars 😂 at least the latter was more organic tho so I agree

He didn't criticize him for leaving golden state. He said people will (not him personally). Learn to listen. It's not hard.

@@rtoomer92 fan boy LeBron i see👀

Exactly. He got called out

You seem to have gotten it all wrong, that’s not the point at all. He’s not knocking KD for joining Kyrie in the sense you’re referring, he’s not saying that he should’ve gone to a helpless team without other stars, never have, never did, what he’s saying is that he thinks that if the Nets don’t win a championship, people are going to knock KD for leaving Steph to go play with Kyrie, in the sense “if you would’ve stayed in GS, you would’ve won more championships”.

Simple answer: yes:) To join a 73-9 team, that has already won, is simply weak. I understand, why he joined them. But if it is about legacy, you don`t join such a team as one of the best players of this decade. And then he goes to the Nets and lets Kyrie and James jon him? Same when Lebron went to Miami to join Dwane and Chris..

But that’s not SAS’s argument. He’s simply saying that everyone is gonna view it that way, which isn’t fair.

@@angelaquino6755 but he had to leave to at least try to prove he could win without them. If he stayed and won a couple more with the warriors they still would’ve said he needed a super team with Steph to win. He had to move. Don’t say now “you should’ve stayed and won more.” We can’t have it both ways. I personally feel he will win one eventually

Why is someone defending themselves when being publicly disrespected and slandered considered "in his feelings"? Yall are so weird, shut up. Now is someone is being attacked they cant defend themselves?

@@FlipFreedom1997 “defending themselves “. Dude it ain’t even that serious. This show was merely talking about and predicting what others might feel about the players’ career pending the season’s results. It was never meant to be personal. Athletes deal with that talk all the time.

Facts 😭😭

If 2k got anything 100% to the T…… it was KP

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Carry on 😂😂

“Baebehs” 😹😹😹😹

On god lol

Y’all missing the point 🤦🏾‍♂️

But it makes sense. Yeah he is weak for joining and dumb for leaving. You gave up almost guaranteed rings, prior to injuries, to join this? Seems like a dumb move after making a weak one. For all this he couldve just stayed and prospered.

lame... he's chasing rings. that's all he's doing.

@@Vaultboy50s he ain’t doing it the right way.

I know my mama would stand up for me, but at some point I'd tell my mama I'm grown and I can handle it.

@@melanatedgod5337 Yeah at some point she gotta let him speak for himself and stay outta it.

@@datsapaddlin nah, she can do whatever he wants. They gon always defend their sons

It’s getting hilarious that KD (and several other players) has to respond to EVERYTHING that is said about him instead of letting it roll off of his shoulder.

calling him out how for keeping it real can he win the chip without steph i think not

Who's Steve Steve b

KD a savage on Twitter lmfao 🤣 He like the quiet Kid u shouldn’t mess with 😆😂

Steve 🤣 like he know that man in real life

Steve kerr

His knicks might end up getting plump zion, i think he wants to play with barrett again

@@dwjoseph59 Plump Zion 😀😁😂 linebackers shouldn't play basketball .

@@sunrae7680 🤣🤣😂😂

two things can be true although SAS flips

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@@kalix975 they’re both false, just both Stephen A narratives, I imagine that’s what Alex means

He didn't say that. He said that people will say that (not him personally). Learn to listen.

@@louisb5766 No they’re both not false. It was weak what he did however if you want to win championships why leave an established environment?

softshoe a smith is manufacturing a narrative that no one is running with That is crazy This is what he WANTS said about Durant and The Nets not what's being said already

Maybe KD don't like Stephen A. Maybe dudes b like shut up just talk b-ball, don't criticize

@@timbrown9796 so basically don’t do your job SAS. Dudes don’t mind SAS when he’s saying good things but boy when he says anything even almost critical mommas come out

He did lol he criticized KD for joining Steph and now he’s sayin he’s gonna be defined by leaving Steph

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That and I think SAS was talking about the trolls on social media too, they been saying it for a while now

Lmao that’s a good one so accurate. He always seems to preference his haterism by making a complement about a player. Then bashes down I don’t think he understands it’s more of his intentions than anything

Clearly you haven’t paid attention...Colin Cowherd already touched on KD choosing Kyrie over Steph being a stupid decision months ago

Lmao even if he didn't say that, if Brooklyn blow themselves out this year and their big 3 disbanded? Anyone could simply come up with that criticism lol. That's totally a no brainer. SAS doesn't even have to say that for people to get it

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Clearly you didn’t watch the video.

@@LightningStormMan4802 exactly what I was thinking, casual bozos like Paul always just want to look smart by saying “omg, these narratives 😭 how dare they create narratives?” It’s like they’re a child who just discovered the word “narrative”

@@LightningStormMan4802 I watched this and the other clip to which SAS himself said that the "MEDIA" will do those narrative in the future you bozo. You need me to send you a link of that clip????

It’s because they are team hoppers and sensitive babies.

Exactly! It was literally first time I heard this 😂

Facts. I remember him for joining Golden State & dudes like SAS said it was the weakest moves in NBA which I agree with but in typical Stephen A fashion brought up his mom.

Personally I would, Steph has already won without KD. KD has never won without Steph.

True. No matter what anyone says, in 10, 20, 30 years from now, KD will just be seen as a 2 time champion and 2 time finals MVP

This a lie we all know there’s gonna be people who would bring this up. People bring up micheal Jordan not winning without Scottie pippin so how’s this different?

Agreed, well put

How is he sensitive for responding when people are talking about him? He doesn’t cry about it he just responds. You say his name he’s going to respond…

Hey man I completely agree with that. He HAD to leave Golden State even after two finals MVPS because at the end of the day it was Stephs team. And people like Stephen A himself like you said was slandering Kd because it was “weak.” Very contradictory of SAS. Not to mention Kd assembled the greatest big three of all time! Him Kyrie and James are all grown men at the end of the day, and just because Kd is the leader doesn’t mean he’s the blame for not being able to control Kyrie. If he went at Kyrie Kyrie would just dip. He’s supporting his homie about a personal choice which is right or wrong debatably. SAS not right here but also not wrong

KD should not have left Golden State. That was the best situation for him because it allowed him to do what he says he wants and that is to just play. He does not want to have to lead in the sense of holding guys accountable from a team aspect or setting a standard as a culture. Because as confrontational as KD is on social media he does not seem to be as much with his team. The greatness people want from him, those intangibles seem to elude him. Winning with GS boosted his legacy yet those who held against him and the incident with Draymond Green irritated his fragility enough to make him leave the best situation of his career.

@@hueyfreeman7184 well he’s not just responding…he’s accusing Stephen A of doing something that he’s not doing at all

you talking😂😂😂

Wrong! He is saying that people will say that (not him personally). Listen better.

TBH, he's not saying that. He's saying other people will say that

😂😂

@@h1a8 Okay, but that's him just saying it without "saying it". It's instigating. He is putting that thought in people's head, while still trying to be on KD's good side.

U ain't lying'!

I don’t get why people cry about it, every time he tweets it’s so entertaining

I Feel Like Big Time Athletes Shouldn’t have social media accounts, For The fact fans have a problem or judge somebody for responding to an ignorant comment fr

Funny part is it will be more defined by going there.

Your right because it will be defined by both him GOING TO and LEAVING steph

When calling him the best yes it will be it will come up n out " okay but you couldn't win without curry" they did it to Shaq they did to kobe they did it to LeBron without wade he will be judged on that but that doesn't make him a bad player just not the best cause he is not the best he just not

More defined by going to GS when they were already the most stacked team in the league

@@christianfehr8652 Couldn't have been "stacked" if they already lost in the Finals before KD got there. Face it, he needed them and they needed him. Steph has 2 more rings than he probably wouldn't gotten had KD not joined them.

Because it's everyone's job not to. I wouldn't either if you were paying me millions to speak the truth.

@@h1a8 what truth?

@@JonnyQuest64 All truth

@@h1a8 what?

He didn't get her involve, she did that herself

@@minaaaaaaa1 lol

True

The problem is Stephen a says “people” are going to think something that he is actually thinking and that is based on nothing. He always stir the pot that way, cause then he can come on the show like here and say well i didn’t mean i think that way its the people. How is it the people when you bring it up? KD just called him on that and i actually like that he did.

Yup 💯

Agreed. KD really loves social media and is susceptible to taking Twitter comments to heart and way too personal. Which is strange to me because Twitter is such an impersonal platform. At least when Stephen A. makes his opinion known, it is on national television in a live format where you can hear his voice and see his body language . Regardless if you agree w/ Stephen A. or not, at least he is speaking out with his true voice. I heard KD might have his own podcast or video platform. I'd rather hear/watch him speak on on that type of platform, then on Twitter. There ain't no burner accounts when you're live on television or on the radio waves.

@@romari86 that too

You will be most remembered for being wrong with this take. That will define you, but remember...If i give you a compliment before saying that, dumb people will think I actually like you.

@@Laid2Sleep He deserves to be respected way more than Stephanie Curry!!😎😎😎

No sport analyst in the world would bring up an athlete's mom when talking about them for her to know that he loves her son. Biased at the highest level.

@@hitlerssnappingparodychann733 You're proving that even a man as evil as Hitler can still be right. LoL

Im with you, KD speaks real about his fellow players with no time for the yappy talking heads in the sports media

I do the same with anime characters lol

@@jonnyrocker7 “we don’t care” Stephen a voice. Just messing with ya :)

and ben simmmons had an nft profile pic lmao

👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 Finally, somebody who gets it!!! I would give this a 1000 likes if I could. KD ain't trying to be anyone else but him.

Thought the same thing.Stephen A Smith is just always neither here nor there but in the end that's what put food on his table.He has to be critical,controversial,and sometimes delusional to get paid and KD needs to understand that fact.Must the guy just respond to every segment about him on TV?.He's a superstar and a multimillionaire and act like this,I wonder what inferiority complex would have done to KD if he was a nobody...Dayummmmm!

Why shouldn’t he has it? Run your thoughts by me! Kd made the weakest move and won the 2 easiest chips, yes. But he left to make it on his own and create his own team. If he fails again (okc) and Warriors wins tittles before he arrives and after what does that say about KD to you? For me it’s a huge knock on his legacy and it will be hard to consider him a top 10-15 player all time considering his inability to win with him being the leader of his own team!

SAS's ego is out of control.

It wasn't him who chose to do a sign and trade. The nets needed a sign and trade to happen because they didn't have enough cap space to just add him on with their current players at the time.

Uhmm The Nets Needed The sign and trade not Gsw It just ended up benefiting both

Lebron did a sign and trade when he left for Miami

It was impossible for him to join Brooklyn without a sign and trade.

@@randoman5840 Regardless the warriors benefited from the trade. Cuz Russell turnee into Wiggins who is an all star.

Mama Durant spooked him

he will..SAS...sells out for a dollar. He flip flops for Hot takes and views

Let's not fault anyone for wanting $ in any sport!

Isn't that crazy. He's literally been riding for Kd for years now and yet Kd still called him out. So what did he actually gain from riding for Kd for so long? Nothing

@@emmanuelmoses7249 because it's fake. It's pretty obvious the gas lighting SAS does. He talks about how he says KD is the best player in the world. But what SAS will do is criticize KD's character or heart or sensitivity. It's like saying to a girl....you are the most beautiful woman I ever seen. Then while dating her, tell her she is dumb and will never be anything with out you. That's why KD doesn't fuq with SAS...cause he pretends he is in KDs corner, but he does that so he doesnt look bad when he is dissing KD. It's all Bullshhhhh

Isn't KD always mad ? 🥴

Cause KD knows it’s some truth in it. He left Curry for a teammate who won’t even decide to get the jab so he can be all in with his team on competing for a chip

Who are the others? No one said this except Stephan A...you can't put a narrative out there than say, but I don't believe this....why say it.

Nobody was even thinking about it until SAS brought it up. So really SAS’s fault for even mentioning it in the first place and creating a narrative

He’s pissed that he picked the Nets over the Manhattan Hicks. This guy is the most obnoxious Hicks fan on the planet. Spike Lee is not even like him.

This doesn't make sense bcuz the year curry was out KD was also out for the season... the way steph was playing last year he would've had a good chance at the championship.

EXACTLY

Facts 💯

They don’t care about Kd lol they making back the little money they lost in the pandemic they don’t really care if he wins a ring there that’s just icing on the cake 🎂 ticket sales and Jersey salsa and BOTTOM LINE staying in the GREEN is all that matters this is a business to them 🤷🏾‍♂️

What changes?

He won’t win another one. Not with the nets. And not without a superteam

He has no leadership and that is the problem. He is more apt to go after people who hurt his precious feelings instead of being a leader in the locker room and getting guys like Kyrie in order.

He’s not going to win, most disappointing team of the year so far.

So true. SAS is more wishy washy than a deluxe car wash. His commentating is the worse.

Kd is weak period he can’t lead a team it’s facts he’ll never win a champ with curry and klay being healthy

Totally insane his momma always getting involved.

You're sensitive just by taking time out of your day to criticize a guy more successful that you, on the internet.

@@Laid2Sleep Ok, KDSEXUAL!!😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎

Jordan C. 🚶 on Water 😂😂

@@hitlerssnappingparodychann733 "Proving my point immediately after proving my previous point" cliche.

Sas back pedaling, he really sound like a scarry cat

@@Playmaker19 bro did you see how fast he put responded to kd? Stephen A was definitely not ready.

Bruh cuz I feel most players dont like Stephen A, cuz hes a snake. Melo checked that time now he tries to be a bit more careful. N I know KD saying this cuz like u making that headline b4 anyone tho theres potential to be one, just to be at the finish line 4 months ahead of the race just to say u got there 1st, he stay doing bird moves like that.

I thought u said KD lol. But yeah KP usually speaks more real cuz he really been through all that not like those guys that fantasize about it n barely could make lays as a young adult n kid.

Kendrick Perkins was garbage as a player, and looks like a fool talking about the game as if he were Bill Russell.

@@jaleelel-shabazz6736 he got a ring as a starter and has been apart of really good teams. You missing the whole point.

@@jamesfelipe5054 KD speak facts as well he neva lied about anything but people like you live to hate and its okay bro its okay

getting called out equals clicks and shares, etc. That's all ESPN cares about.

@@BobbyPERu4u true

@xCrxpton_ fax

When klay was down golden state was first in the WEST the east is weak

His burner account is a real one, I'll give you that.

@@trashcandy. this ratio is a real one