Espn First Take Lebron James Going Home

[@TheChannel5480]

Looking back, nobody saw GS coming

[@wzrdhndrixx7089]

Nick Swonger facts

[@Kobe24brady12]

Or Maybe you're a bandwagon fan. Warriors got beat in the 1st round by the Clippers. Funny if you look at that roster than only Curry Klay Green and Iggy are still their. Anyway they were good. Not great....Yet

[@chiefkeefuglybabymama5267]

Nick Swonger rite

[@boyzaya15]

Well they would never have made it to the finals if not for Kawhi getting injured

[@Tobyee]

*As a Warriors fan, I don't even think the Warriors saw themselves coming Lol*

[@GarbageMan144]

Damn these conversations on first take seemed so much more insightful back then. I know they've never had great bball analysis but they least had meaning and well articulated discussions back then.

[@GarbageMan144]

@Cold Hoops great point

[@artificialintelligence0101]

This was before they decided to go WWE on everyone

[@DallasdotMPEG]

​@@artificialintelligence0101"Sports Entertainment" XD

[@daveczarnik6017]

Stephen a ruined first take himself. He’s become obsessed as a celebrity, not a sports analyst

[@Sean_Walker_Sr]

It’s amazing that Skip talked about Lebron not being able to win, in this video. Yet, when Lebron did win, Skip had revisionist history and said the east is weak. 🤦🏽‍♂️. Skip constantly moving the goal post

[@jareddixond]

This is crazy aye just watched it niw

[@fullmetal1766]

Lebron didnt win he joined 3 first ballot hall of famers and went 2 out of 4

[@chasingfelix3609]

@SABER - Gota,Dual,and more! 😂😂😂

[@Dom_Wotila]

@@fullmetal1766 🤡🤡🤡

[@derrickali2544]

When his LBJ ever said he wanted to be the next Jordan the media said that not LBJ Come on go back and look at tape they ask him about that he said I'm going to be the next LeBron point blank stop it skip 1 Love

[@wesleycuban8649]

It’s wild seeing SAS not yelling and screaming and cutting Skip off.

[@mg19cal]

17:20 "you better not read too much into Summer League games" Fast forward to 2017: "Lonzo Ball was MVP of the Summer League, I've never seen anything quite like it"

[@Notachannel899]

Lebrons career has been a joy to watch....King James thank you

[@geesehoward357]

You sound dumb as 💩......4 YRS AGO T9DAY!!!!!!😂

[@christiankarlkarganilla2763]

Imagine if Minnesota actually took the GS deal instead or the Cavs' one

[@Grey4lif3]

I was thinking about that

[@PhillyLeotardo25]

@@Grey4lif3 Lebron doesn’t win in Cleveland if that happens as Wiggins isn’t ready to win right away

[@connorjackson9819]

@@PhillyLeotardo25 nah they basically won 2016 without Kevin love he was injured throughout the playoffs and they might actually win in 2015 too cause Wiggins probably doesn’t get his shoulder ripped out and rookie Wiggins would’ve been just enough offense that lebron needed to win that finals

[@PhillyLeotardo25]

@@connorjackson9819 he played during 2016 run. You are thinking of 2015 which they lost.

[@thikboi6074]

@@connorjackson9819love provided lockdown defense on Curry in game 7. He was crucial

[@MIDNightPT4]

The narratives Lmaoo “LeBron went back to Cleveland for big money and bring his family back home” *wins chip* “LeBron went to LA to film movies and business moves” *wins chip*

[@Lunit30]

Skip will carry this narrative to his grave smfh

[@fegismcclaren1632]

He isn’t getting past 4

[@lakeshowbron4747]

​@@fegismcclaren1632 said the same when he got ring #2 and ring #3

[@B.Piercesports]

Lebron making 21 mil is crazy and in his absolute prime.

[@Wrestlingfan9391]

4-Times Champion 4-Times MVP 4-Times FMVP 17-All star appearance's(probably will become the only player with 20) 13-Times all 1st NBA team 3-Times all star game MVP 5-Times all NBA 1st defensive team ROTY 1-Time scoring Champ 1-Time assist leader in 2020(when he won his last chip btw) The youngest player to reach 20k career points at only 27 years of age. The greatest player in terms of top 10 in almost every stats and probably,if everything is alright and doesn't get injured himself in the next 2 or 3 years will break Kareem's record for most career points. Probably top 3 in GOAT list and he still can match Kareem for the 2nd place. And Skip pretended back then LeBron will never be in a Mount Rushmore of NBA?That is more ridiculous even when Max pretended that Kawhi is better shooter under pressure than Kobe R.I.P LEGEND!!!

[@matthewf9909]

The ring with the Lakers has an * with it

[@DallasdotMPEG]

​@@matthewf9909It'll always be a Mickey ring.

[@RanMaru144]

@@DallasdotMPEGwhy didn’t other teams win it?

[@RanMaru144]

@@matthewf9909why didn’t other teams win it?

[@sammcdermott78]

@@DallasdotMPEG why is it not a real ring?

[@cazeycroland4]

6:50 Lololol Skip really says going back to Cleveland was LBJ giving up his chance at mount rushmore & now near 10 years later LBJ is a locked top 3 basketball player, 4 titles 4 mvps 4 mvps all time scorer and won the greatest ring ever with Cleveland

[@jamesdishman8626]

19:07 "The clock is ticking on Lebron doesn't have enough help"... Skip was spot on with that prediction lmao.

[@whitemamba-ct7xc]

Wym? 4 straight finals now the team is the worst in the league LMAO

[@christianhaas4714]

Lebron is a mount Rushmore player already now in 2018

[@BB-gd5pk]

No he’s not. Stop it.

[@joshzilker9872]

B B Lmaoooooo he’s a top 2 player of all time forget mount rushmore

[@Tobyee]

*LeBron, Jordan, Kareem, Magic*

[@KJAYY99]

@@BB-gd5pk It’s 2021 he has 4 rings 4 finals MVPs. What were you saying?

[@riverjao]

Since 2016 actually.

[@DonLee1980]

Skip Bayless words age like fine milk.

[@themusikglobe6068]

Ahhhhh look at Skip painting the same "Lebron doesn't want to win" narrative just like this off-season 😂

[@130996makaveli]

2 yrs later LeBron got another ring in Cleveland

[@russmcgruff216]

4 years later.. he’s leaving again

[@delontewest6353]

and anther 3 Ls in the finals! he loves this Ls

[@delontewest6353]

@globalicon2012 yeah the cavs were! lebron cant use his other stars efficient and i am not a warriors fan!

[@whitemamba-ct7xc]

Delonte West 8 straight finals

[@tommytexter4054]

Delonte West You really expect LeBron to beat that warriors team without Kyrie and Love in 2015? 2019 warriors can’t beat raptors without kd and klay!!! Do you really expect LeBron and Kyrie Love to beat 73 warriors team with kd in 2017? Let alone LeBron himself in 2018? Raptors ain’t beating warriors if klay and kd health. Stop make stupid comment.

[@TeeJayGoLong]

Lebron never did and never will be able to do anything right in skips eyes😂😂

[@fullmetal1766]

Skip calls him the best passer and driver to the basket both aren't true but skips praises him

[@sammcdermott78]

@@fullmetal1766 He said best driver all time, but he never said bets passer all time, just best passer at that moment, which was true, other than a prime Chris Paul, LeBron has been the best passer and playmaker and facilitator, and can do a lot that Chris Paul actually couldn't do

[@supremezx-king5705]

I'm still shocked that Lebron has went Back to Cleveland I thought he was going to stay in Miami and maybe play his last season in Cleveland and now he left Cleveland again (Lakers fan BTW).

[@youvids9820]

dont you see lebron is a guy of his word, he love his city.

[@mcardy250]

Skip said the same thing about his move to the lakers, it doesn't matter what is the subject, it matters who it is, and if it is Lebron, it's always bad for him

[@johnburner3992]

Skip said LeBron going back to Cavs meant he no longer wanted to win, and yet he goes over there and wins the greatest ring in NBA history!🤣 Skip said the same thing about LeBron when he went to LA, and then he goes and makes history once again!👑 again!🤣

[@artificialintelligence0101]

Skip had a similar rhetoric when he went to LA and coincidentally he won another title LMFAO.

[@ronsmith9594]

Lord and behold he brought a championship home to his hometown 2 years later lol

[@DonLee1980]

Skip: Lebron is not the GOAT because he's not chasing rings. He should have stayed in Miami. Had Lebron stayed in Miami... Skip: Lebron is not the GOAT because he's chasing rings. He should man up and go back to cleveland to deliver a championship to them. That's what Michael would have done.

[@paulyplatinum5430]

this is the move that opened to door for golden state to start assembling the unbeatable "SuperTeam"

[@jds2056]

In 2024 people will look back at these comments going “dang, lebron would go to Sacramento bringing boogie cousins with him and win 3 more rings?!”

[@paulyplatinum5430]

J D S ahhahahahah...boogie what's out dumby.. and he ain't doing nothing with him. but binding think your even dumb enough to beleive this.

[@dannyboyd8990]

Not really. Mark Jackson was fired, then Steve Kerr hired just before Lebron returned to Cleveland. Nobody, not even warrior fans saw GSW dynasty coming.

[@spectralnighttravel]

@jds2056 it's 2024, and boogie hasn't been relevant for years. Lebron is at 4 rings and will probably stay there.

[@Bigjokerjoe]

It’s so funny to watch all these videos years and years after. Just seeing how impossibly wrong Skip was about basically everything. Truly gratifying stuff.

[@matthewf9909]

What was he wrong about?

[@itsalwayscloseenought1217]

Stephen a Smith wasn’t crazy back in the days.

[@whatuonboa1576]

looking back lebron is on the lakers lol

[@TonySoul]

This shit is hilarious to watch in hindsight. Before he became LeGM. Finals 4 years straight. Dude says he ain't bout winning. He can't win with this team. We had no idea he was about to GM this team. Hilarious

[@flyblackboy6204]

from this video i learned 1. cleveland was never a superteam till they started winning and that narrative was painted. 2. gahhdamn bron been an “oldhead” for a long ass time😂

[@sinistr35]

Who else clicked on this thinking skip was gonna be talking about LeBron losing

[@gzzhyt]

“IF” True spelling of inhibition

[@-DLBJ-]

Stephen A. seem so normal with Skip was there. Hope him, Shannon, and Skip get their own show

[@shasthap]

other video w Michael Rappaport, Mich guaranteed Bron would leave again... damn. now we couple weeks away from another decision

[@johnburner3992]

See how SAS says he doesn't even count the loss LeBron took against the Spurs in 2007! But now he'll quickly throw the 6 finals losses in LeBron's face!🤣 MJ protectionists are hilarious!🤣

[@gzzhyt]

“IF” Self/“Evident”

[@sanjeevkumar616]

Even in this Skip is having a problem

[@ronaldcarter298]

THIS SEASON WAS THE LAST SEASON HOME STATE WARRIORS TICKETS WAS 4 FOR $99...🤣... THE HOME SQUAD CAME OUTTA NO WHERE ON ERRBODY... EVEN ME...I WENT TO GO GET TICKETS THE LADY TOLD ME $108 TOTAL.. THAT WAS TEN YEARS AGO😂

[@Boss3Nate]

LeBron has won an impossible title in Cleveland since then and added one to the collection in LALA land.... yet Skippy's hate is still as strong. And I know it's a shoulda, coulda, woulda scenerio but if Love and Kyrie don't get hurt... he wins that title in year one and there's no long process at all.

[@TyrillCelestine]

I hear everything you just said.

[@Notorious1000RR]

dam no one seen GS coming..... and skip saying they wouldnt win and yet they went to finals all time lol

[@jonathanmarable4258]

This show was and is so set up. It amazing how sas always showed love for lebron. Now hes hates on him almost as much as skip now. Smh

[@5stelle88]

Because he's finished

[@wkeon]

@@5stelle88 this aged worst than lebron is

[@5stelle88]

@@wkeon 😁 you think he gonna win against kawhi? good luck with that

[@ericlucas1]

@@5stelle88 lol

[@christoncampbell4483]

@@5stelle88 how u feeling now

[@lazaroskeisidis6095]

Here after Lebron broke the greatest record in sports' history , surpassing Kareem's scoring record. Skip's worst nightmare became true, Lebron James is now the Greatest Basketball Player Of All Time.

[@TheWanderingAesthete]

"Not enough help." Right on schedule.

[@nikita2560]

Really interesting take from SAS, don't try and control LeBron's destiny.

[@JTS1128]

Long Process 4 Straight Years of the Finals 1st year could’ve won but the other 2 stars got hurt 2nd year, win down 3-1 3rd year all hands on deck but Warriors get KD, no chance 4th year no Kyrie, but he carried the team to the Finals in arguably the best playoff run in his career, and the team was one game 1 mistake away from stealing game one and that was it What turned out to be 8 Straight Years of being in the Finals 😮

[@mO3fnMon3y]

lol skip was soo wrong

[@Kingdizzleltdinc615]

Cleveland made the finals 4 years in a rwo

[@clarkwayne7325]

The King of The NBA

[@ThomasHobbesJr]

As grating as Stephen A is, he's right more than he's wrong.

[@riverjao]

Well, the plan worked out well given that Lebron clearly surpassed Kobe a long time ago and is the only guy to match MJ.

[@lavareshummond4264]

Welcome back home 2024😮

[@jeffreycooper5187]

Boy, Skips Bayless's take sure didn't age very well did it.

[@tuff7771]

Not at all

[@BB-gd5pk]

They had no clue lebron would run Kyrie out of town. And lebron would lose 3 more finals.

[@jds2056]

He got one though. What’s even scarier is, someone else will look back at our comments in 2024 going “damn, The Celtics and pacers beat the warriors 5 times in a row?!”

[@maxketchum4523]

@globalicon2012 You assume he's a warrior's fan ?

[@maxketchum4523]

@globalicon2012 That still doesn't solve your assumptions perhaps you need help here's my number #911

[@jnormproductions]

@@jds2056 not quite😂

[@damianclark550]

Skip has been, always will be, a bitter man.

[@rounaknatekar1624]

-"a tear jerker"- skip Baylee's

[@YunDab]

And left home to be with lakers

[@tommytexter4054]

KyrieRhee u mad?

[@gzzhyt]

If true spelling of inhibition

[@SONICE69]

“Long Process” Skip…?!?! REALLY REALLY…?!?! Okay let’s see: First year- FINALS! 2nd Year- CHAMPS🏆🏆🏆…!!! 3rd &4th year- FINALS!!! Hmmm, a little inaccurate there bro.....🙄

[@ronenvavshet6949]

1-3

[@SONICE69]

רוני וובשת : You mean1/4…?!?!

[@josephmcdonald7740]

I bet gs fans glad the twolves didn't take that deal. Klay?

[@ManInTheClouds]

You two goons Shannon and Skip will be wheeling when he returns to Cleveland for “The game of basketball”. Break the numbers all you want, nothing will stop the freight train downhill into the greatest sector of his career. It’s over.... DG JA LJ EM,... Add one pmayer. Get real, SA. LETS FKNG GO

[@DadWontDie]

He didn’t want to go all summer being embarrassed

[@ronsmith9594]

Skip jus always gotta be dramatic create something that dont got to be created he jus gotta be extra

[@dacypha40]

Cari Champion text skip about Lebron but never text me back...

[@fc74]

He predicted LeBron not having enough help lol

[@kevanfields1281]

skip Donald trump for real, sorry skip you exposed

[@ThomasHobbesJr]

Lebron is creating a new Rushmore.

[@jonwan]

Thomas Hobbes good cause he can’t be on the ORIGINAL ONE lmfao

[@jonwan]

Colonel Gibbs lolol yea right 😂 still ain’t better than Larry bird

[@fullmetal1766]

@colonelgibbs8357 no they don't

[@reggie1x213]

Steph curry: *crack knuckles and sighs “Alright lemme go make my mark on nba history “

[@clarkwayne7325]

"Yeah let me go team up with KD because I blew a 3-1 lead to LeBron. And let me give up my team and not even let me be the best player on my team"

[@cali2320]

Lakers

[@TheTariqibnziyad]

old times, its crazy how my GS denied Lebron an easy finals with a superteam.

[@ws7921]

Look who is talking about super teams !

[@implayerone8165]

Oh when LeBron shit on GS when they blew a 3-1 lead and needed one of the best players in the league to beat em

[@jasminetorres5963]

Ibnziyad Tariq just another bandwagon fan go somewhere pls

[@cskaismful]

Your Warriors?! Since when, 2015?! LMFAO Fuck outta here

[@MistahJay7]

lmfao what warriors were heavy favourites to win the title every finals. 2015 belongs to lebron tho cuz that title is fraudulent. If kyrie was healthy cavs win that series in 5 games.

[@mikefields5442]

Classic shit!

[@MUIOmniman]

Should of never traded Wiggins for Love smh

[@the_vortexian]

Alex Sanchez lol what? KLove fits way better than wiggins would

[@mostdope216]

Alex Sanchez K Love put up way better numbers when he was on the T wolves than Wiggins, and his numbers on the cavs are still just as good. Besides Wiggins being a better match up with the warriors, Kevin Love is a better player than AW.

[@coldbeee]

Wiggins is trash

[@infinitelz2]

wiggins isn't even an all star level player what are you talking about

[@yallaretrippin7947]

Wiggins is a pedestrian player at best. The definition of "I think im way better than i actually am".

[@ashyoukhana]

Lebron will sign with the Sacramento Kings in the summer of 2018. Lebron and the Indian owner are homies? Also, King James and Vlade Divacs know what it takes to win.

[@dylanjohnson2327]

A You lol

[@user-mp4wj3hp2k]

Lol

[@30h5tillimdead]

…….Kings…….😂😂😂😂😂

[@slowmotion7478]

I hate cari champion

[@aloysiusdevadanderabercrom6401]

My goodness