Stephen A. QUESTIONS LeBron James' Lakers absence + Jimmy Butler TRADE TALKS explained | First Take

[@jplaga763]

This is why Brian wndhurst gets the big check

[@kaysheye7784]

Yet people keep making fun of him smh

[@JBouch33]

I used to not like Windy but after seeing him on TV the last few years, the man knows his stuff. He is so informative and tries to steer clear of showing any bias in most cases. But of course, he'll always be known as the man who followed LeBron James up from high school and into the NBA.

[@lets_play_a_game268]

Yea, the big check from Klutch and Bron due to the veracity in which blows spit bubbles 🫧 on Bron pipe. 🙄

[@Karen-zf9md]

@@JBouch33the hoop collective podcast he hosts is pretty good.

[@lamotte]

Windy is LeBrons DJ Akademiks

[@davidherrera6185]

Shams isn't ready

[@KokoTheGorilla69]

All that matters is he’s brown

[@Mrgreen.007-r4m]

💯

[@k3m505]

Nah I see the play they got people working at ESPN and other places working to push shams out for windy you can clearly see it. Like I watch shams before he got to ESPN he clearly knows what he's doing and what he's talking about he breaks a lot of news so why now people are trying to question his reporting skills.. 🤔

[@k3m505]

Nah I see the play they got people working at ESPN and other places working to push shams out for windy you can clearly see it. Like I watch shams before he got to ESPN he clearly knows what he's doing and what he's talking about he breaks a lot of news so why now people are trying to question his reporting skills.. 🤔

[@azneph611]

He's a liberal that won't tell you anything. Coming with excuse after excuse

[@alphahalo3471]

I already can't stand Shams, dude was dodging Stephen A's question the entire segment.

[@JaysPlayDays]

a Klutch Client dodging? nah

[@micah4494]

Shams has a charisma of a rock

[@datsapaddlin]

Lebron misses his first game all season. Stephen A “I’m concerned…”

[@mattmmixes]

FR who plays 82 games anymore? Mikal bridges and Demar Derozan? it’s not common. Why not cover the 400 other players who won’t play all 82 games.

[@JacobSim-s1l]

the timing with the jay z stuff is interesting

[@SSJRome]

@@JacobSim-s1lit’s not that deep bruh

[@NV_Tensa]

@@mattmmixesgen Z bot comment🤡

[@NV_Tensa]

@@JacobSim-s1lFACTS. Hope he gets tied into that case. We need bron outta here

[@LambSauceWill]

Shams makes me realize how much I miss Woj. Jimmy Butler's agent called Shams a liar and I don't think I ever heard that said about Woj

[@xavierb9061]

Young brown vs old...disrespect 1 not other

[@howarddickersonjr.6994]

Yeah because Shams put the agents name on it. Shannon Sharpe explained what the issue was last night on Nightcap. Jimmy is definitely getting traded cause Miami doesn’t wanna resign him, and they’re not gonna lose him for nothing once the season is over.

[@mambaASI]

cuz shams messed up on the wording of the report. His lack of experience is showing

[@iamhorcruxer]

Yea ok

[@jjax5248]

People have called Woj a liar before

[@Xalik57]

NBA wonders why ratings are down and people are asking who’s the next big thing. Why are we dedicating coverage on this like it’s some big deal? We’re in the middle of the NBA cup. I wanna hear about Trae, Bucks and Houston/OKC.

[@malcolmwayne8457]

Exactly Why This NBA Cup Pointless, if they don't care about this tournament thing and rather talk about LeBron's Status Tells You Everything you need to know 😂💯

[@JohnnySack16]

You realize the nba and espn are two totally different companies? ESPN doesn’t care at all about nba ratings lol, they care about their own. Are you slow

[@thisdidntagewell]

Y’all are both stupid and… umm you are still talking about the NBA 😂

[@valentinoohp]

Shams knew that one line only xD

[@Shiloh_Shepherd]

“xD” cringe

[@martaviouspaul7117]

Stephen A came to work last night as soon as he heard and saw Lebron was taking time off

[@jaeb1]

😂😂😂😂

[@jaesall3519]

Lol every LeBron move is overanalyzed by the media SAS wishes he lived in LeBron's back pocket

[@Vinnygetbuckets]

Stephen a smith been pissing me off lately with his lebron slander

[@grimesy36]

Personal reasons = Ain’t no party like a Diddy party

[@02nupe]

You were trying to go to the Diddy party back in the day. #Epstein

[@narrickcuz]

How?

[@thereaper5560]

So he partying with Diddy in jail?

[@miguelitoaniceto5882]

@@thereaper5560is Diddy in real jail or is he in Goodfellas jail? We both know he’s not with the general population 😂

[@miaflores66]

Frfr just heard LeBron had Coby Bryant murked to win the 2020 NBA Bryant's 13 yr old daughter also died in that"accident"

[@scottmarcom1181]

Stephen A is always hard on new people on First Take...

[@kyregraves6713]

That’s how they get better

[@fredm.2699]

I like when SAS is hard

[@bossendary503]

He expects a standard. Can’t blame him.

[@STANLEETEEVEE]

Shams lineup is a SHAMM💀💀

[@BenjaminWagner-l1j]

that's exactly what I was thinking. so crooked

[@dashawnhinkson1354]

Shams needs to work on his articulation on live tv👍🏾

[@Knicks977]

Yea he’s a wanna be loser

[@Shiloh_Shepherd]

Says the nobody in the comment section

[@OscarAlcarrazOre]

x2

[@21twix1]

Lol blk people stay hating

[@johnwalker1761]

Lol hes not black bro lol you know they other races about to be mad you challenged one of them intellectually. 😂

[@andrelesueur717]

Personally I don’t see no point of going to another team this late in his career anyway. People have already conjured whatever perception of what they gonna have of him.

[@cris1766]

If he were to go to another team, he would do so because he wanted to. Not because he wants to change people’s perception

[@mattmmixes]

If he was gonna leave the lakers the offseason was the time to do it.

[@NV_Tensa]

@@cris1766spoken like a true bronsexual🤡

[@Wisestomatoe]

Who tf cares what the perception is lmao yall opinions are not that important to a billionaire

[@almonjoseph4382]

Exactly he goes to warriors and they lose in the 2nd round it hurts him more then him losing on the lakers

[@SSJRome]

lol Stephen a wants this to be more than it is so badly and shams is blatantly telling him Bron is just taking a little break 😂

[@donnellroberts8649]

factsss bro

[@Chupapiyayaya]

Llediddy need a little personal time huh? Lmfaooooo

[@SSJRome]

@@Chupapiyayaya hilarious…

[@papiisgoldtv3933]

Already tho he could have rested in the summer but instead he played in the summer

[@SSJRome]

@@papiisgoldtv3933 imagine you sitting at home telling a professional athlete of 22 years when he should rest lol 😂

[@ChickasawMal28_]

Who remembers that 2 week hiatus he had in Cleveland in 2015

[@pinbarbecue1100]

Bron on them roids!! That why

[@philb.1502]

Can ESPN talk about the Cleveland Cavaliers who have the best record in the NBA?? Do we need to hear about a trash .500 Lakers' team and Lebron every day??

[@brittanywilson9361]

They're boring and don't bring ratings

[@xavierb9061]

Celtics healthy deal with them so who cares

[@Wisestomatoe]

2nd round exit

[@jamesmurray8195]

Jamesmurray, THANK YOU @philb. 1502, LAKERS THIS LAKERS THAT ALL THE TALK ALL THE ATTENTION ALL THE FOCUS. WHEN OTHER TEAMS THAT,S ON THE RISE TEAMS THAT ARE GOING SOMEWHERE EARNED IT, IT,S JUST NOT FAIR, THEY TREAT LEBRON LIKE A REAL KING OF ROYALTY AND THERE IS SOME PEOPLE THAT WORSHIPS LEBRON MORE THAN THE ( LORD 🙏 AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST FATHER IN THE SON, AND THE SON IN THE FATHER.

[@ash80510]

Espn are trash

[@Rodizzle27]

Ain’t no party like a Diddy party..💀💀💀💀

[@Lazaven]

That's what you have on your mind?

[@JacobSim-s1l]

aint no party like a diddy party

[@Hendrix.Robinson]

This is weird

[@02nupe]

You were trying to go to the Diddy parties. #Epstein

[@Riscoflatz7]

Wonder if you feel the same way about DiCaprio, jay z, probably not though. Lebron this LeBron that 😂

[@MR.__G]

@@Hendrix.Robinsonwhat’s weird is that lebron has been to all types of parties since he was famous as a teenager.. and of all the parties he’s ever been to he promoted diddy’s parties being the absolute best 😅😅😅 but continue being a fanboy

[@sameenergy9414]

​@@MR.__Ghave u seen the Courtney Burgess interview? He name-dropped Kobe as loving to attend Diddy freakoff parties also....what are your thoughts on Kobe's love of Diddy parties?

[@joeblow4795]

Kudos to Stephen A for asking the right questions. On a different note, Shams is levels below Woj. Shams has lots of work to do, both in gaining respect and ability to speak on situations, or not, in the case of LeBum.

[@JudahiamKng]

Firstly Woj took shams under his wings at Yahoo. Shams is much younger and never been on a big network like espn. Give it time. Hes doing a lot better than most journalists who have been covering the league for 30 years now

[@qualinteranzy7948]

What right questions? Because lebron doesn't owe Stepen A Smith a explanation dafuq wrong with you 😂

[@FromUpNorth9345]

Here we go another nerd behind the computer screen

[@narrickcuz]

Lmao yall wanna hate LeBron so bad that you couldn’t just focus on shams without bringing up LeBron 😂😂

[@KelSr.1007]

"Personal reasons"= PED trip to Miami. Watch him come back averaging 30pts, 8rbs, & 9ast on crazy efficiency

[@LewisStuart-p8c]

And you’ll still be broke with 2 kids 😂😂

[@KelSr.1007]

@LewisStuart-p8c richer than you😂

[@AlexStayFly20]

Bro i dont like lebron either but this is just a reach.

[@kitchen6036]

😂😂😂

[@kitchen6036]

@@LewisStuart-p8cmeat rider

[@3omerta]

SAS gets on my nerves sometimes! 🌽

[@narrickcuz]

It’s really wild how the man wants some times at 39 years old and 22 years in and ppl are still micro with everything with Bron

[@SundevilRoadrunner]

If I hear the word “recharge” one more time 🙄🙄🙄

[@noeljohnson1069]

💉 this is what they mean by recharge if you know what I’m talking about lol

[@GojoRamsay888]

Balco

[@KingTay74]

exactly

[@rashb3994]

If you watch Dragonball z think of it as Lebron is going to take a Senzu bean and get a zenkai boost or eat modified spinach like Popeye does where his muscles grow instantly.

[@SundevilRoadrunner]

@ lol or he went into the hyperbolic time chamber

[@kareemeogletree9803]

He wants his son on the team, he wants a new coach every other year, he gets players traded and it’s still excuses In the media because these guys are puppets and afraid to speak truth

[@jonathanchan1365]

true and dont mention he slacks off on defense

[@hardenxx1335]

Diddy parties

[@brittanywilson9361]

​@@jonathanchan1365dude is gonna be 40 and you think he fan give 20 plus points 7 rebs 8 dimes and play defense you dont know ball or the the human body gtfoh

[@vic3knight310]

ok tell the truth then, why is he absent?

[@xavierb9061]

Son almost died last year, you waste of breath

[@Criminal.Lawyer.2024]

I sure wish ESPN would talk about the best teams and the best players in the league these days. Celtics, Cavs, OKC, Giannis, Jokic, Wemby, Shai, Embiid, Luka, Antman, etc. And if they are going to cover the Lakers, they should be on Anthony Davis.

[@OnlyTheBestNO]

Shams the 🧢 God

[@drewland6140]

Lebalco 😂😂😂😂 at it again ….prepare for a miraculous return 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@ChickasawMal28_]

That 2015 2 week hiatus to Miami rings a bell

[@jayess6219]

You know it 😂

[@erikk1]

“lebalco”. you dudes are cornballs man 😂

[@AlfonsoRamirez-k5l]

​@@erikk1truth hurts 😂

[@DeeFromOakland]

I said the same thing when I heard the news!!! Bro gettin juiced up and finna come back BALLLLLLIN 😂

[@osvaldopena7837]

No way we are talking about Lebron missing games for “personal reasons”.

[@terrellewilliams2188]

Diddy

[@jimmyjohns7866]

He's literally 40 😂 if he doesn't want to play 2 games in December he doesnt have to it isnt that deep

[@Docriversburner]

U ain't got nothing else to report huh

[@bigKyrieFan11]

God forbid we talk about Dyson Daniel’s on first take

[@BabylonGateLA]

@@bigKyrieFan11🤮🤮🤮

[@brian6816]

Woj did the same thing though

[@sadoctober5268]

Celtics fan burner

[@arikejoja9461]

Then why are you here 😂😂😂

[@ktay9709]

"Recalibrate, recharge..." I'm curious about that process.

[@ChickasawMal28_]

You already know lol

[@AlfonsoRamirez-k5l]

PEDs 😂

[@dey-one]

Stuttering Shams Charania definitely looks like he believes everything he's saying.

[@spencerwhitsett9350]

Lmao

[@rude0330]

He took personal leave to talk to his lawyer about the Diddy parties

[@SPACEPIRATE-z6c]

Fact's!!!

[@PTYNEWSSPLUS]

He should retire

[@michaelbunnell7140]

I am trying to get use to this “Shams” guy, but I am struggling!

[@Preston1988]

Same bro it’s hard

[@billjohnson3512]

Who is he

[@dangelobrown87]

Jordan at 40 played all 82 games

[@Scullie84]

After how many years retire?

[@dangelobrown87]

@Scullie84 don't matter still 40

[@02nupe]

In year 15 after 2 retirements and he wasn’t all nba either his last two years.

[@dangelobrown87]

@02nupe nobody gonna be all nba on a losing team but made two appearances at the all star

[@JG-mg3if]

And No PEDs unlike you know who..

[@Tezzzz7]

Must be a slow day for espn 💯🗣️

[@nisis1]

they don't want to talk about the hawks, thunder, or rockets.

[@ryedye335]

Yup, mf just hating on lebron for zero reason

[@arikejoja9461]

Then why are you here 😂😂

[@tedhall9257]

Shams seems annoyed by Stephen A

[@EdwardWilliams-gv2qv]

Stephen a don't let people finish your statement real talk 💯

[@malikabercrombie9513]

Stephen A Smith is a jackass

[@masonpye465]

This dynamic is amazing, none of the loud yelling and theatrics. Good ball talk

[@KingLBJthaGOAT]

SAS's hatred of LeBron James is like a little boy upset that his girlfriend has kicked him to the curb. Every topic that comes up SAS has to find a way to say something bad about King James.

[@J12_99]

LeDiddy James

[@LePuffyRamonCombsThe1st]

Calling him king. Seek help.

[@Damien-k1h]

Imagine calling another grown man king how sad

[@Chupapiyayaya]

LeDiddy James lmfaoooo

[@MR.__G]

@@Damien-k1hthey’re a cult !! I wouldn’t even call my own father king but they’re calling a man who doesn’t know them “king” 😅😅

[@intjdrew]

Normal people do want to leave Miami. Overpopulated, traffic nightmare, overpriced food, real estate, can't do any outdoor activity until the sun goes down bc it's so humid. Miami is a cesspool.

[@dwade6322]

Butlers agent already said Shams was full of crap. 😂

[@tellsteveharveyidontwanthe2283]

ill never understand how they have the audacity to talk about a team like the lakers instead of talking about a guy like jokic whos having the greatest offensive peak of all time by far

[@brittanywilson9361]

Jokic doesnt draw ratings this is a buisness

[@BiggSneaddd]

Listen, my friend, you need to understand that money, ratings, and viewership play a significant role for the Lakers and LeBron, more than for any other team or player in the league. Take your feelings out of it and realize that it's not about what you think is right-it's about money, ratings, and viewership. ✌🏾

[@breonmitchell2443]

Jokic like 7 seed😂😂😂Shai #1 Seed average 30 he Mvp

[@Wisestomatoe]

Jokic team ain’t winning either

[@airbrazil24]

Dude this show is like 3 hours long lol. You think this is the only nba segment?

[@victorjackson1551]

So we not finna talk about JIMMY BUTLER AGENT CALLING SHAM A FRAUD 😂😂😂

[@ForrestWilliams-ve3ik]

That’s why he said he stands by what he reported lol

[@jayharris9252]

They did tho…..

[@patrickpellesier2224]

They did.. watch!

[@foolyunfiltered]

Agents lie more than reporters

[@captainDJ87]

What yall watch a whole 30 seconds of the video?

[@OurQuietDesperation]

Seeing Windhorst next to Shams is seeing a pro vs a kid that’s not ready yet. He might be someday but for now he’s less than stellar.

[@nbarealtalker]

I feel like Stephen A is just trolling because these inside guys always use a lot of words to say as much nothing as they can about nothing that is really happening.

[@Jahrell_Media]

Shams will get better in time just like all of got better at your jobs in time . Everyone calm down 😅. He’s the perfect guy for the job because like Windy and Woj he’s calm and collected and doesn’t let Stephen A ruffle his feathers.

[@bradmason8334]

I now am gravitating to the players podcasts, their perspectives are great. These things here are regurgitated and not original… smh. I can come up with these takes

[@FuriousTheGeorge]

The lights were brighter than expected for Shams.

[@sanelemashego6947]

LeBron deserves a break!

[@Docriversburner]

Oh give me a break

[@xerospades]

Lol if he deserves it don't go around declaring ' I'm playing all 82 games " 😂

[@darkelzsmith3564]

Yeah retire 👋🏾

[@morgan2552t]

😂 the season just started

[@MR.__G]

Retire then ! Nobody is forcing him to play at this stage.

[@habavdekar]

2 almost polarizing games were played in the NBA yesterday but we are discussing this

[@marcmitchell679]

please don't play next season!

[@Lee-cp1wb]

So let me get this straight SA so you can take time off but nobody else can it’s a problem

[@elostatik]

Now we can see how the lakers play against a good team without Lebron.

[@Sambam1981]

The same way they been playing with him. Like trash

[@MR.__G]

The lakers have been getting blown off the court against good teams with lebron there 😅😅 almost all their wins have been against bottom tier teams

[@elostatik]

@@MR.__G my comment was for the people that were saying they are a better team without bron after they beat the trailblazers. Lakers are just an average team even with Bron.

[@MR.__G]

@@elostatik copy that

[@jkemp6791]

Bron is off getting juiced before he comes back.

[@jameskent836]

He isn’t juiced

[@jkemp6791]

@@jameskent836 - Cope how you want to. He’s definitely been juicing for years .

[@jkemp6791]

@@jameskent836 Cope. He’s done it for years.

[@jkemp6791]

@@jameskent836 - Has been for years, little bro.

[@jameskent836]

@@jkemp6791 he gets tested there is no way he is juiced they would have got him like Barry bonds

[@andresmith3797]

stephan a lookin like the dumbest one out of everyone including molly is hilarious bru you can tell he was tryna itch and claw a answer out of both of them and both of them are like "this aint really news bron does this all the time.."

[@jermo1213]

That's his job clown.

[@andresmith3797]

@ wipe ur chin

[@SPACEPIRATE-z6c]

got to get them lawyers ready for that................"Ain't no party like a Diddy Party!"

[@kobiiboksireficul]

Shams a 🤡

[@GSPfan10]

Shams is not ready for TV. His comfort level is behind his phone.

[@KingLBJthaGOAT]

Every topic that comes up Stupid A. Smith has to find something bad to say about King James. And the co-hosts are afraid to call him out on it.

[@billwoods7578]

Ain't no party like a Diddy party.

[@KingLBJthaGOAT]

Stupid A. Smith didn't complain about Joker missing a few games for personal reasons a few days ago.

[@LePuffyRamonCombsThe1st]

We knew why that was though. It was for the birth of his child. We don't know why lebron is sitting for personal reasons.

[@MR.__G]

@@KingLBJthaGOAT the birth of your child is more than a valid reason to miss games. You lebron cultist are clowns !!

[@ChaseEagle]

I love the amount of respect Morley gives to LeGoat... gracious

[@deuspi9366]

Cringey a smith trying to push it

[@AliFrankTheTank]

Windy came for Woj replacement, Shams too drawn.

[@clutchxcamo]

stephen a is such a clown, man is always hating on lebron

[@stephanwuertz9988]

James is a clown not a goat

[@thomassims4618]

If I go down, YOU go down. Diddy

[@Pantherarising]

Please do not let LeBozo go to the warriors keep him FAR AWAY FROM CHEF LEGACY

[@SilverRpr]

Rent free in all you casual clowns 🤡 heads with free cable

[@roberthernandez1617]

This was so lame, i dont like bron either...but man i wish his haters had funnier jokes or some common sense.

[@the_realmizz]

Lmao. Lebron has a far greater legacy than Steph.

[@mattmmixes]

Have fun with Wiggins in big 2024 then I guess.

[@JaysPlayDays]

​@@the_realmizz with Steph, LeBron would join another Champion, like he did with Wade. Legacy would stay the same

[@joemagwood9130]

Shams and Windy up there scrambling trying to put words together.

[@DustySides]

The glazing on number of seasons is wild. Kareem played 20 seasons, after 4 seasons in college starting in the 60s. 60 years of sports science breakthroughs, millions of dollars in professionals working on him to give him every advantage, alleged PED use and Lebron is already breaking down AND still hasn’t played as long as Kareem - a big man with bad knees. Kareem’s body type is closer to Embid than LeBron and he still played 24 years of basketball in the dark ages when they thought eating carbs was how you lost weight and women smoked in the doctors office during pregnancy

[@lamotte]

😂😂😂😂 great point

[@YOYO-ch1cg]

As a La fan I want to see jimmy on the warriors

[@TwistedInTheHead]

Lebron is getting himself ready before those Diddy party tapes come out 😂

[@Ewalk.213]

The Shams slander is understandable, but remember he’s a few months into this role vs Woj doing it for 20+ years. Give the guy some grace and let him develop

[@Al3x0325]

This dude aint ready for tv. Sticking a 30 year old kid in the situation with no experience was dumb.

[@jonathandiggs7819]

Aka LeBron needs to go get his performance enhancing treatment 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@olliestagg04]

“This time off allows him to recharge”. How many freakin times are you going to repeat yourself

[@jonathanbenitez9357]

SA throwing shade at shams 😂

[@makedredd299]

I don't understand why bubble championship Lakers 2019/2020 let Playoff Rondo, Dwight "Superman" Howard, JaVale McGee and Alex Carushow go? They could at least contend for 2 more final playoff years before breaking up the band. They had a winning recipe and they ended it themselves for what?

[@travionewilliams6703]

I love when Stephen A is in interviewer mode

[@peterlegend]

Sham’s speaking cadence is off, like he pauses which makes it sound weird.

[@Gdawg13568]

It is Disrespectful to the ENTIRE NBA that B. Beal has a NO TRADE CLAUSE !!

[@JaysPlayDays]

Suns let him keep it, after he arrived. thats ignorance

[@alex24mamba]

Just enough time to re up on balco in Miami.

[@DoubleKAllday]

Lebron can do whatever he wants to do. he deserved that stop playn

[@dez_chi_boi]

KG ain’t never lied “he on that Balco that new juice!”

[@ryckless1]

LeBalco getting treatment in Miami.

[@Nhantastic]

Lebron flying to Miami to replenish that New Juice

[@ProphFPS]

Butler and Jovic for LeBron and Bronny. Doubt Riley would do that, but would love it for the Lakers

[@Emobeefy]

“Ain’t no party like a diddy party”

[@marcmitchell679]

they should change the name of this segment to worst take

[@EdwardWilliams-gv2qv]

If lebron have personal reason that he's business 💯

[@J12_99]

Shams just seems like a slimey guy

[@LeezardweezardGeezard]

Stephen a was trying his best to make this segment into theater but windy and shams weren’t having it

[@Ch3tManley]

This has everything to do with Diddy.

[@BasketballFilm21046]

23 seasons is a record? And? Nobody else is allowed to come straight from high school

[@dacoda0211]

As a warrior fan id rather have Jimmy. We don’t need Bron to take the ball out of drays hand to facilitate and Butler would give us a midrange-inside game we don’t really have. His defense would be better thanks to being like 5 years younger, he’s a dawg, and I feel like we would be better with less media pressure with having Bron and Curry on the same team.

[@NatWhereYouAt]

Remember when he took off to Miami in 2014-15 mid season? LeBalco is back. The true goat

[@stillfindingpurpose]

Imagine if Curry, Lebron, AD & KD all teamed up.

[@dipsetkory7964]

Bron and Steph duo would've been dangerous 10 years ago...... now them 2 is good enough to get you in the Play in

[@KAKOKC]

Shams up there looking out for Bernie