FIRST TAKE | "YOU is a fake Knicks fan!" - Perk rips Stephen A. after Knicks lose Game 3 to Pacers

FIRST TAKE | "YOU is a fake Knicks fan!" - Perk rips Stephen A. after Knicks lose Game 3 to the Pacers 111-106; series 2-1

[@scottwatson8836]

I love perks. He’s more NY than SAS.

[@kemalladin7838]

Knicks almost won a game where they r missing most of their players where brunson didnt even play his best game

[@Uhuru_Askari]

Yeah but Divo played his best game so Brunson didn't really need to. Plus Hart had 18 rebs.

[@yoman3878]

And ? So I guess in your mind they win either way lol

[@yoman3878]

From what I’ve seen Knicks have capable guys on the bench . Too bad your coach decides to not use them and wear his team down

[@kemalladin7838]

@yoman3878 that's a fact I think they need to put in some of the younger more athletic guys but either way knicks will win the series in 5 games

[@Barak144]

@@yoman3878What are you talking about goofy dude most of our bench is who is playing and has been playing since February

[@claytonmontague4837]

Stephen A Smith does not represent the hardcore knicks fan. He's a casual

[@javarzshinall9396]

He's a analyst being biased is not a good look y'all cheerleaders ain't fans

[@kingzhibrhanfabrizio1759]

Not even casual he is a undercover foaming at the mouth Lakers fan, he has to play Knicks because he is from NY, its all a clown show

[@nycbball8]

Then he should just root for the nets😅

[@JonathanRodriguez-mt8oi]

@nycbball8 He was when KD and Kyrie were there. He was on air talking about how they were becoming New Yorks team... that's all you need to hear to know he's not a real knicks fan.

[@matthewgabbard6415]

Meanwhile he’s probably been a fan longer than you e been alive

[@shandiseamador9085]

SAS needs to shut up. We don’t claim him.

[@javarzshinall9396]

The Knicks team don't claim you

[@shandiseamador9085]

@@javarzshinall9396 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jns5319]

Love watching Perk laughing at the 🤡😂😂😂. Stephen saying his trash from L.A.😂😂😂😂fake knicks fan

[@JonathanRodriguez-mt8oi]

This is exactly why Stephen A is a fake knicks fan lol others are focused on what they are doing right, he focuses on their negative keeping them the butt of people's jokes. Stephen A is a LA and Miami fan, it's where he loves to be and it's who he wants to see win. He practically says it everyday.

[@glenalban]

And this is why you all have not understood what the owner of the Knicks has done to the team over the years! JUST ASK CHARLES OAKLEY!

[@nijuuyondaime]

Who says we dont understand? Just because we suffered all these years and blame dolan and management for wrong decision after wrong decision, doesnt mean we cannot praise dolan from stating away NOW and management finally making right decisions. Give credit where credit is due. Negative or Positive.

[@nijuuyondaime]

And as far as Charles Oakley.. give me a break. He feuded with Ewing taking shots at him. Yeah the guy who's jersey hangs in the rafters and owns almost all the Knicks records. Oakley should have looked at his own game to attack if anything on why the Knicks never won a championship. Not our Hall of Famer

[@javarzshinall9396]

I don't care for the Knicks but he the biggest Knicks fan on TV in my opinion

[@kingzhibrhanfabrizio1759]

A simple way to tell Stephen is a fugazy Knicks fan is he is more angry and ready to point out negatives when they win but when they lose he seems less angry

[@apap1586]

We don't claim Steve A.. yeah draymond's a four-time champion is he the reason why? Or does curry; Thompson have a lot to with that? We claim perk.

[@killakam5981]

He’s not the reason, but he’s a MAJOR factor on why they’ve won. You cannot dismiss Draymond Green like that. He had more championships than the Knicks organization.

[@daredevil350]

Barnes and Bogut for 1, KD for 2 more, Wiggins and Poole for the 4th. Oh let's not forget Iggy during all 4 and the loss to Cleveland lmao rofl.

[@julezjohn5785]

Draymonds suspension vs the Cavs is a big reason why GS isn’t a 5 time champion. He definitely was important to that team and has the right to talk down on a team that hasn’t won anything since Sanford and Son was on the air 😬

[@gf2431]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NIMHART. Lucky chuck

[@jayriding973sports]

Knicks Mayor Big Perk 🫡

[@Nat4551]

SAS is a fake Knicks fan, and this is from a Knicks fan that grew up in the city and goes back to the days of Walt Frazier, Willis Reed, Dick Barnett, Bill Bradley, Dave DeBusschere and the rest. Draymond doesn't any special props because he was on a team that won championships. It probably would have been 5 if wasn't for him. He is wrong. This Knicks team is not a fluke they are good.

[@bilzdomino6130]

That’s a long ways to go back. Other than the championship teams what are some of your favorite Knick teams? Where does this years rank?

[@MBagsMc]

Perk is our representative on national tv.

[@jesseramos1964]

Draymond Green is just hating because he didn't go nowhere this season. And about time Perk is speaking 🗣️ up this season.

[@mscottlawrence2037]

But how many chips does green have?

[@jesseramos1964]

​@@mscottlawrence2037that don't matter that was the passed. Let that sink in

[@dannyryu9202]

Stephen A what a clown

[@joanbennett4232]

I appreciate Kendrick. Steven A talks from 2 side of his mouth

[@se6622]

This!💯 I’ve been saying this about Smith forever especially when he got caught lying said one thing one day on 1st take and the next day said something totally different about the same topic i was like wait what he didn’t say that yesterday 💯definitely not a fan of Smith

[@javarzshinall9396]

Perk takes been week

[@Renato1024]

We beat a Sixers team who had a more talented active roster than the Knicks. We're up 2-1 versus a team with no injuries while we lost 2 more starters for the rest of the series. The Knicks are not winning on talent, aside from Brinson, this team is scrappy and play hard. It's not a fluke that we're highly competitive. GS had Klay, Curry, Kuminga and Green healthy but missed the play-offs so who is Draymond to make any comment. Yes he has 4 rings but it sure wasn't because of him only. Just keeping it real.

[@bilzdomino6130]

Finally someone points out the blatantly obvious

[@MBagsMc]

Perk saw this team being great before anyone. Even that fake Knicks fan Stephen A

[@jns5319]

2 goaltending calls going indy way on both sides😂😂😂 all the biching n crying they did including the commentators are a joke! Knicks got robbed!!!

[@johnnygraves7028]

both teams complaining goofy, couldve tied game if brunson didnt try and flop on that last 3pt attempt lmao

[@DeshawnHamer-ut3np]

Pacers got robbed in game 1 gtfoh 🤡🤡🤡😅

[@BknMax]

@@johnnygraves7028he didn’t flop he got his hands swiped and he went up for a 3 it should of been a foul but refs weren’t calling anything after Indiana coach cried like a bitch

[@mscottlawrence2037]

​@@DeshawnHamer-ut3npagreed

[@betbet5606]

​@@johnnygraves7028he flet contact and forced the shot, that's not flopping. It didn't work but he was fouled.

[@taeshawnwilson6853]

Perk is that uncle that would stick up for the nephew that their parents don't like

[@MrDetectiveCraig]

Perk starting to rub off on me he been speaking facts lately 😂

[@javarzshinall9396]

He been a clown lately his Darvin Ham take was out of line but he was ok with Vogel getting fired he is wishy washy

[@lisahatcher2973]

It's funny how when someone else gets a chance to talk, and makes much better sense than SAS,he looks like a little kid in time out.

[@Sparkman13]

Stephen A no longer accepted in the Knicks community. He needs to find a new team

[@jospehbloseph7172]

Stephen A is right about the Knicks history, we lifelong knicks fans cant believe when they win a game in the 4th quarter, when we come from behind, its shocking. But hes wrong that this team is like those teams. This team is different

[@Kermeo915]

We used to be shocked when they would come from behind to win, but speaking for myself I’ve come to expect it from this group. Just like I expect at least a 30 piece from Brunson. Carry the Hell On

[@jospehbloseph7172]

@@Kermeo915 I dont expect it still, 3 decades of almost but not quite, its hard to flip the script. But I am always happy to be wrong

[@javarzshinall9396]

About time someone speaking truth

[@jospehbloseph7172]

@@Kermeo915 you watching game 4? This is the knicks, this is why you cant ever hope for good. They will not provide

[@eddied6990]

I wonder if the same sequence will happen in this series just like the Philly one. Knicks lose game 3 Thibs make adjustments defensively and win game 4. Game 5 goes down to last 30 seconds where Knicks can clinch with comfortable 3 possession lead but somehow blow it in front of home crowd. And somehow Thibs reaches deep to win game 6 with yet another defensive adjustment without OG. This may happen too in the 3rd round vs either Cavs or c’s.

[@shandiseamador9085]

Déjà vu

[@charlesw7441]

Stephen fake smith

[@PjF-tl6jl]

Second round of the playoffs without Julius Randall is a successful year.

[@chanie6892]

Thank you perk & chiney I appreciate the support for my Knicks ! No perk isn’t acting like a native ny’r we support perk because he supports us !

[@bossmanree5718]

SAS u a bum

[@toddmoore1506]

SAS can stop saying us you not apart of Knicks nation just say you clown 🤡

[@SouthsideFYC]

Well said. “Us”, what a joke coming from SAS - guess that’s why they’re calling him a clown… loll

[@cleatismoore4630]

I was about to say SAS is definitely not a Knicks fan, buuuuuuuut. He did make the most perfect comment when he said "Dolan is still the owner, and he'll mess things up" But I agree with Perk. The Knicks are going in the right direction. Let's hope they keep going in the right direction.

[@ShoNufff_]

There’s no “we” or “us” that includes SAS..Like everyone else said we don’t claim him he’s a fair weather fan Keep it at Big Perk!! we see you out here

[@ronw807]

He is the biggest Knicks hater in history yet he wants to calibrate with us when we win. Im older than him and I still root for the Knicks good or bad!

[@_jswiss]

Pacers used the Refs as an excuse in Game 1. So no excuse for Ny in Game 3

[@WillboBaggins23]

Not even comparable. Gane 1 was one of the worst officiated games I've seen on any level and everything was for the knicks.

[@bilzdomino6130]

@@WillboBaggins23 and game 3 wasn’t all for the Pacers? Lol Just on the non goaltending call alone that woulda made a huge difference. It was pretty obvious too. Also the Knicks got called for goaltending like 3 plays later when the ball had no chance of going in. That’s 4 points right there. There are so many other plays as well

[@johnrice7338]

Steven a is changing like Oprah, sad times !!!

[@elvinperez9564]

Get em PERK!!!PERK is morea Knick fan than STephen A. AND I DONT EVEN KNO WHOS PERK TEAM

[@samurai6647]

If the Knicks was healthy you think the heats would beat them.

[@professorFG]

The man who's screaming is guilty of no longer representing New York, it's the reason why he's screaming off the top of his lungs, he's guilty of backing up LA and Miami. He's mad bc Big Perk has become a supporter of NY Knicks, and keeping it real, and calling it how he sees it, and we love him for that.

[@1cbert]

Steven A please don't speak for me as a native nyer

[@toddbankscreativefinancech3550]

If you’re not from NY please don’t try to give the knicks fans excited about acquiring any major players just to their hearts broken again 😂 thanks from a fellow NYer!

[@bilzdomino6130]

They have all the pieces right now to get a championship. They don’t have to make a move for anyone, they just have to get healthy. Also who cares if you’re from nyc or not. A fan is a fan

[@douglasshortridge4343]

Take it easy, calm down, SA. Your blood pressure just went through the roof. We don't want you to have a heart attack.

[@heb597]

SAS changed argument to win argument. Draymond said the performance of players was a fluke. SAS say fluke bcs Dolan gonna mess it up. SAS always changes argument bcs he is losing debate. He did it with Max Kellerman and now with Perk

[@DarkRedChallenger]

Now i have no doubt that SAS is really a fake Knick fan...he actually makes me sick to my stomach pretending to be a Knick fan.

[@richlexington7163]

I can’t lie I’m with SAS on this because that’s exactly how I feel about the Pacers😭😭😂😂 I love them but they let me down too much. The front office really.

[@reliic]

People don't understand the "Agony" of a Knicks fan..........hahaha.

[@drehouse5733]

Steve needs to stop with the past pain and embrace what the Knicks are doing in 2024 and the future potential of the team.

[@Kermeo915]

Coulda woulda shoulda, who’s still playing and who’s not?

[@Renee.Samuels88]

How does he think us Cowboys fans feel??? Stephen A...we dont want to hear it.

[@JamesWilliams-rz5pm]

I fucks with big Perk

[@pablolsanchez4021]

PREACH BROTHER!🏀👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@robertgreene3026]

They better leave Stephen A alone he’s already trying his best not to blow a gasket watching what’s happening

[@nocando1263]

Man that boy Brunson most improved to me

[@jiqqaman]

SAS always starts to yell when he’s beat.

[@kelvinjohnson2414]

Injuries have decimated the knicks!

[@Dgameyeh78]

Preach big perk. NYK all the way.

[@SouthsideFYC]

How can SAS talk about doing something stupid where all he advocates for are big names coming to the Knicks who don’t fit Thibs system & are aging out of the league?…

[@ButchBrown7]

Wow Perk been riding with the Knicks because he can see what it is👏👏I got mad Respect for him now. Brunson should have given the Game ball to Divencenzo because Brunson never knocks down those shots. Even in the Philly series. Hart & Divencenzo hustled after a Brunson miss

[@javarzshinall9396]

When Perk thought Suns were winning the West

[@user-dn1ii7sx3i]

Perk is definitely the king of New York

[@eljovenlavoe75]

Steven A Smith is a fake NY Knicks fan for sure

[@aingemechanic]

Stuck in the past SAS ..

[@earhustler08]

This is why SAS Ny Knicks card has been taken from him and given to Perk. You suppose to be a fan but instead you bring Dolan up when he has minded his business the whole season l. Do people realize Dolan is the owner of the NY Rangers too…..👀👀👀

[@killakam5981]

You can’t compare the rangers to the Knicks. James Dolan has hired good GMs in the past and he’s fucked it up. I don’t care if James Dolan hasn’t been seen in years. In order for the sins that James Dolan has committed to the Knicks organization(he still hasn’t publicly apologized to Charles Oakley) he has to win a championship

[@earhustler08]

@killakam5981 I love Charles Oakley, but respectfully until he apologizes to Patrick Ewing for the slander, I don't want to hear anything about what James Dolan did to him....

[@killakam5981]

@@earhustler08 he didn’t slander Patrick Ewing. He’s been saying the same thing about Ewing for over 20 years, he said it to his face. Charles Oakley told the truth about Patrick Ewing as a “leader”. We not gonna do that because Oakley has the same energy. Don’t justify James Dolan throwing him outta the arena like that. Don’t come with that bullshit

[@earhustler08]

@@killakam5981 I don’t care if he told him to his face or not. Patrick Ewing is an all time great Knick who carried this franchise with no number 2 player for a number of years. Those Knicks teams led by Patrick Ewing are one of the few teams Jordan actually felt gave him a hard time. Check his all time records, college title, and what he did for the organization!!! No one has come close since !!! When NY own Mark Jackson stands up for Ewing to shut down Oakleys comments don’t tell me Ewing and others don’t take that as disrespect 💯💯💯

[@kevinbean7140]

It's not a fluke if we were in the 2nd round last year! If we get to ECF this season, we will have made progress every year since Thibs has been coach. Draymond either is a Knick's hater or he just wants clout. He chose both Philly and the Pacers to beat us. Then he calls those team mid and says that's the only reason we're progressing. Obviously, this is further proof along with his antics on the court that his judgment isn't the best!!

[@yoman3878]

Anyone who knows basketball knows water finds it’s level . Brunson is great but water is finding its level

[@MrDramaticForSur]

At this point Stephen A looks for drama seriously. Draymond Green has 4 rings with a Superteam 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾. Listen they know what it is

[@jimmyyoung9883]

Stephanie A Smith makes me sick 🤢, thinking he's the smartest one in the room all the time SMH😎

[@J25HGM]

PACERS IN 6 💛💙💛💙

[@maxcotroneo1205]

Cheney adding nothing but a demeaning tone. Just classical ESPN segment with these women who nobody wants to hear from

[@tredici8700]

WE DONT CLAIM STEPHEN A.

[@andrewthaw246]

This is the problem with all of thibs teams he over plays his stars ... its an injury waiting to happen

[@RobMcCray]

Stephen A embarrasses himself more and more. He really needs to stop speaking about the knicks

[@MAC_WVLF88]

Sas negative Nancy those Knicks fans are old and out there door... let the praises rain upon these Knicks

[@killakam5981]

As a Knicks fan from Harlem. Stephen A is right in this instance. I’ve grew watching the Knicks losing time and time again. Bad contracts, Dolan messing things up for the future, stars not coming. I’m happy with the way the team and culture is doing, I’m just afraid of James Dolan finding some way to fuck this up. Because it’s happened too many times in the past. Cam’ron said the same exact thing, he’s not really excited for the Knicks because they’ve been so bad that them going to the playoffs is having NYC act like they’re winning a championship. Until they get over that hump, which is going to the NBA finals, I have to love them from a far and be cautious. That’s just reality, I’ve suffered in my 29 years of being a Knicks fan….its very easy to say they’re going in the right direction…. But based on history it’s ended in catastrophic results. And the fact that James Dolan is staying out the way pisses off even more because he should’ve done the same thing with when last GMs were running the team

[@slimchance827]

Fake ass knicks fan, you may be older than me but ive became a knicks fan during the struggle years, where we paid allan houston 20 mil to sit on the bench, the marbury/larry brown debacle, when we got steve francis and thought we had the best backcourt in the nba(yeah okay epic fail) when we acquired raymond felton thinking he was jalen brunson and the nigga got fat and outta shape, when we paid amare 90 million and he couldnt stay healthy after his first season or 2 in ny, JR smith breaking our hearts in the playoffs because he couldnt control his temper and screwed up our team chemistry because he got suspended for a game which we lost when we shouldve swept the celtics which played a part in the things that got us eliminated in the second round to the pacers in 6, where we probably couldve taken miami to 7 that year cause we gave them problems all season, melo put up 50 on em on just jumpshots alone that year, and to say stephen a is right? you dont hear no other teams fans doubt their team the way knicks “fans” do, yall still stuck in the past, James Dolan been announced since hiring Leon Rose that he was stepping away from the activities of the Knicks and will let Leon Rose handle things, and look at whats been accomplished? yet all that is overshadowed by the past? thats a stupid logic, this aint your daddys knicks, the knicks never been this young, and havent been this talented and cohesive since the 90s with ewing, all we were missing was a certified star and we got a fuckin MVP candidate in Jalen Brunson who led us to the second best in the east and atlantic with a 50 and 32 record, last time that happened we went to the conference finals, we not even at full strength and we making teams WORK, and any REAL knicks fan can see the work they put in the last 2-3 years building this team to reach this level, i swear yall old heads gotta get out yall head and pay attention to whats going on, we dont need another star we just need a guy that can score consistently off the bench, i believe all the championship teams had one except kobes 2 peat lakers and the detroit pistons Draymond is hating and SAS is a 🤡 for even giving that bs statement power when in fact our players and squad has gotten better every year since Dolan stepped away, and now we in the playoffs with a depleted roster still giving niggas all the could handle and then some

[@yvettem3097]

I really think the Knicks is changing for the better!

[@killakam5981]

@@yvettem3097 you ain’t read a word I said huh?

[@1cbert]

Big perk is the man. Steven A don't know what he's talking about he a fool.. I'm a native New Yorker, I don't feel like that, I feel good about the Knicks

[@leonmitchell3560]

Draymond Green is two Clicks from being full time Felon

[@gracer619]

so 5 points a game gets you on TV as an expert? lol

[@donalddemo]

Steven A Myth should not be allowed in MSG!

[@retLIFE]

SAS a fake fan. Only thing the guy does best is yell. When he’s losing a debate it get louder

[@kelvinjohnson2414]

Klay! Steph! Case closed!

[@jiggajayp]

If Randle, OG, and Mitch Rob were healthy then what? SAS stfu

[@MrLEATHERFACE83]

Indy should be winning this series. Knicks ain’t got shit but Brunson.

[@AliSupreme-kt5vm]

So what happens if the Knicks were healthy and just cause you won championships don't give you credence give you an opinion

[@nachomas3]

Stephen A needs to go!

[@Kermeo915]

Where were you SA…. I’m older than you and I can see these Knicks aren’t my father’s Knicks. STHU

[@Moedeo28]

Facts!

[@erictalbert4633]

Give me reasons. I mean reasons meaning plural as to why Stephan A is not a true Knicks fan who has been through the wringer over the years. I’m a Browns fan and I know how that feels.

[@stevenfeliz4412]

Steven A is just paid to talk nonsense, the man talking about things that has not happen. Dolan has given the Knicks front office full control and is more focused on revenue with the rangers and shows that are hosted at the garden. A damn shame he’s a high profiled fan

[@user-uc3rg7lm2l]

Cuz Embiid was injured the bucks were injured maybe that’s why?

[@talesfromtheknicks7811]

Semen A pulled out his tired old Max Kellerman lazy Dolan Knicks take SMH 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@user-ql7zi4lk9w]

Steven A Smith Has One More Time Before His NYK Pass Is Stripped Away

[@FRATZ_1979]

Tell him 😂

[@johnrice7338]

Steven a has no championships and has all the opinions !!!

[@normanball612]

Chiney, maybe Im tripping, but when you are on TV, Im looking forward to all that Chocolate, and you are starting to give me Serena Williams vibes lately. Im not talking about the husband she chose either. Im not getting the same level of chocolate that I'd expect when seeing you. Not everybody is an NFL draft pick! Ima need you to give us the chocolate that we've come to know and love, and I don't need no milk added, at all.

[@shelladon1044]

Stephen a is a fake knicks fan he talk too much he need to go back to Philly

[@Pumptutor]

Dolan hasn't done anything since Phil Jackson. Shut up about it.

[@sheakaisagoddess5863]

I love SAS

[@goozmaahn6420]

SAS is a fair weather knicks fan. Wasted energy. Do us all a favor save the dramatic woe is me and the goofy fandom claims.

[@miguelgonzalezgonzalez8166]

SAS just rambling nonsense . Perk and the female giving sensible explanations and he's just screaming idiocies . The dude is just full of himself . I just turn off First Take when he's on .

[@TheTray8]

PERK is more NY than Stephen A. We have picks & lits of them & lots of CAP space & we don't have squad do to injuries so we're we at now no1 seen so our future is Bright. Let's not 4get Green blew a chance of having 5rings when he got suspended during the finals against the Cavs.

[@richardperry1439]

Queens rejects sa he from canada now! Dont say you fr queens anymore please

[@goozmaahn6420]

SAS, you remind me of the GF that will always remind me of all my F ups even when I've been making her happy and smiling. Gonna tell you the same as i tell her. Move on and pick another cause you're too affected.

[@apap1586]

Stephen A talks about James Dolan no one has heard his name in 5 years. It was Dolan who hired Leon Rose,, it is Dolan who's NY Rangers are sweeping their way throughout Playoffs.. people change.

[@killakam5981]

And James Dolan has hired competent people in the past where the Knicks were heading in the right direction. Donnie Walsh is a major example and James Dolan fucked that up. The Knicks have to get over that hump for James Dolan’s sins he’s done to the Knicks organization to be forgiven. There’s no other way around that

[@brwnsvillbklyn08]

Steven A Stfu... you are NOT A REAL KNICK FAN.