Skip Bayless: Professional Hater

[@rustybuckets]

Next deep dive out in 4 years :) Last deep dive! - kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWXZaaOPjJung8U New Podcast Episode! - kzbin.info/www/bejne/apnJinxvqtBprZY 2nd channel (post game reactions) - kzbin.info/door/LlZZVU8QBpMHVT7kdEbpSQ

[@Andandand25]

YESSIR ONLY 4 YEARS. NOT 5!

[@Andandand25]

Congrats on finding the motivation and getting out the slump!

[@jamespratt529]

I’ll still watch it ❤️

[@anuh4308]

oh shit

[@codereaper1977]

U killed that video bro

[@Akron162]

He is preparing Luka to become his next target for when LeBron retires.

[@julian5699]

Lord knows what he’ll do to Bronny

[@Questionsoftheday]

And Giannis.

[@krillin4768]

@@julian5699 So far he compliments bronny, although if he insulted a kid that would be low so he has no choice

[@anakinstarlord]

He has Luka in NBA and Mahomes in NFL. 😂

[@ARealPerson21]

I’m with Skip on Luka though he didn’t say that he’s bad he just says he’s not the next Larry Bird and he isn’t as good as a 3point shooter as people want you to believe

[@august6281]

Max: "i want Iguodala" Skip: "Bill Walton" Shannon: "NOOOOOO!!!!!"

[@caqaf73]

LOL that Skip Bill Walton take should become iconic lmao. By the end of Stephs career, he'll be singing his praises on him and acknowledge his greatness acting like he's never gave him an ounce of hate in his career.

[@Abbad1579]

🤣🤣

[@reth4761]

@@caqaf73 gotta keep milking them 🤑

[@windowpainzplays8601]

@@caqaf73 just like when he said he has always said KD is the best player in the world, even tho on previous shows he said kawhi lmfaooooooo

[@caqaf73]

@@reth4761 absolutely haha, whatever it takes for the bag

[@KM-fb1kw]

“If I get a disease and I’m gonna die, how about you get Skip Bayless in here and I’ll kill him live on national television.” - Sir Charles Barkley.

[@IncognitoSprax]

Skip isn't weak

[@SuperOmnicronsj44]

And that is why Barkley is RINGLESS. A lot of hot takes and no rings, not in shape, missed defensive assignments in that loss v Jordan when he played the Bulls. He cant criticise ANYBODY, which is why Shaq get on him to this day and why he couldn't stand Draymond Green...

[@jasonmbonu17]

@@SuperOmnicronsj44 Skip, is that you?

[@tommatt2901]

@@SuperOmnicronsj44 whoa skip why are u here

[@Guyinatrenchcoatandhat]

@@SuperOmnicronsj44 we have located Skip's burner youtube channel SOMEBODY GET KD IN HERE TO MAKE IT A FIELD DAY

[@ith8514]

Hey Rusty, you mentioned earlier that you had some mental health struggles while making this video. Just wanted to say that any lack of content for mental health reasons is totally valid and if you feel you need to take a break, go right ahead. We're here for you Rusty :)

[@karmanbhela7978]

Fax’s

[@KaiCameron]

Yeah Rusty’s videos helped distract me from some of my own mental struggles and I’m grateful for him. I’m praying for his victories, and this video was definitely a victory 🔥 I hope he knows we care about him as much as we care about his content

[@youngkingstokes8063]

Fax

[@davidrowe3242]

@@KaiCameron same s/o rusty

[@tylermorrison420]

Ima unsubscribe, speak for yourself

[@raysmith6731]

“Johnny Manziel will win a title for Cleveland before LeBron James.” -Skip Bayless

[@vegetalover9297]

Lol

[@cheerioss-9121]

Ok that wasn’t as crazy as some of his takes. Johnny Mazniel was incredibly hyped up, like an insane amount

[@johnnyblingg]

@@cheerioss-9121 yeah but LeBron is already a legend at that point. That’d been like if it was back in 2018, saying Tatum will bring a ring to Boston before Tom Brady.

[@dalesabandal9113]

Other hilarious skip takes: 1.) SAS: So you saying the players of the Denver Broncos rather have Tim Tebow than Tom Brady? Skip: *sighs* the numbers dont lie, and the number i like is (insert stat that makes tebow look good) 2.) “Box office? What about tim tebow he’s box office.” 3.) “Clutchler will lead the bears past the Packers.” 4.) The whole 2016 cavs campaign

[@cheerioss-9121]

@@johnnyblingg Eh not really Tatum wasn’t nearly as hyped up as Manziel and before LeBron cane back to cleveland you gotta remember he left for a super team and he still struggled to win chips. So you can’t really compare him winning as much as tom brady at this point. He left super team to coming home to play with an unproven kid in kyrie and Kevin Love. and Johnny manziel was hyped up to be basically as good as mahomes is right now so it isn’t exactly crazy it was a bit of a reach but not totally out of the ordinary to say.

[@burneraccount4576]

6:30 this is the most cursed thing I’ve seen all day

[@itsjayn4538]

for me it was close after 11:11

[@munysullivan1185]

You shouldn't take his opinions too seriously. "It's only entertainment" - Jay z

[@allenm935]

He still affects basketball culture negatively despite it being “just entertainment”

[@WillEnj0y]

Idk, problem is that his platform lends itself to him being considered an “expert” despite having terrible basketball takes

[@Eight1Eight187]

This is the same kind of mentality why toxic Twitter users hide behind while negatively affecting the userbase with their misguided views. Yeah this is irrelevant to the skip bayless conversation but even rusty said this kind of issue stems on a society scale. So whoever’s reading this, do not say that “it isn’t that deep LOL”

[@panashe5268]

It would fine for entertainment if he was some KZbin channel or a podcast but he’s actually in live television trolling Lebron on a daily basis and getting paid millions in the process. Yet people constantly tell me, “the media favours Lebron”, yet they pay someone like Skip Bayless more than most NBA rookies to tear down Lebron’s legacy every chance he gets. It’s gotten so bad to the point where people will genuinely argue false narratives like “Lebron isn’t clutch”, narratives that are started by Skip but will be embarrassed when faced with factual evidence and statistics that say otherwise which only further proves how terrible Skip Bayless is as an analyst.

[@Abbad1579]

@@panashe5268 Yeah but then you have LeBronsexuals like Shannon sharpe, nick wrong, and Collin cowherd.

[@RussellReviewerFJV]

“Johnny Manziel will be a bigger name in Cleveland sports than LeBron James ever was” -Skip Baseless

[@MyMegaMango]

“I just busted right inside him, and he can’t extend on me anymore, and he seems a little overwhelmed by my girth and tonnage.” - John Edward “Skip” Bayless II

[@Abbad1579]

🤣🤣

[@kenfromstreetfighter3432]

Lmaoaoaoaoaoaooaoaooaoa

[@calebnorris6960]

Anyone who can hear him say that and still think he's an analyst and not a comedian is just lost lol.

[@Zach2K]

I have a feeling this is gonna be the best deep dive yet

[@Zach2K]

Ngl this was definitely my favorite one so far. Keep up the great content Jacob!

[@paytenmasias7537]

Frl I’m sayin

[@PhillipCripwell1]

In Skips defense he's good at his job, he's entertaining

[@DanielRGonza]

Agree , he’s a good troll

[@mphomaja7445]

I think this going to be my favorite video yet.

[@MthobisiSizweNgcemu]

This isn't uncommon, in wrestling it's a heel, in films it's the heavy. We don't like good guys as much as we say we do

[@quincybryant5231]

100. You get it. Even Skip has to stay on script if you watch him enough. Without verbal combat its boring. Hes half right on Curry. Lebron? Thats a paycheck.

[@devontaelafleur3841]

@@quincybryant5231 there’s nothing right about Steph he said besides regurgitating narratives

[@iotatl]

We don't like the good guy as much as we hate the bad guy....

[@shadow_realm47]

Exactly while every other analyst likes to be liked Skip makes his bank perpetuating hate.

[@cheerioss-9121]

Skip is unbearable at times but he has some really good takes

[@spacerace1448]

I can already tell this is going to get so many views

[@TheFastBreakNBA2]

It’s well deserved

[@nate8655]

@@TheFastBreakNBA2 tbf to the lad though he has got a lot of people a lot of views cus they make vids on him Like... yall fell for it He got u Get baited

[@fakedan6568]

Rusty with another banger

[@tredecomedy1296]

“I just busted right inside him” 💀💀💀

[@terricarter9435]

That caught me off guard 😂😂

[@hardworkingcriminal4873]

@tre de comedy Turn off your gaydar bruh unless you're not heterosexual of course.

[@JLTheMonster]

I was looking this 😂

[@BertMustin_]

Girth and tonnage

[@robustbottlecap]

It's quite the same as with Shannon. When Brady confronted him because of his takes, Shannon clarified that it was for the show

[@geordiejones5618]

Dame said as much when he implied that he and Skip have talked about Lebron very positively in private

[@edw1n2]

One of my final projects this semester was a paper on Bayless and modern sports media. After writing 10 pages about Bayless & ESPN, I feel like I need a nice prolonged break from humanity.

[@dandan4092]

If you don’t take him too seriously he’s a good watch. Plus he can be an excellent analyst when he’s not playing up to the troll image.

[@zannen24]

Facts ppl watch his takes and take them too seriously. The only reason he makes the takes he do is because he know ppl are going to keep watching him. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it

[@bigsoulja73]

Dude used to be super respected as journalist,he’s clearly messing around for clicks.

[@sheyarjames4904]

Excellent analyst my ass

[@adoniscreed4031]

@@zannen24 You cant say that people take an analyst too seriously, he is a fucking analyst 😂

[@Alex-kd5xc]

When 90% of your content is just making outrageous statements for clicks, I don't care if you "can" be an excellent analyst. If you "can" be an excellent analyst then BE an excellent analyst, don't just shitpost the majority of your airtime.

[@joshuaadams3506]

Lots of things we can pull from this as a society. It’s deeper than basketball. Great vid.

[@tek9764]

that joakim noah clip is one of the funniest things ive ever seen on the internet

[@oldgameslife2369]

It's like Rusty Buckets decided to do some workout by standing up during his video. I thought he was about to sing... though it went out like a full NBA rap battle vs. Skip Bayless.

[@tj5180]

🤣😂

[@JackMorel]

This is already a classic

[@koolbrotherphil]

skip is one of the main reason i turn to guys like you on youtube,so i can get real basketball talk

[@Anthonycheesman2024]

He pretty much ushered in this new era of being a professional hater lol.

[@qdakid7776]

Nothing new about hating

[@huberthumphrey7499]

the style and aesthetic of these videos are A1

[@Spyda_337]

You should've showed the clip where after the Heat won the 2012 finals, Stephen A made Skip acknowledge Lebron for winning a title. Because he was refusing to do it.

[@amm6112]

Rusty really knocked this out of the park this is something that’s always bugged me. Keep up the bangers!

[@rapgodreloaded9259]

Rust Buckets: Skip Bayless is a professional hater Me: more like a personality or professional troll.

[@davecartmill5086]

Rusty this maybe your best video ever! The quality is insane!!

[@JLTheMonster]

“IT IS MY TURN”, 😂 but I doubt Skip hates Lebron he smiles every time he knows its a bad take.

[@Heart_ken01]

oh yeah...this was your best deep dive yet. Honestly I think you should go *deeper* (no pun intended) on the social commentary outside of basketball. You have a really nice way of bringing it all together and grounding it. You should expand on it more but of course *GREAT JOB*

[@billputney2533]

As a Cleveland native, I don’t think any of us have said that we love Cleveland either

[@shafiksunderani4230]

This was fantastic!!! One of, if not, the best deep dives thus far. Thanks Rusty Buckets. Please keep making more. I love how you critically approach this and think through stuff but yet still on the topic of bball to keep it light and enjoyable so that I can relax from work with my feet up with just a splash of intellectual stimulation...I don't wanna process heavy stuff on my time off like how to solve world poverty (important but not fun). Sports are my escape and I like to reflect on life too. You got the right mix

[@eter68]

I think its pretty simple, theres nothing that sports fans love more than arguing with someone who has the “wrong” opinion

[@nofxceghxst9192]

Sports media realized a long time ago that many fans don't see athletes as people, simply entertainment, so when they found a way to whittle down that begrudging attitude to hot takes and hate clicks it became fuel for sports fans to gravitate towards. Skip himself is a like a jester in a court that happens to know a little too much, he appears to be baseless humor and absurdity personified but really he's just as in touch with what people think of him and how they towards him as anyone else and can use it to his advantage. So far he has and i don't see it stopping any time soon

[@TerribleTake]

Noah’s quote about Cleveland is literally my favorite quote from any player ever😂

[@somregularguy]

Shannon was on all the smoke and said that Skip believes everything he says, LeBron could pass away tragically and Skip would somehow find a way to bring up his short comings I have no doubt about it

[@battlecriedsaturated1955]

these type of videos are fire king

[@taunyjeremiasparedez7287]

I hadn’t watched one your videos in a while but this is gold, I have to watch it.

[@outlawrip-offartist4161]

I’m waiting for the skip and Shannon argument over Space jam two when it comes out.

[@carlkisali7175]

Hey Rusty, much love from Tanzania, we very much enjoy your content

[@sivervipa]

Skip is just another form of entertainment to me. It's why heels are popular in wrestling. It's absolutely hilarious to see how far they take it.

[@TopicalJuice]

Sick analysis bro‼️ Love from London 🤝

[@Jeff_2x]

If Skip made a career out of hating then I say that if you put your mind to something you can literally do anything.

[@Bonobo_JoJo]

Same reason anyone watches you...they either want their opinions confirmed by someone with “authority” or they want someone to argue their opinions with.

[@nicechad]

To answer your question, a lot of us who like like skip don't necessarily agree with his takes or even just enjoy hating. We instead find him entertaining as a character, interested in how he will justify his crazy takes and enjoy a different perspective as it act like a breathe of fresh air. Just imagine a world where the entire sport media was just "LeBron is amazing", "Mahomes is a generational talent". We would be bored without contrast

[@VictoriatheWolfGirl]

Except there's other analysts who are more detailed and researched contrarians. Skip ain't the only one. Skip isn't researched and doesn't provide anything new.

[@kingdinodragonite3470]

@@VictoriatheWolfGirl the problem is most are casuals and they don’t give a fuck about advanced analytics sadly.

[@Alex-kd5xc]

There's actually people who believe LeBron isn't one of the top 2 or 3 players ever though. and while I don't have any actual evidence to prove it, I think it's dudes like Skip Bayless who make baseless claims that gain popularity among casuals that results in so many people having such uneducated takes.

[@hjblacdes61]

@@VictoriatheWolfGirl not to mention they can't keep the balance of being a contraction while not coming off extremely unlikeable or intentionally contrarian. Instead of groaning and tuning him out immediately we look forward to hearing the crazy hot take he has this time and how he's gonna defend it. He's a great provocateur for debate also even when he's way off

[@Musa-ut6ce]

@@JacksonHole83 Statistically speaking he is top 3. It's not debatable. To say he isn't would be biased because you would be talking about personal preference and not his sheer output.

[@arkoudiou]

When you said you have another deep dive and you're really proud of it, damn i wasn't expecting this but it's more than welcome!

[@crashdavis8431]

He started all this media hate honestly. Like now we have all these random media personal that just right these articles for clicks

[@qdakid7776]

Nah honestly people been hating even before skip as old as he as

[@lukeinvictus]

Skip bayless is a great entertainer, and he represents the opinions of a casual viewer articulated in a way that only decades of sports writing and TV show hosting can produce. He is without a doubt one of the most entertaining “analysts” that I have listened to and is only a smidge more of a charlatan than shannon, SAS, nick wright, etc. People dont listen to sports talk shows to get given fucking SABRmetrics, or whatever. They want narratives. If the narrative is say... steph is a choker, who doesnt want to see if he will come in clutch in the playoffs... It is wayy more intriguing than determining how steph has influenced his playoff WAR average, or even some other, more balanced take based on the same anecdotal method that most journalists lean on. Skip is the king of sports commentary metagame and that isnt changing any time soon.

[@jokerofmorocco]

Back when Skip and Stephen A. Smith were debating, it was really entertaining watching them go into shouting matches, even if I didn't really care about what they were arguing about. It's the entertainment factor that really makes people tune in

[@spaghettibrad4297]

Good vid man, I like how it had a broader conclusion at the end

[@TheTariqibnziyad]

His haters are what makes him richer, these kids can't understand that it's all an act

[@ericcornish3773]

True

[@crazytrapsir]

We here for it rusty

[@IUChn94GofDsDdNes7QD3lSEg]

You got a like out of me for the Noah & the Nate clips 🤣🤣

[@masondagosto8137]

Best deep dive yet good stuff rusty

[@justc1re617]

I was yelling with Shannon when he yelled "NOOO" after Skip had Bill Walton over Curry all time.

[@billpap.9669]

That's one of the worst takes ever

[@justc1re617]

@@billpap.9669 Yea easily lol

[@karanveerdhillon7867]

That’s up there with Skip saying 50 year old Jordan could beat Lebron 1 on 1 in 2015 and Skip saying Scottie Pippen isn’t a top 50 player ever

[@mschmitt225]

I live in Cleveland, and I back what you said: no one ever says they love Cleveland unless they’re from here

[@javiercruz2668]

I think another reason why people watch undisputed is because Shanon is in it.

[@yg23]

No people watch their show because they have great chemistry. Shannon has his fair share of awful takes. They're the polar opposites of one another, which is why the show is successful. LeBron James' number 1 fan vs LeBron James' number 1 hater/critic.

[@ayyyayay]

@@yg23 yin and yang

[@TheDesisgarf]

Yeah definitely, I often watch it because Shannon makes me laugh a lot

[@dreday5880]

SKEEE-UP!!!

[@MWKDaGoat]

It's all about Shannon. Erybody unanimously hate skip

[@finnontrack]

My fav yt series

[@PretentiousFish]

This guy probably thinks before every take he has “does this bring down Lebron’s career?”.

[@ayyyayay]

"ah crap lebron won another championship.. oh yeah i could just say he had an easy way to the finals and its his fault why my clippers blew a 3-1 lead oh and i could talk about the 2011 finals again" -skip talking to himself probably

[@jedibro95]

this rusty is possibly the best video i've seen you make and i have been watching since 2017(?) keep up the fantastic work man

[@tmac731]

I will never understand how the Lakers avoided the Clippers when the Clippers are the ones who didn’t make the 2020 WCF

[@BlackMale1st]

9:42 Group 4: We know Skip is playing a heel to piss people off and it’s entertaining

[@D348-p1y]

That last clip of Skip is fucking GOLDEN. 😂😂😂😭😭😭💀💀💀

[@shavaughnpalmer8613]

He just busted right inside him

[@2stef2]

Rusty with a undeniable W once again aye aye

[@noahmitchell9259]

Skip with that filter looks like he could fit right in with the Spider-Verse villains

[@Abbad1579]

Fr

[@marvingreen7441]

It’s on Fox. A huuuge majority of it’s subscribers hate almost everyone.. Skip is their voice. What’s surprising for me is that you even asked this question: why he’s popular (or ar least infamous)

[@ryanblackwell6402]

I can do without skip but Shannon is hilarious! No other commentators is pulling out Hennessey on set 😂

[@lukemooney8343]

Great video man lovin these deep dives

[@aaronryan8979]

Skip bayless is the real life J Jonah Jamison and Lebron is Peter Parker

[@stayedhumblereese3447]

That’s a great analogy.

[@ftDraco]

i love both skip and shannon no matter how much they both hate on players, they got good chemistry and it makes sum funny moments

[@calebeden9940]

Skip is truly a genius imo one of the greatest actors of our gen

[@calebeden9940]

His generation not mine lol I’m 22

[@Blasian_guy]

Same things he actually believes tho

[@Thatguyyoudontknow594]

@@calebeden9940 our* he only been going crazy for about 20 years

[@Abbad1579]

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[@yungnermal]

not even a basketball video issa bout life

[@mtg829]

I mainly just watch First Take for entertainment and maybe some actual analysis from Max Kellerman, but when I actually want some real basketball analysis I always watch NBA KZbin

[@chaosgreyblood]

Basically, you go from trash to junk to gold, right?

[@gregmiller4174]

One other thing to consider. When Skip is not talking about Lebron or Jordan, he is usually really logical and makes some really, really sound arguments and has interesting takes.

[@Skegfromcraigslist]

Skip got you all fooled man. Skip is a damn genius TEAM SKIEEEEEEEUUUUUUPPP

[@PotatoMan1491]

Rusty spoke my mind with his clairvoyance

[@miroslavmelentijevic1328]

I am glad that you started doing these deep dives, they are my favourite type of nba content.

[@BetterCallSaul945]

I'm so hyped for this video its gonna be so good

[@aaronsowell1639]

I love what Charles Barkley said about Skip😂

[@andrewdozier3920]

Skip is the perfect embodiment of “old is gold”. He never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever gives new players any sort of respect when compared to older players

[@ianthuo9227]

Who remembers that poll on whether MJ at age 52 could beat current (2015) LeBron. 34% said yes which was absolutley made up by ESPN for Skip and Stephen A to debate

[@vannglorious1812]

This was VERY well done.

[@edppoopsock168]

i watch skip simply because hes entertaining. im a lebron fan but skip is so funny when he flips it on lebron 😂

[@paytenmasias7537]

Ur name is great dawg 😂

[@damoondagoat]

skip always brings entertainment to the show

[@edppoopsock168]

@@paytenmasias7537 thank you 😭😭

[@GabrielRodriguez-wh5ce]

Commenting for the algorithm, we love the vids rusty

[@gabrielking1247]

Me: oh that’s not THAT bad a take Skip: Bill Walton Me: 💀

[@inmyownworldfr]

We been waitin 😤😤

[@ThaLedg]

"when you address me, address me as All-Pro Stanford Graduate. In my 24 years of life, I have done more than you. I am better at life than you" Richard Sherman to Skip Bayless What a classic response

[@vasantsp]

Keep it up bro. I loved this video.

[@nivlapid3501]

Skip Bayless is what happens when you give a twitter troll a tv show

[@ohadbh1002]

Great editing wow,Rudy is killing it

[@ChillGuyCole]

The video we’ve all been waiting for

[@damianmazique5976]

Indeed

[@pyledriver22]

Lets gooooo!!! Been waiting for this one.

[@youknoeli_5407]

Funny thing about skip is he cut his teeth covering the nba but his nfl takes are 1000x better and more accurate ... I genuinely believe he knows more about football than basketball

[@ygb4990]

True.. his football takes are actually way better...

[@Abbad1579]

His football takes are just as bad.

[@vlonewarrior3581]

Great video with some great points

[@danieldeborin6392]

The answer is that saying the consensus is really boring and taking a different approach is kinda refreshing. That's why

[@adoniscreed4031]

you mispelled "saying retarded shit for relevancy"

[@paytenmasias7537]

I’ve been waiting but also glad u took ur time this is giving me the vibe this is gonna be ur best one yet 😎

[@dfazo6186]

Lebron: sneazes Skip: mj would never sneeze that’s why he is simply the greatest ever!

[@elizahamilton2895]

Exactly

[@blackcurlmagicgrey-sloan8640]

Lmao yep