Stephen A. Smith Reaction of European Players BEFORE and AFTER the NBA Draft

[@BallingandTalking]

Do you want to see a part 2?

[@KoKoNuTz232]

Yes.

[@dotsforme8310]

Yes sir

[@notacat7127]

If you didn’t make a part 2 I will not another video. Don’t make me call you a phoney

[@austinreed347]

Yes please

[@MokenLanX]

Ye

[@cameronrobertson9800]

S.A.S is the type of guy who thinks just because he’s loud, he’s right

[@BenjaminButton6573]

Yeah he’s a fucking know it all thinks he is the smartest man that ever lived.

[@mattlynch1473]

Ben Serkowski he still a wonderful reporter and one of the most iconic

[@cartermurray4440]

matt lynch hes garbage

[@jebronlames1801]

Jeremiah Jean-Philippe sure his stuff isn’t the greatest but it’s always entertaining lol

[@aaronaaron5861]

@@mattlynch1473 are you kidding me? His nba analysis is bad already and have you seen his boxing analysis? It's even worse lol. And he's also suspiciously racist.

[@dr.cobblestone3719]

I would like to thank the new York knicks for trading us porzingis for a bag of chips

[@therealmvp1538]

Hahahhahahah😂

[@REVIVERAJA]

we got DSJ who can jump 😱

[@REVIVERAJA]

And THJ :/

[@therealmvp1538]

@@REVIVERAJA but that is all what dsj can do

[@REVIVERAJA]

@@therealmvp1538 Google the definition of sarcasm

[@kumpawbrother]

the suns really listened to stephen a

[@bionic44]

They really did need to stay safe with that pick, Luka wouldn’t fit very well with D-Book with how ball dominant Luka is. The suns made the best pick for the suns

[@benztan7378]

@@bionic44 who would you rather want to hold the ball? D-Book or Luka?

[@TheBaconBean1]

Benz Tan book

[@bionic44]

Benz Tan depends on what type of offense you’re running, if it’s a iso wing offense then D-Book etc. you get it

[@bionic44]

Benz Tan especially if we want a perimeter centric offense here. Luka isn’t efficient at all from deep

[@hajsza]

Fastest way of becoming rich: ask stock market tips from Stephen A. Smith and then do the opposite of what he told you. :)

[@airik0049]

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣💵💵💵🤑🤑🤑

[@zerogabz1153]

Fastest way to become succesful. Hahahaha

[@Eynd297]

Made my day

[@kinguman308]

xD genius

[@kylethomas2993]

People sleep on European players because they aren't as well known, and because there was a bad stretch of busts with teams looking for the next Dirk

[@TheVoiceofKizzy]

Here's what I dont get. Yeah these guys aren't playing against the best competition growing up but the blue chip prospects like Luka have playing against GROWN MEN since they were 13-17 years old. May not be the top competition but it's still grown men

[@mortrex68]

@@TheVoiceofKizzy of course the basketball in europe is not as big as it is in the USA, but, still the euroleague is the 2nd best league in the world and the gap between the euroleague and the NCAA is as big as the gap between the NBA and the euroleague.

[@alfaeology]

@@TheVoiceofKizzy yeah right, these people think taking college boy who play well against another college player is impressive

[@Eric_E_123]

In the last 5 years, how many European players drafted turned out to be all stars?

[@heneedsomemilk2877]

@@Eric_E_123 well relatively too the overall number of European players drafted in that time span that percentage probably wouldn’t even look too bad

[@peanutbutter6162]

You can see the ignorance of S.A.S. here. First he said that Porzingis isnt NBA ready and that he is a 2-5 years project then later he admits that he never saw him play before he came to the NBA. Its also funny that he mentioned some players who should have been drafted before Porzingis and now nobody knows about those players. He should apologize to Porzings if that even means anything. But about Ayton he didnt really said anything wrong. If Ayton is from Arizona of course he was the best pick for the Suns

[@Alberto-xz7th]

I don't know. In hindsight the suns probably should have drafted luka

[@kdmkicks3448]

Ayton was 100% the right pick

[@SargentPeppers7]

@@kdmkicks3448 lol

[@vassilisxerikos3908]

KDM KICKS this is the era of wings and not centers. Ayton is good but also a monumental mistake by Phoenix. Centers do not have the impact they had 20 years ago.

[@ahmetkzlalper9265]

@@vassilisxerikos3908 jokic disagrees

[@ThatGuy-rv1nh]

“Box Office Attraction” unless Ayton becomes the best center in the league, he will NEVER become a huge draw

[@luka_1237]

Maybe when Gobert, Jokic, Embiid, KAT hit 32+?

[@dotdot6176]

Ayton is only like 21 he could make a huge leap any of these years and be the best

[@timduncanonaboogieboard1305]

All it takes is wins. Winning can give anyone star power

[@davincerica7232]

Gobert is the opposite of attraction

[@manuginobilishair5662]

He very well could be

[@BWalker9313]

Willie Cauley-Stein??? 🤣 the only players after Porzingis that would’ve actually been good picks are Booker, Turner and maybe Oubre.

[@Mike-zw9zv]

Dude said Stanley Johnson too🤦🏽‍♂️🤣

[@Kyle-ou2tc]

I don't think any GM in the league would trade KP for Turner or Oubre.

[@BWalker9313]

Kyle Smith no no, I’d rather have KP, I’m just saying if they didn’t draft Porzingis the only players that are really good are those guys, so it wouldn’t have been a total bust for the Knicks, everyone else would have been terrible.

[@Kyle-ou2tc]

@@BWalker9313 ah, totally fair

[@hughjassman1526]

Cauley Stein plays on the Mavs with KP now lol

[@peytoncappelle7688]

DeAndre Ayton is a number 1 pick normally but his class is loaded.

[@Jondigioso19]

He just hate white players😂

[@jeyneroo]

Lille leon until they average like 22 points a game...

[@stanzre]

Nah check how much he hates on Giannis ,,,, its a foreign thing

[@kimfupanda3621]

@@stanzre ikr

[@Blaze-hx9tc]

International players

[@Jondigioso19]

Mama Veeds Its a joke

[@SargentPeppers7]

Bro said u pass on wcs im dead

[@Zaghzackio]

U passed up on Stanley robins!!

[@legreatpenguino445]

Stanley Robbins was meant to be Stanley Johnson, who went to my Pistons at 8. Johnson is a benchwarmer in Toronto now. Needless to say SAS whiffed on that too

[@davincerica7232]

Willie Cauley Stein 😂😂😂

[@kennethjose7159]

Lol! I can barely recognize those names he mentioned who were drafted before Porzingis

[@ericmartinlillo4972]

@@kennethjose7159 if you know that dude, or you've been a fan for long and have good memory, or you just s mavs fan, or played with them on mycareer like me 😂

[@unownunown1530]

Dude seriously said „i never seen the dude play before“ but tried to roast phil jackson who uses more braincells per second than stephen a smith in his whole life what a clown

[@finnmccann4722]

Phil Jackson’s a shit gm Stephen A would even be a better gm

[@Eric_E_123]

@@finnmccann4722 Right, I'm sure drafting Cauley-Stein over Kristaps would have worked out great.

[@finnmccann4722]

Ericc_E_123 you can’t use the one thing Phil Jackson did well in his Time as gm to try and paint him as a good gm name one other good thing Phil Jackson did

[@steponmy92]

I'm happy Luka ended up in Dallas for his sake.

[@willgoicoechea1164]

7’4” And destroy the league is first season, I really think Steven a makes up 95% of the shit he says

[@lucius3337]

Same bro, we are in the same page

[@Zecamilleo]

Americans need to understand, people play basketball outside usa. Some of them are really good

[@moritz4439]

Americans need to understand, not a star wins the game, a team does as seen with LBJ.

[@Eric_E_123]

@@moritz4439 What does that have to do with anything?

[@lasosa4943]

People need to understand, that putting labels on things make no sense. I’m American. I know there is talent elsewhere that can come to the nba and have a high ceiling.

[@samanmoheban5172]

You can tell Stephen A. judges a book by its cover.

[@jschang29]

Only some are good and the world is a huge area, but considering there's a lot of usa college hoop teams that can wipe professional teams from around the world, the risk is high taking international talent. The talent internationally could be better but those players play different sports because basketball might not be as popular. In usa I wouldn't be drafting players for the NFL out of the usa because American football isn't as popular to the rest of the world.

[@gregdlc5961]

Got me off my seat laughing when he talked about all the guys Phil Jackson 'passed up'

[@snakeowski6748]

I get where this vid is coming from, but Ayton is a bit hard to judge. Most people were saying he was the easy #1, with some saying Luka. I don’t think Phoenix is that mad with their pick, considering they already had Devin Booker.

[@contato424]

@Snakeowski but imagine Luka at the 1 and D-Book at the 2. Would be great

[@maxhearn502]

The point is that he didn't even watch the Euroleague (as he admitted) which makes him ignorant af when it comes to draft prospects. How can you say "I don't care how well this kid from Europe plays" and at the same time project Ayton to be the best player...

[@contato424]

@Max Hearn yes, especially considering the euroleague is more competitive than the NCAA

[@snakeowski6748]

Splash Zone I’d be worried about the defensive structure of that team. Now granted, I’m sure Phoenix would make a free agency decision to snag a few good defensive wings and a big, but Ayton fills the void at center.

[@contato424]

@@snakeowski6748 1 word. Baynes.

[@tyler6548]

“passed up on willie cauley stein, justice winslow and stanley johnson for kristaps porzingis” wow watching this in 2020 is weird

[@bigjayonthetrack9770]

The title should have been talking about the mavericks stars before the draft and after

[@devinmccurry4235]

I mean tbh Stephen a Smith always gave me a racist vibe to me, he is a little racist nodoubt, so this vid is no surprise

[@wacozacko89]

If anything they're also pretty ignorant tbh, doubt he even watched any clips form the euro league. Listen to the nba scouts not espn hosts.

[@benpalliyaguru2876]

not racist bruh he just doesnt watch euro league

[@brown9671]

I wouldn’t say racist but biased towards American players

[@devinmccurry4235]

@@brown9671 I would say white players more so lol

[@TexasMex422]

He is racist, always bring up the white or black player

[@karamrimawi3573]

i love this video your the best youtuber ever

[@nathanpetronzio6919]

Emmanuel Mundiay & Stanley Roberts you mean Johnson, Steven?))??! 😂😂😂😂 The unmitigated gaul.

[@Dichotomic_King]

If it isn't about race baiting or yelling louder than everyone else, SAS doesn't know much about anything to do with sports so these clips aren't really a surprise to me.

[@JayJ95X]

@Infa Mous *found Stephen A's burner account

[@Dichotomic_King]

@Infa Mous that's probably the exact same intelligent retort stephen A would make

[@SAINTxSZN]

@@Dichotomic_King ah race baiting trumptards do that on a much larger scale

[@Dichotomic_King]

@@SAINTxSZN uhhhhhh that's cool man. Don't really know what your political opinions have to do with whether or not someone can analyze the game of basketball.

[@SAINTxSZN]

@@Dichotomic_King "If it isn't about race baiting" My comment was only a reply to that statement. Stop playing dumb unless you really do have as low of an IQ as I assumed.

[@waynecockerham7760]

d book and luka yooooo

[@karamrimawi3573]

i love this video your my favorite youtuber bud keep doing what you do

[@magellanmalala482]

It’s insane that Luka Doncic in 2 years has already led the Mavericks to the playoffs before Booker could take the suns there. Let alone taking Ayton over him 💀😂😂

[@dylankolm5684]

3:55 he is MAD

[@samsparks7974]

well this aged very will with ayton didn't it. this might be Deandres break out year in Phoenix with cp3 and d book and might just be competing for that all nba title this year against bam and Joel and Kat

[@theobald123]

Thank God no one has been stupid enoough to hire him for a front office position.

[@contato424]

@TK88 😂😂 that would be funny though. “Stephen A. Smith cuts Luka Doncic and Kristaps porzingis, claiming he wasn’t getting enough out of them”

[@emmanuelenyinwa1443]

Everybody forgets the Sun's took Dragan Bender with the #2 pick just before this pick.

[@mlittlitt]

I think sports analysts are more entertainers than analysts. They just shout, throw out funny analogies, and disagree with each other to drive ratings

[@robinyourhood76]

Bruh the Porzingis one was crucial lmao

[@MAAF808]

He wanted Cauley-Stein or Justise Winslow over Porzingis?! 🤣🤣🤣

[@coopn5208]

Honestly the ayton take wasn’t bad. It logically made more sense to pick a big center that can dominate to pair with Booker than a point guard that’s ball dominant

[@eGochango]

It’s crazy to me that I’m one of the few who knew MPJ was gonna be super nice.

[@isaiahh4108]

He was the #1 prospect before the back injury

[@briannk3720]

The Porzingis one is hilarious 😂😂

[@thegrimmirage]

thanks Phoenix for drafting Ayton. Mavs fan. :D

[@samsparks7974]

@Infa Mous and the hawks for trading Luka and getting Tre young

[@vaithh]

0:40 he really said phoenix raped their city with basketball lmao

[@magellanmalala482]

Respect that Stephen A gives them credit when they prove him wrong though

[@a.v.s.c9150]

Wcs and justice Winslow sas is so high back then

[@zerogabz1153]

Atleast he changes his mind. What about Skip? If he hates you, he hates you no matter what happens.

[@alvarcap8141]

On Stephen A's defense, even for european basketball guys like myself was hard to predict that luka was gonna become this good so soon. As a real madrid fan i was convinced he was gonna become a start, but never have i envisioned he was gonna be the best player in the world at 22 yo. And considering how good the suns did this last season, and how good was Ayton looking, i dont think it was a bad choice back then. Considering MJ wasnt number 1 pick and markelle fultz was, says a lot about nba predictions and how often you can get it wrong. Having said that, the one thing i can assure is that nba people talk about european basketball players without having ever watched a european game. They just read a stat and watch a 5 min long video, and they make a judge out of that.

[@ryx6071]

Phil Jackson pick on the draft was on point and may go down the best player in the draft if he stays healthy

[@jeremyowusu5819]

I love Stephen A Smith

[@jasonpatterson3677]

I still agree that Ayton should’ve gone first overall in the draft if u think abt what the suns needed. they didn’t need another guard when they have booker and their center position was extremely lacking

[@chuckhauser6336]

Hey Knicks, thank you 🙏 for giving us the best player you drafted since Ewing & OMG 😯 giving him to us for nothing, that’s unreal, thanks 🙏 soooo much!

[@chuckhauser6336]

Rashard Lewis 21-45 🧂 knicks fan, 😭😭😭😭😭😭 enjoy your team, lol good 👋

[@chuckhauser6336]

Rashard Lewis ya sure 😭

[@chuckhauser6336]

Rashard Lewis “WE” say “whatever dude 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️”

[@aripo14]

I lost in when he says Caullie-Stein and Winslow is ‘NBA Ready’ while Porzingis was not.

[@mehmetrauftahamiler3148]

I mean he is in some ways right about these players but the wrong part is that he always wants teams to select players who would solve problems of those teams at that time. But you gotta always choose the best player in that draft class if you have the no 1. overall pick.

[@Sai4651]

I mean no one can get it right all the time. There are players who have been drafted that everyone expected to be great, but aren’t. I dislike how SAS thinks teams can be championship ready with a few drafts or trades overnight. Phil Jackson was smart to slowly build a team overtime, unfortunately the Knicks are in a rush to get good and waste all their assets on temporary boosts or in hopes of getting a superstar.

[@belhariry]

Phil Jackon fired Mike Woodson who is the still the best coach the Knicks have had since the 90s because he didn't want to run his stupid triangle. Drafting Porzingis is the only thing he did right

[@mattsunshine9252]

Maybe the Knicks and Mavs are rivals in the future and Stephen A is feeling anger over things that haven't happened yet

[@AustinMulkaMusic]

Did he say anything about Giannas?

[@Neil_Snow]

I've always thought it was crazy that Smith made this mistake with Porzingis then did the same with Luka... Dude does zero homework or shouldnt be the premier voice for a huge network bc he doesn't know how to evaluate what he sees....

[@davidfebreeze428]

Ayton is actually pretty good and if the suns drafted Isaac instead of Jackson we’d look at a future contender if he comes back healthy

[@zacharyferraro19]

Turns out kporzee was better than the other players SAS mentioned the knicks psssed up on lol

[@quizwizzash]

When he said the Knicks lost to the Hawks and Magic they actually won both of those

[@alof1ferrari]

KP sings max 25+ mil a year, WCS signs 2year 8 mil both at Dallas. GG Stephen A.

[@geebster.]

Its a pattern with SAS, he isnt capable of saying he doesnt know anything about a given player, but he clearly doesnt follow foreign prospects at all. So he just makes up a take where he underrates them as if he knows what hes talking about.

[@zuma4489]

Stanley Johnson Passed up on him😅🤣🤣🤣

[@willihv24]

Could you imagine if phoenix had doncic, booker, and paul? jesus thatd be scary...

[@Fearjaaa]

3:50 did this nigga just say a on my block line???😂😂

[@Breakroomballers]

Now I know where the bamboozled clip is from

[@JSalonsky]

Porzingis was never the same after New York

[@robertbarrow8383]

Did you even try with the audio

[@itlog3722]

Who are those players Stephen A was saying they should have picked instead of KP?

[@whatsgud7081]

I guess Stephan A thinks people playing in college are better than people playing in pro foreign leagues with players with a ton of professional experience

[@wassupfuqqly7195]

Stephen A bases his draft analysis on if they r a box office attraction lmao

[@jackkttaylor9324]

To be fair deandre ayton really did look like the #1 pick and still has potential to be a star it's just that luka was after him

[@janseanhernane3191]

DeAndre Ayton is solid And with CP3 now he's definitely gonna be even better He's not Luka but Suns didn't have that bad of a choice I don't see Luka and DBook co-existing

[@RS_0422]

I wonder if Stephen A. Smith ever looks back at his takes that went wrong

[@Matt-rw4bv]

Yo if euro bias wasn’t a thing just imagine a Luka and devin booker backcourt would be 🔥🔥🔥

[@topsykretts2264]

When was the last time a center or big was the best player on a championship team? Not dirk or KD because they’re primarily forwards. Last time was probably Shaq on the Lakers, maybe. Times have changed since MJ came into the league. Two-way wing players are the way to go now.

[@stephenasunnamedsource2943]

The i feel like Phil Jackson tried to save the Franchise by Drafting Porzingus and tryi g to get rid of Melo and it didnt work 😂😂😂

[@bonnymuli8264]

Do the one he picks the team to win NBA champion and gets everyone of them wrong

[@trapgeezus40]

Who the hell is Stanley Roberts🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@laconfidential8504]

Clearly better than Porzingis, the team he’s on hasn’t lost a single game.

[@xxertz164]

I mean to be fair I kinda agree with s.a.s on the first clip they desperately needed a big man at the time plus you wouldn't know how doncic and booker would do in phoenix together defensivly as well.

[@Jackherbert10]

To be fair Ayton is a beast

[@ahmedalmutawa1163]

Stephen A calling Stanley Johnson Stanley Robinson😂😂😂 Stephen A this is your job man how do u not know his nameeee😂😂

[@mountbolt8993]

He's definitely right though. Suns needed a big and Ayton was right there and they already have Booker in the guard position and there aren't a few European busts, so you can kinda understand why SAS made that take even though now it's silly and funny to laugh at

[@weslinereyna3783]

The thumbnail is how a young flight was created

[@Rbond008]

How can you so wrong so often?? Like how??

[@tbxl8204]

It is called entertainment.

[@erikdahler5227]

He also managed to predict the NBA finals incorrectly for like 7 years in a row lol nothing new

[@evenkevin6757]

Low volume can't hear

[@rvh1020]

This might be weird to say but, is this racist prejudice?

[@cjvangin]

Yes

[@TonyGS31]

This is no racism. Black dudes are generally better at Basketball. Just as brazilians are more likely to be good at football (soccer) or a pro gamer from south Korea is better than a US-Gamer. Off course you cant generalize this for Every single brazilian, south korean or US-Citizen but you still expect those groups to be better at their professions.

[@cjvangin]

@@TonyGS31 anytime you use races as a bases for evaluating a subject its racist. Smith does not watch euro ball but he has trashed on white euro players like luka and Porzingis while saying nothing on bbn black euro players like freak and mudiay, ball and Jennings. Smith sees white dude and freaks.

[@TonyGS31]

@@cjvangin as a white european I see no Problem here. You can say Black Players are in general better Players than white people. You can easily say US Basketball is better than Europe Basketball. So when a white european Player is underrated At First thats not a Big Deal. I would underrate them as well until they prove me wrong and when they proved themselves he gave them probz so what

[@cjvangin]

@@TonyGS31 there is a difference between saying normally a black player is better and actively trash talking white euro ball players while not doing the same to black Euro players. SAS admits he doesn't watch euro ball. So his only evaluation is oh hes a white euro hes trash. That's racist.

[@akray1153]

how can he say that Porzingis is talented but a 3-5 year project without ever seeing him play before?

[@leejiahui9664]

Everytime Stephen A is angry is when he is on Vacation.

[@heheboi7556]

I don't think anyone's gonna argue with me here, Luka Doncic is gonna be the Greatest non american basketball player of all time.

[@paydanth1574]

Fax

[@Pumpkin3.14pi]

Hakeem is a top 10-12 player of all time. I think Luka can get there, but he has a way to go.

[@liamschofield8490]

"Watching Emmanuel mudiay do his thing" lol

[@carlyedwards47]

This aged badly for SAS

[@zockey99]

he wasn't wrong about luka though.....they already have booker and ayton is what the team needed also the pickup of kelly oubery was perfect fit....they needed to put a team like this around booker 5 years ago. It's gonna take a year or two to mesh and grow but this is what they needed to do from the start to build a team around booker.....mavs knew what they wanted and built one around luka and grizzles as well who are building one around Ja morant......hawks on the other hand are basically doing to trae young what suns did to booker and aside from collins who was suspended/injured half the season rest of the team is barely NBA level and more G league level

[@KingShaun2019]

2:29 no pause?!?!

[@JustAnAccountLmao810]

People clown him for what he said about the suns but he wasn’t wrong 🤷🏾 the suns did NOT need another ball dominant player with booker he needed a big man

[@tommy35911]

Willie Cauley-Stein🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Love_is_dro]

I don't care what anyone says I believe that Luka may be a better player but DeAndre Ayton was the best fit especially now that he worked on his jumper and is acclimated to the league and I'm kinda bias because I like DeAndre's game more and the Sun's defense without Ayton would be atrocious...

[@HDanalis]

I mean I kinda respect him cause he can admitt he was wrong

[@gabrieleporru4443]

Honestly US sports channel commentary seems more like showmanship than actual analysis competence/commitment to the profession It's like they're there just to impersonate the average person from a demographic in the US and gather views by saying the same things the average joe would

[@nickfrancis2008]

Could’ve had Luka and Book together

[@drewkingery6990]

People acting like they knew these dudes were gonna be nice

[@alistairstark9885]

This video is too loud i coudnt hear anything

[@MrAllenIverson]

This is why you don't listen to these analysts.. Not just SAS

[@cristianamaya4837]

To be fair the suns already have dbook so who knows how he would work with luka at the time when they both have such similar styles and Ayton honestly isn’t a bad pick he’s just not luka or trae young 😂