Stephen’s A-List: ANY ISSUES with the top 5 backcourts?! | First Take

[@teamluxk274]

SHE THOUGHT TATUM AND JAY WAS A BACK COURT LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@what9331]

😂😂😂😂

[@markeisbrown1475]

Slow fs

[@eldio2124]

That should be a fireable offence😂. She either doesn’t know what a backcourt is or she thinks jaylen brown is a point guard? So bad

[@kevinallen3400]

​@@eldio2124what??

[@danielwest9955]

@@eldio2124 I always thought it was JB at the #2, and Tatum at the #3. Is it more of a #3-#4 in the modern spacing?

[@scorpio1019]

Wait until Mad Dog see that list on Wednesday

[@EduardoOliveira-zx9ju]

He's going to mention a VERY old name from the 1950s🤣🤣🤣

[@arthor8134]

Mad dog for sure appreciated the first entry. Bob Cousy

[@Wakaweakweak7474]

Hell nah, his dawg cousy is right there

[@scruffd0g193]

Love it when Mad Dog rips SA to shreds.

[@JuliusC1973]

@@arthor8134 Mad Dog would have said Bob Cousy and Bill Sharman from those 1950's Boston Celtic Teams. I'm also surprised that Stephen A did not let his New York Knick Bias make him select Walt Frazier and Earl Monroe.

[@AVHD235]

rip & chauncey underrated

[@isaacflorez4820]

Facts! Detroit the first team to get me into basketball

[@ThisAinThatMetro]

KOBE AND FISHER

[@The_Best_Boxing_News]

@@isaacflorez4820did they win a title?

[@AVHD235]

@@The_Best_Boxing_News yes

[@kobefonz]

Rip and Chauncey should've been 4 🥱

[@coine1978]

the only reason why Tony Parker and Manu wasn't one the list is because Manu was a 6th man for the majority of his career

[@kingleake12ml]

Valid but still in clutch games Manu started

[@fk4410]

Because the superstars of the team stars were duncan and then kawhi

[@xavierb9061]

No beause not close..imagine ky luka tim

[@jonathanwatson1908]

can't forget about them, they came through.

[@StocktonSmurf]

I was wondering if theyd make 5 or 4

[@SuperAliciakeysfan]

Luka and Kyrie being there is laughable, they shouldn’tbe on a list with champions without a championship together lol

[@guru47pi]

Recency bias. Remember the goal of sports TV isn't to be accurate, it's to get attention. Mission accomplished, we're commenting!

[@Young_Brumm15]

5 Best Backcourts of All Time (no particular order): 1.) Steph and Klay 2.) Magic and Byron Scott 3.) Isiah Thomas and Joe Dumars 4.) Cousy and Sam Jones 5.) Jordan and Ron Harper HM: Chauncey and Rip Hamilton

[@bmw128racer]

Jerry West and Gail Goodrich... '72 Lakers... 33 straight wins (that's two months without losing a game).

[@The_Best_Boxing_News]

Of course they were ignored too

[@rojeliocastro9733]

Don't worry. Mad Dog will bring it up

[@walterdbrown]

She really said Jaylen and Tatum omg...

[@reallysarcastic7056]

Steph and Klay are your favorite backcourt duo's favorite backcourt duo. Stop the cap, people!

[@gizmomcholla]

Stephen A out there lookin like he signed a deal with Pepto Bismol

[@jeanrodlermichelrosembert2051]

😂😂😂

[@tomcollierblognation136]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@jonathansanders5530]

lol flyest endorsement figure out here

[@markomeker7789]

Walt Fraizer and Earl "The Pearl" should be on this list. Tony and Manu as well. Harden and CP3 should be in consideration if Kyrie and Luka are already on that list!

[@artetaDagoat]

Ty, was waiting for someone to say clyde and the pearl

[@mobileusermobileuser981]

Harden & cp3 😂😂😂😂

[@motorcitydr3789]

No way harden and cp3 lol harden carried that duo but I guess you can’t be too off they did take the warriors with kd 7 games

[@bjmartin1215]

Walt Frazier and Earl Monroe should definitely be near the top of the list. Stephen A. Smith has lost his mind, not putting them on the list.

[@damionwalls5901]

They forgot Fisher/Kobe, which by far did more than Kyrie/Luka

[@jerryezel4530]

5 chips > possibly 1

[@jordandowery4226]

This they first full season together

[@rainshower3173]

It's because Fisher isn't a show

[@OCLProductionz]

LMAO fisher cant create his own shots like Ky and Luka

[@kevinchavis8462]

Team accomplishments as a whole doesnt mean they are better than Kyrie and Luka lol. Kobe and Derek Fisher a better back court duo than Kyrie and Luka? Hecks no! Kyrie and Luka is the best backcourt duo ever

[@tigera6]

Kobe and CP3, had the trade not gotten vetoed by the NBA, would have been No.1 for sure.

[@ryanleblue1209]

Sadly we’ll never know 😔

[@nikeairjordanfly]

Steph and klay #1

[@jasondaley718]

Nah

[@mattsell2361]

@@jasondaley718who’s number 1 then

[@h1xlockz117]

Yup

[@Tomyohann]

Yeah greatest backcourt ever. Changed the game

[@BonesDMS4life]

@@jasondaley718both are top 5 shooters in history and on all the lists

[@TheAeroRising]

Parker and Ginobili together for like 20 years. 5 rings. Meanwhile Luka and Kyrie for 2 years made the list 😂😂😂. Craziest thing is they still haven’t even considered Parker and Ginobili. Just 2 hall of famers. No biggie. Manu wasn’t always a 6th man AND either way he finished game. They were the backcourt.

[@JC-hq7iu]

💯

[@ayomideakinrinmade7478]

manu was a 6 man bro

[@JJDee]

tony and manu got 4 rings not five but yes manu a 6th

[@ArigatoGyroo]

Manu never started

[@danyoung-eq2he]

this dude likes to yell his words out😂

[@adubrulezisfollowed]

Welcome to your first day lol this isnt breaking news But you not lying lmao

[@Lilmangamer710]

That’s his trademark. 😂

[@MathewDavis-c5q]

100% charisma and 0% substance

[@parlayz4dayz977]

Hes the jim ross of sports.

[@giles815]

Byron Scott is not in the same breath as any of the other players on the list. He’s just there because it’s an excuse to bring up Magic

[@thenerdupstairs5705]

Byron Scott not in the same breath as some slow white dude from the 60s ? Go scratch.

[@eliasmartin9842]

Magic is so good you could have put anyone up there but Byron Scott was a good player, nothing more nothing less.

[@jaydonwil1604]

He could bring up jordan then.​@@eliasmartin9842

[@StarFox6.4]

Chauncey Billups & Rip Hamilton should be in there over Luka & Kyrie

[@thenotoriousroc3508]

Some Honorable mentions: Jason Kidd-Vince Carter Rondo-Ray Allen CP3-Harden Russ-Harden ...

[@ballack1884]

Y'all so disrespectful. How could you not have Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker who's won 4 titles together yet you have Kyrie and Luka? Mek it mek sense

[@yusufagha4379]

I guess because they also had Tim duncan

[@kingleake12ml]

Thank you for this comment. You actually know basketball

[@AlexStayFly20]

Not only that ginobli came off the bench for most of their runs

[@hibida651]

cause manu didnt even fit the scheme to even start... he was more like jamal crawford and jordan clarkson who played with the second unit. tp and duncan were more of the duo of that squad,, stop being a casual

[@captainyami4605]

Because neither of them are as good as luka or kyrie lmao. they dont sniff a title with duncan

[@Beamin439]

these people are the same people who said luka and kyrie wouldnt work together

[@LKjr13]

They’re human. We make mistakes. With the info they had from previous years it didn’t look like it would

[@Beamin439]

@LKjr13 yes it did. I said it would. There's nothing happening right now with Luka and kyrie that is out of character for either of them. We saw kyrie be great with a ball dominant lebron, and we saw kyrie be great with James harden and KD. kyrie has been great with superstars his whole career. This is nothing new.

[@LKjr13]

@@Beamin439 of course but before the trades the mavericks weren’t constructed to win. Now they are

[@Beamin439]

@LKjr13 no but people specifically said kyrie and Luka wouldn't work together. Not about the team winning. Kyrie and Luka were great together before the trades.

[@TheAeroRising]

To be fair, without the mid season trade…they wouldn’t have worked together. They both would have been great but not enough to win. Probably would have been in the play in. Look how much better OG made the Knicks and now think about what PJ and Gafford have done to the Mavs. Soon as they made that trade, most people said they were now contenders.

[@PeteCalandra]

Any list that omits Clyde and The Pearl is total bs. Such disrespect. It’s to be expected from SAS.

[@RaymondRoycetibayan]

and he claims to be a knicks fan

[@tariqwilliams8968]

And then if he puts them y’all would call him bias

[@bolo5190]

What about Chauncey Billups and Richard Hamilton and also Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili..

[@bolo5190]

Ray Allen and Rojon Rondo where good too in a short period of time. Kyle Lowry too with Kawhi Leonard in a short period of time, I know Leonard is listed as a small forward but he's plays more like shooting guard offensively.

[@gawdlike4075]

@@bolo5190kawhi isn’t a guard

[@nbafanboy1967]

@@bolo5190 Kyle lowry and Kawhi?? I'm a raptors fan but you're tripping with that one

[@rambomoore381]

Gi-nose-li was a very good role players.... there are MANY backcourts better than those 2. Ginobli was a 13ppg 3rpg 3apg guy for his career and solid D. Let's not get carried away. And Parker was 15, 3 and 5.... calm down. That team was Stacked with a great bench and Duncan and Leonard. STOP!!

[@brandongordon2392]

That’s a good mention

[@NeilFisher49]

The original argument was that they were the best OFFENSIVE backcourt of all time. Not the greatest

[@ZenkaiSage]

I think Luka improved his defense with Kyrie

[@ThisAinThatMetro]

KOBE AND FISHER

[@gregordrizzlewing7339]

Was actually most talented.

[@jamiethomas5849]

@@gregordrizzlewing7339 most talented still goes to Luka and Kyrie

[@gregordrizzlewing7339]

@@jamiethomas5849 I know 😂 I just want people to get the wording right before they go into battle and not understand the question lol

[@trustplanet]

Richard Hamilton and Chauncey billups.

[@onlyy1trav]

Steph n klay 🐐

[@ronaldhuey2619]

Jerry West, Gail Goodrich

[@p.eriickk]

I’m starting to get into basketball and watching it, so what is a backcourt?

[@pedrodutra4088]

Jerry West and Gail Goodrich were absolutely an unstoppable backcourt duo

[@AkashJain92]

I mean they were stopped multiple times but sure

[@TO_HELL_AND_BACK]

No rings, but the Run TMC back court were unstoppable.

[@KingKlose82]

Michael Jordan & Ron Harper Heard good things about that MJ Dude

[@ngkky]

That MJ dude is pretty good but ... he ain't ANT MAN good! [sarcasm]

[@StocktonSmurf]

ye idk where to put Harper/MJ (CHI), Parker/Ginobili (SAS), and Billups/Rip (DET)

[@SamuelJ888]

i feel if the two players are not in the same stratosphere, it shouldnt count for this duo argument. Or else hell, Me and MJ, we need to look into it.

[@tharcisse7103]

No way she works on NATIONAL TELEVISION for ESPN basketball and doesn't know that Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown aren't a backcourt 😂 She thought Tatum was a guard?

[@AsifKhan-hf9zy]

its a simple mistake, come on man she looked at tatum as a bodyguard she d like to have if she could afford one

[@HesiPullUpJimbo]

Honestly, they might start him at the 2 for the olympics with how I envision the final roster

[@ephraimgreen4692]

Idc put me with Jordan and they top 5

[@MrNaturalSez]

♬ Going home, going home By the waterside I will rest my bones Listen to the river sing sweet songs To rock my soul ♪

[@andersonwright90]

“molly be wearing pants like Laura Croft”🤣🤣🤣

[@onetwo8847]

1. MJ & John Paxson 2. MJ & BJ Armstrong 3. MJ & Ron Harper 4. MJ & Steve Kerr 5. MJ & Sam Vincent

[@KairoNoronha]

Nuts all in the mouth

[@onetwo8847]

@@KairoNoronha nuts in every player's mouth in the 80s/90s, when he dunked on the whole NBA

[@KairoNoronha]

Don't forget to come up for air

[@onetwo8847]

@@KairoNoronha jeez, you came back again 3 days later... 😂

[@nicholaseaster58]

5:55 oh my lord. This woman needs to go cover the WNBA 😂

[@OMGFrijoles]

I got D'Angelo Russel and Austin Reaves.

[@Chefgold4567]

☠️🤣🤣they the goat 🐐 backcourt fr

[@addisonking3202]

I’m supposed to tune in to watch an “expert” on tv that thinks Tatum and Jaylen are a backcourt??????

[@SSJRome]

Such recency bias with the Luka and kyrie pick smh let them seal the deal and win a chip first

[@chicowright7253]

Most underrated backcourt ever manu & Tony 💪🏽

[@waydeen]

MJ & any guard on his team, Manu and Tony, Monroe and Frazier, West & Goodrich, Harden and Paul

[@saintskeyz]

MANU and PARKER?? KOBE AND FISHER??!! Y’all putting Luka and Irving over back courts that have 5 rings?

[@bloozeman53]

What about Walt Frazier & Earl Monroe ? Especially coming from a Knick fan.

[@brennanloder]

DEREK FISHER AND KOBE BRYANT !!!! 5 chips together !!

[@Carnivorecoachlew]

I agree with this list. If Ky and Luka wins a chip i would personally move them to #2. No one topping Steph and Klay for awhile

[@astheskylarksings]

Stephen A is using Shannon as a human shield. He is really wilin’ on new levels. He is feeling that podcast pressure

[@Altered-Beast]

2:20 Kids - Before and After Sugar Then again at 4:45 😂

[@j503j]

Nah… Micheal Jordan and insert (any point guard)

[@BonesDMS4life]

Nope Mike didn’t play in that type of scheme he used his wing Scottie more than his point ever

[@theguy8665]

YES,YES,YES,YES..The SPLASH BROTHERS are number 1, ALL DAY! Right on Stephen A. 🏀🏀💯💯💯💯💯

[@lionphoenix6461]

Draymond and Zaza is the true greatest backcourt duo of all time in the history of mankind and alienkind.

[@rainshower3173]

Imagine Siakam to Mavs and pull DJJ to 2nd unit then get a bigger 3rd guard as alternative for Exum or Hardy. Dynasty!

[@StocktonSmurf]

I wonder if 04 Pistons' Billups and Rip should make the list, same with Fisher/Kobe

[@The_Best_Boxing_News]

What about Kobe and Fischer? They were both clutch and won multiple rings!

[@raphakyeaz1982]

Where are the people who were calling Stephen A racist??? He clearly acknowledges that Luka is an all time great

[@rainshower3173]

Nash & Finley could have been on this list if they had won a title. Together with Dirk they're fun to watch.

[@jasonreyes9460]

Shoutout to maddog for pushing stephen A to put on a old school pick with Bob cousy and Sam Jones 😂

[@igothatflight1592]

Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher 5 Rings! Gotta be on any list!

[@SamuelJ888]

Derek Fisher has zero accomplishments outside of the rings.

[@qdamusiq5006]

@@SamuelJ888Byron Scott ??

[@igothatflight1592]

Yeah I mean greatest backcourt can be individual awards or overall accomplishments together so I guess depends.

[@Trap_Moe]

At this point SAS on espn is a reaction artist he basically does what we hate skip for but every time he gets addressed he folds and changes the narrative idk but I assume it’s just business because when he does his own thing on his show , he still shows he got that real in him

[@zayreid2678]

They need to get these females off the show. Monica just suggested JT and JB as a backcourt 💀

[@FreestyleMMA]

Kobe and dfish should be a sleeper. Fish didn’t have the individual accolades, but complemented each other perfectly. 5 chips together

[@christiankarlkarganilla2763]

Exactly, Shannon. How do you not put Pearl and Clyde on this but put Kyrie and Luka (who are definitely sensational) basically in just their first full season as a backcourt? And SAS was considering putting DJ and Danny over Pearl and Clyde? Might as well put MJ/BJ, Kobe/Fisher, Wade/Chalmers in there lol. He def didm't think of Pearl and Clyde coz when Shay mentioned it, SAS appeared shocked.

[@michaeljims]

Tony Parker and Manu Ginobilli are the Winningest Duo in Playoff history (both are backcourt), they rank number 1 ahead of kobe and fisher, and jordan and pippen. But they are no where on this list of stephen a smith.

[@PyroMiniYak]

We can’t forget about Jerry West and Gail Goodrich.

[@hanj31]

This is a near perfect list. Those others mentioned are honorable mentions. Same with Tony Parker and Manu IMO

[@sebastianmarquez4200]

Zeke and Joe D are top two. It’s them and the splace bros as greatest backcourts of all time.

[@nanox4]

Wheres 4x NBA champions Manu-TP9?

[@quentinjones6877]

He was a 6th man

[@Clinton.A95]

Rondo & Ray Allen

[@Wtnwdl]

Are Goodrich and logo a backcourt???

[@laoj03]

Luka & Kyrie already being here is extremely erroneous, over guys like West & Goodrich, Parker & Manu, Chauncey & Rip, Frazier & Earl, Kobe & Whoever (Fisher), Jordan & Whoever (Harper), etc.

[@aryanpatil32]

Now let's be serious: 1. Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson 2. Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker 3. Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo 4. Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic 5. Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher

[@malasc12]

IT and Dumars

[@moman36]

I love magic, but if we’re saying he played in the second best backcourt of all time and he played with a top 3 player all time, and I didn’t even mention worthy or Jamal Wilkes. Why don’t we talk about the massive talent he had around him in the same way we devalue Kobe for playing with Shaq to start his career?

[@JohnEdmond-i2l]

I think he goes with the moment Earl and Clyde the Rolls-Royce of basketball

[@nessdagoat]

Fraser and Earl the Pearl should be up there before Kyrie and Luka cause they haven’t won NOTHING! They won two rings. Is he really a Knick fan? Blasphemy 😂😂

[@TheExclamation23]

Rayjon and Ray Allen honorable mention

[@kevinchavis8462]

Chris Paul and James Harden, Jason Kidd and Vince Carter are top 10 but Kyrie and Luka are tops

[@andrewkangowa1980]

I just like this dude man SAS

[@mutapakadare6529]

Guys REMEMBER…the list is fluid

[@sammymorales6838]

1. Jordan and a Broom Stick 2. Steph and Klay

[@amcapepittsburgh1748]

And SAS is why I don’t watch ESPN

[@tubnuts]

Then why you here

[@Bucketswithabag]

and to think that these were the same people who called the luka-kyrie duo a bust just last year after only 10 games

[@aieshadaniels6104]

SA does look good in that Fuchsia, nice! WAIT is basketball offense and defense or OFFENSE ALONE?! Well I truly hope Derrick White & Jrue Holiday has something to say about this list moving forward. Because I believe when Naismith created the game he envisioned what they do, which is never cheat the game by getting it done both ends of the court! Ask Magic & Isiah?! Basket ball is a full court team game!

[@kevinchavis8462]

Kyrie and Luka is a better backcourt than the rest of SAS’s choices, they just don’t have the team accomplishments yet, Kyrie and Steph as a duo are better than Steph and Klay. Kyrie can play with Steph any day of the week and Luka does more offensively than Klay does, Luka is a better pure scorer, playmaker and rebounder, Klay is the better pure shooter and defender but in total Kyrie and Luka are better. Chris Paul and James Harden was a great backcourt

[@MangobingoTv]

Mad dog will have go carzy that Stevie put Bob cousy number 5 😂

[@ryanlebard3787]

People saying Luka and Kyrie are more skilled than prime Klay and Steph are tripping …. Klays all defense, stephs an MVP …. It don’t get better than that.. both can score 60 in 3 quarters…. Only slight edge is Lukas height and Kyries handles and even that’s debatable with Steph he ain’t no scrub when it comes to handles himself

[@courylanders4142]

No Jordan and Pippen?

[@johnnymoxxstv]

Pippen is a forward

[@caseyketchell3289]

As long as The Splash Bros are one, I'm good, though I'd swap out Luka & Kyrie for TP & Ginobli, rate this list a B-

[@michaeld.lancaster4953]

I don't necessarily disagree with this list but honest question. When someone says greatest backcourt in NBA history are we just talking offense or defense as well?

[@ricardohill7247]

Shocked Steven A did not name Clyde Frazier and Earl the Pearl since he loves the Knicks

[@jackdanielss]

Mad Dog will say #5 should be #1

[@kingcatkid8567]

I don’t like how they changed their spirit when talking about klay Thompson

[@UnplayedGaming]

Jordan and Harper should be on the list.

[@ManChan-w5p]

Magic and Byron didn't need Cooper to cover them on defense.

[@AneeshAnand-zy5kk]

People forget that some of the top back courts of all time had other all star level players around the backcourt that helped the team win rings. From SAS list, Steph and klay had KD and draymond, Scott and magic had Kareem and Worthy, Thomas and Dumars had Rodman and Laimbeer, and, Cousy and Jones had Bill Russell. Besides luka and kyrie, the best player on the mavs is a rookie Dereck Lively II.

[@ryanlebard3787]

Pretty sure Steph had no KD and a post injured Klay on his way to give Luka a beat down with Brunson by his side … who ain’t no scrub …. So what’s your point ? Don’t tell me warriors had a much more superior team that series

[@mikeonawave821]

@@ryanlebard3787 brunson was not established then, yes he was good, but not nearly good as how kyrie is now. and he wasn't the best offball player. kyrie is comfortable attacking quickly off the catch. plus dallas shooters couldn't hit the ocean in that series, so it was luka vs everyone on the warriors packing the paint and digging down on his drives without someone to attack quickly off the dribble consistently. brunson has always preferred attacking at his own pace

[@ryanlebard3787]

@@mikeonawave821and my point is Klay was not and has not been the same after his injuries … that leveled the backcourt playing field …. PRIME KLAY and Steph … it took Prime Lebron and Kyrie to beat that …. Luka ain’t that yet

[@ryanlebard3787]

@@mikeonawave821but yea … you have a real good pint when it comes to talent on the team … PJ is turned into Wiggins that year warriors won

[@AneeshAnand-zy5kk]

@@ryanlebard3787Wiggins and Draymond both made the allstar team that year buddy. Besides Luka and Kyrie, what allatars do the mavs have??

[@saidim4650]

Hey! What about bulls? Jordan and Scottie Pippen?

[@focuz4899]

I thought for sure he would try to find a way to put MJ and BJ Armstrong on the list 😂.

[@dominiquithompson7529]

Manu ginobili was a six-man y'all got to stop

[@haroldrichardmodiya3701]

Luka and Kyrie can't make such a list. I just consider it to a prefered list of Backcourt duos from Stephen A

[@caper087]

I’d put Jordan and whoever his point guard was at any given time

[@MelvinDriver]

Stephen A. Luka and Kyrie # 4? Look at the metrics, my guy. These two guys can put the ball on the floor and cause havoc for the defense.