On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Kendrick Perkins and Brian Windhorst react to the Phoenix Suns win over the Dallas Mavericks, Kevin Durant vs. Kyrie Irving, and who needs to step up more: Chris Paul or Deandre Ayton?
0:00 Kevin Durant speaks on playing against Kyrie Irving
1:25 Phoenix Suns vs. Dallas Mavericks game reaction
3:00 Who will have to step up more for the Suns: Chris Paul or Deandre Ayton?
4:30 Kendrick Perkins doesn’t believe the Suns have enough to win a NBA title
7:00 Who on the Suns bench will step up?
10:00 Kendrick Perkins lists teams he would take over the Suns in a seven game series if the playoff started today
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40 Comments
Lol, congrats on the ring, Suns. Perk is ALWAYS wrong.
KD be passing in them 4 quarters man ,
Why does perk still get invited to speak? First that terrible jokic take, now this blasphemy. Dude sounds like a hater
Perkins off the perc talking crazy again😂
If okogie hits 3 of those 8 this a 12 point win
We all know Perk feels this way about the Suns cause of his beef with KD 💀
What do you mean…an impactful 16 rebounds😭 just say you want ‘em to get 20 perk 😂💯
Let’s not forget that Luka had 19 free throw attempts against the Suns. That’s way too many, let alone for one person. Luka’s becoming less enjoyable to watch every season because he’s constantly complaining about fouls. Sucks because he was so exciting to watch when he came into the league.
SAS quick to say other guys have to step up on KDs team. You expect Denver to get it done with 1 all star but KD needs help?
Perk handicapped man
Perkins definition of a hater
Lesson: You don't need a brain to work at ESPN
windy just said dallas "held" KD to 12-17 shooting?? LMFAOOOO i'm so done bro
Grizzlies in 6
Wait , should the Suns beat everybody by 20 now because they have KD? Being 3-0 is not enough? Dumb take. Give it time.
Save yourself the time and skip this video. Not worth it it's a garbage take!
You should make him quit if we win!
Dbook and Kevin had 70+ points together & the team scored 130 the suns depth had and off night and still came out with the W smh that should show y’all something like cmon now !!!
They need to cut CP3. That man is cursed
Perk is just a hater 😂 Cam and Bridges where starters before we traded them away. The rotation will shrink in the playoffs to a 8 player lineup so we just need 2/3 roll players to step up. 3 games in they will adjust not worrying about it.
The Suns are 3 and 0 with KD and will only get better the more he plays with them; the Mavs are 2 wins and 5 loses when Luka and Kyrie have played together — the Suns can win the West but if the Bucks are healthy they are the team to beat. What Perk said about the Joker was racist and I am done with Perk.
Anytime you have a guy by the name of KD on your team, you have a chance. People forget he led the Thunder to the Finals and lost to the more experienced Heat team. He was also an inch from sending the Nets to the Finals as well. Dude is good.
Molly use to be so fine man she just don’t got it no more😢
Perk… it's their 3rd game together.
Stephen A flopping back on the Warriors bandwagon…lol
These dudes stay talking about depth but whenever you get to the playoffs your starters are the ones playing 35+ mins. You only going 7-8 deep in the playoffs lol you can game plan all you want but nobody gonna have an answer for book and kd.
Kevin durant rarely shoots 20 shots windy
Cp3 is washed he's about to be 38 shooting career worst percentage
They've played 3 games together. Calm down
Whindy saying Craig is better than Okagie on D is hilarious. I like Windy. But man lol 5 minutes of watching the suns and you have got to know Okagie is elite defensively and Craig is just solid
Clippers, Brooklyn and now the Sun's are the new shiny toy that's a lock for the ring
These analyst sucks.😂
4:12 That "what" Perk? That What!?
Any team KD touches he makes them better. He's one of the most efficient scorers that we've ever seen. It's still crazy to see how easy he makes the game look. He does whatever he wants on the court.
"Narrow win vs Mavs a good or bad sign for the Suns?" Considering the Mavs were +15 on free throws made. Considering the Mavs' bench outscored the Suns' bench by 20 points. Considering the fact that Hardaway hit almost every 3 he took. Considering the fact the Suns were unusually cold from deep…. The Suns should have lost this game. The game was gifted to Dallas, but Phoenix overcame all of those things and still secured a W. So I think it's a very good sign that the Suns won, even if it was by a narrow margin. These "experts" are just hating to hate.
ESPN analysts are just getting dumber and dumber. With Mikal and cam we didn’t have enough with KD we don’t have enough😂 we have enough to win a championship. But so do 9-10 other teams. 6 specifically out of the west. The playoffs are going to be a complete toss up. But the suns have enough lol
It is all about one player and that's Leabron James right Perkins 😆
I like kp but his voice annoying 😭
Suns/Mavs best rivalry in the NBA? Sign me up!
KD was averaging nearly 30 ppg off 18 shots or less for the season. We can’t let the facts get in the way of a narrative though.
After what Boston did to KD in the playoffs last year the teams in the west shouldn't be worried about the Suns