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Stephen A. DOESN’T WANT TO HEAR IT! Lakers title or bust this season?! | First Take



On First Take, Stephen A. Smith and Chris “Mad Dog” Russo break down the Lakers’ season to date as the NBA Playoffs hang in the balance.
0:00 Title or bust for the Lakers?
1:30 LeBron James’ post-game comments
4:00 Stephen A. hits out at Mad Dog
7:00 Teams that are better than the Lakers in the West
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34 Comments

  1. Terry Alan

    I really don’t care what black skip Bayless thinks about anything, can we get some serious analysis on ESPN ?

  7. hardknock55

    How y’all go from oh they need to make the playin, their not contenders, to title or buss? 😑

  10. Urbain Delva

    The Lakers are not title contenders. Boy, is the media desperate for this team to be better than they actually are. They've been good lately, much better since the deadline. But give me the field over them.

  11. Bored Guy

    LMAO .. how the team from lottery pick before the deadline become tittle or a bust 😂😂 stop the WEEEEDDDUUUH

  12. Tony Got Bars

    I’m a lebron fan but those guys making goat noises in the background is a whole nother level of d riding lol. That game shouldn’t have even went into OT lol.

  13. GE

    Stephen A is just a caricature now. Acts the fool to take the money, living off lukewarm takes, displaying a shocking lack of sporting knowledge or understanding. Entertaining to a certain type of watcher who likes their black men to act a certain way.

  14. Happyfeet Happyfeet

    😊..The Los Angeles Lakers Will Never Win Another NBA Championship With LeBron James..LeBron James Is Washed Up Nobody In The NBA Fears The King Any Longer..😊

  16. Name Name

    Hey Steven A…..how can they not pay Austin Eckeler for doing just as much or more than Christian McCaffrey. But he got paid DE money, twice as much as any other RB has ever made….more bias DOUBLE STANDARDS 😮

  19. Newell Jackson

    SAS YOUR SHOW IS GOOD. PUT THE DOG OUT.. I SEE THE LITTLE HORNS ON HIS HEAD.. DONT LIKE HIM. WON'T TRUST HIM.

  22. Craig Williamson

    There are 15 teams in the NBA that have a better record than the Lakers, so I’m not sure why Stephen A is saying they have the 6th best record in the NBA.

  25. Shelton Armstrong

    LAKER FANS 😢ARE REALLY SAD😢…FINDING AN OUT,BRAGING ABOUT OH WE WERE TRASH ..NOW PEOPLE ARE SAYING CHAMPIONSHIP OR BUST..STOP WITH THE THEATRICS…THERES NO EXCUSES…THE SO CALLED GOAT 🤔 ALWAYS GETS THE BENEFIT OF AN EXCUSE…MY GOAT IS THE BLACK MAMBA AND I PROMISE YOU THAT IS YOU GAVE HIM A TEAM WITH PRIME! TALENT LIKE A AUSTIN REEVES,D.RUSSEL,BEASLEY, TROY BROWN!!!,A LONNIE WALKER,THE FRENCH GUARD SCHROADER THAT WAS TWO TIME 6TH MAN OF THE YEAR..THE BLACK JAPANESE GUY HACHI WHATEVER HIS NAME IS…AND BASICALLY 3 BIGS GABRIEL, MOH BAMBA AND ANTHONY DAVIS AVERAGING 26.3 POINTS THE REAL GOAT 🐐 WOULD GET THAT SHT DONE…HE DEFINITELY DIDN'T HAVE A TEAM LIKE THIS HIS 13 SEASONS WITHOUT SHAQ..HE DID HAVE SHANNON BROWN,AN OLD SLOW ARTEST,ODOM AVERAGING 16 AND GASOL AVERAGING 18 BUT NO PLAYER LIKE AD AND NO TWO GUARDS LIKE SCHROADER AND D.RUSSEL…THE FACT IS THAT DUDE WAS IN A WEAK EAST CREATING HIS OWN TEAMS AND WENT TO THE FINALS FROM 2010 TO 2018 ABOUT ((8 TIMES STRAIGHT)) & FOR SOME WEIRD REASON ,CAME TO KOBES TEAM WITH THE AUDICITY TO DO SOME DUMB 💩 LIKE THAT AND FROM THAT STANDPOINT…5 SEASONS IN LA AND 1 FINALS APPEARANCE AND IT WAS A BUBBLE CHAMPIONSHIP THAT NONE OF THE TEAMS THAT WERE THERE WANTED TO PLAY BECAUSE OF A WORLD 🌎 WIDE !!!! EPIDEMIC!!!!!…THE BUBBLE CHIP IN (((5 SEASONS))) AFTER 8 STRAIGHT FINALS OR SO ….SO MUCH FOR YA GOAT 🐐= 🐑🥩!!!!!…THAT WEST BEEN WILD AND KOBE SURVIVED 13 SEASONS WITHOUT SHAQ OR ANOTHER TEAMMATE WITH A CAREER 20 POINT PLUS CAREER AVERAGE !!!!…. VS HALL OF FAME OPPONENTS IN THEIR PRIME!!!! …WITH GREAT TEAMS…AND HE DIDN'T START TILL HIS 3RD YEAR! AND MISSED TWO SEASONS WITH A KNEE AND ACHILLES….AND WAS HURT THE LAST 3 SEASONS OF HIS CAREER AND THE LEAGUE STOPPED HIM FROM GETTING CHRIS PAUL TO HELP HIM WHEN LEBRON FIRST GOT TO MIAMI..GUESS THEY FIGURED SINCE WE GOTTA HELP LEBRON BE A GOAT SO WE CAN MAKE MONEY OFF HIM WE CAN'T HAVE KOBE KILLING HIS POTENTIAL CAUSE SEEING KOBE IN THE FINALS WHILE KOBES HEALTHY WITH CP3 MIGHT BE TRAGIC FOR BRON ,WADE AND BOSH…SO THEY BLOCKED THE TRADE..JUST LIKE BOSH,WADE AND BRON COULDN'T GET IT DONE IN THE OLYMPICS AND 4 YEARS LATER THEY HAD TO GO GET KOBE TO SAVE USA BASKETBALL AND OLYMPIC GOLD …AND YOU ALL CONTINUE TO GIVE FALSE TITLE TO THIS IMPOSTER..HE DOESN'T EVEN GAVE TO FACE A PRIME NASH,HILL,BARBOSA,STAUDAMIRE,RICHARDSON OR …MCGRADY,ARTEST,MING,MATUMBO,SHANE BATTIER,FRANCIS….OR A YOUNG WARRIORS OR A YOUNG OKC OR… A DIRK MAVS TEAM OR…A PRIME MELO WITH A.I. CAMBY,BIRDMAN,NENE,JR. SMITH,CHAUNCEY BILLUPS,KENYAN MARTIN…OR A DUNCAN SPURS TEAM…HE AINT GOT TO FACE NONE OF THAT !!!!! & 1 APPEARANCE BARELY AN APPEARANCE IN 5 SEASONS OUT WEST AND IS AFFORDED EVERY EXCUSE POSSIBLE…THAT DUDE NOT A GOAT ,HE'S 🐑🥩'S !!!!! 💯%

  29. Scott Holder

    I know that Russ was a problem….but this team HIGHLY underperformed in the 1st 2/3 of the season with TWO Top 12 players! Now you have a 16-8 record after the trade, you've got the pieces you need, you're supposedly playing at a level than ANY OTHER Western Conference Team but it's "slightly disappointing" if you don't make the Second Round??? PLEASE!!!

    If We (I am a Lakers Fan) win, then we will rightfully crow about it….but as Mad Dog said, IF we LOSE, I don't want to hear ANY excuses from the Front Office, The Coach, and DEFINITELY not the Players….!

  33. Reggie Gardner

    As the words of the late great kobe Bryant would say , if you don't win the nba championship that year , it a wasted season

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