On First Take, Stephen A. Smith and JJ Redick are joined by Rajon Rondo to break down who deserves the NBA MVP and the state of the Philadelphia 76ers.
0:00 Who is JJ Redick’s NBA MVP?
3:00 Stephen A.’s choice
6:00 Do the Sixers have a better chance against the Bucks or Celtics?
7:50 Rondo thinks James Harden “has to be himself”
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41 Comments
Rajon Rondo gotta be on first take wayyyyy more than ex NBA players like Kendrick Perkins. Nothing to do with his talent, but IQ wise he's right up there with LeBron
Embid all day. Saw that man play in person. Dropped 40 in 3 quarters. Went to the locker room 4th quarter
FOR STEPHEN A TO TRY TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE THE BUCKS ARE GOOD WITHOUT GIANNIS IS IDIOTIC AND WHY HE SHOULD BE A MODERATOR ONLY
Stephen A is the typical fan. If the sixers lose they will blame harden even tho embiid shrinks in the playoffs
Tatum is MVP
I see Rondo, I click. Simple as that 🐐
JJ reddick is a hater. He was for Jokic and now hes for giannis. Seems to me like hes doing everything in his power not to vote for Joel
Hey JJ FCK YOU! Your trying to divide the vote with your bias non statistical opinion. Now its semantics and we shouldn’t respect the stats Hunh???
Embid has had the better team his whole career
LETS GOOOOO AS A CELTICS FAN IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS I rlly rlly wanted him as the Celtics assistant head coach but I LOVE THIS KEEP IT UP RAJON
Embiid averages two more points over Giannis as the third seed. Giannis clears Joel in rebounds, assists and field goal percentage. Most importantly, his team has the best overall record in both conferences. How’s this even a debate 😑 giannis deserves to win
i think the mvp should be who you think is the best player in the nba , because realistically if you're the best player in the nba you are the most valuable player .to me giannis is the best player in the nba . for example if you had the 1st pick right now for 1 season whoever you pick 1st would be you're mvp and i dont think alot of people would even pick embiid 1st
JJ a snake
It’s funny that the knock on Giannis is that he is a great leader that great players want to play with
Considering how much Rondo's basketball IQ is apparently respected by everyone that has played with or against him, I hope JJ gets him on the pod to breakdown all the matchups.
Philly don’t have enough depth to beat Milwaukee or Boston
Giannis the the MVP imo, him being consistently great shouldn’t be held against him
Joel Emiid is not the MVP this year
If you have not played basketball at a high-level you should not be on the show is that very simple
Dam shyt has changed now the media is telling us who they voted for. Players begging to be mvp. Magic and bird never begged to be mvp or Jordan and Barkley.
Giannis got best supporting cast? When did this happen? I guess having multiple #1 options (Super Team) doesn't count as supporting cast huh
How does Reddick get a vote lmao dude was average player and a trash analyst
Most tamed First Take! JJ and Rondo are great!
Keep Mad Dog away from the Miami games! I feel personally attacked 😅
“Joel didn’t play well in the playoffs last year” JJ, he had a broken orbital bone AND torn thumb ligament….
Are we gonna act like Embiid doesn’t have harden, maxey, and Tobias Harris
The fact we acting like Maxey isn't hooping consistent scoring 40 and a few 30s and consistent 20s and then having harden averaging like 22/7/11 a game the disrespect to them is crazy
Middleton didnt even play well
GIANNIS!! I love JJ for derailing the Embiid narrative.
Lol now rondo is an analyst, wonder who’s next
Let's see first JJ was hyping up Joker and after the big Perkins bombshell he changed his tune to Giannis. 😒🤔🤦🏾♂️.
He clearly has something against Embiid
Giannis lucky he plays in this defenseless era tho can’t forget that
U can literally do whatever u want now
Jj got killed in this
I can’t believe Mitchell isn’t being talked about like he didn’t break records and help give this cavaliers team a huge jump this season
Replace Perkins with Rondo, and you have the closest thing to the Inside the NBA formula.
Embiid got Harden and they have the nerve to say he has a worse squad than Jokic???
Hold up Rondo. So was Middleton on this bucks team for 70 games? Harden/Maxey/Harris is a lot better than Jrue/Lopez. Also Jamal/MPJ/Gordon. Philly has the best team surrounding any one of the three and it’s not all that close.
Haven’t even watched yet but I bet Rondo is great on here, one of the most intelligent players of all time.
Embiid bout to cry in the tunnel again 😂
Jokic is still the MVP of the league. Yiannis and/or Joel Embid cannot pass the ball like the Joker… it's that simple. Joel has game, but Yiannis is still more athletic/mobile… but he can't shoot free throws to save his life. Joel needs to win in the playoffs to distinguish himself and he would need to beat the Bucks or the Celtics to be the MVP. The real MVP award shouldn't be given until the playoffs are over. The real MVP is who can win it all !!!!!!
Lol at Rondo in normal clothes
Rondo need to be a fixture. Basketball IQ 📈