On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Jay Williams and Brian Windhorst talk through Dillon Brooks “poking the bear” that is LeBron James as the Memphis Grizzlies evened out the series against the Los Angeles Lakers.
0:00 JWill on how this could bring the best out of LeBron
2:00 Brooks is “leading the show” for the Grizzlies?
3:50 Stephen A.’s take on the situation
6:45 How disappointing was the Lakers performance?
7:45 Anthony Davis underperformed?
11:00 How the rest of the series will pan out
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40 Comments
I like the Dog in Dillion Brooks much needed in the game of basketball. Great game by Grizzlies!
Brooks > Lebron
Windy really loves LeD
Agree with Windy. LeBron to smart for this. He might give 10 more pts but he ain't thinking about that man lol
Don’t worry, he is 😂
JWill acts like the Lakers didn’t win the first game lol
Lmao these panelist show more and more everyday that they are biased but my god tone it down espn. Where are objective discussion now ever since max been gone it’s been horrible honestly lmao
Old heads out here smiling ear to ear and this is what basketball is about from the 90’s. The Grind house finally showed up. How do you let them play woop that trick and not get mad Austin were you at pointing at yourself in the first game I am him!!! Nah i dont want hear Windy i dont need Lebron to go 1 on 5 but you have to send Dillon a message i need to see him flex and show him you know who I am the Lakers always start slow then pick up at the end they need to send a message in LA as Greg Popovich said in a Spurs Huddle to Tim and the team yes that’s it give me that Nasty 😂 and I am here for it Basketball is finally looking good again.
At this point I don’t care if lakers win the championship, I only want they cook the Memphis so bad
Dillon ONLY Barks when they are WINNING but when they DOWN, CRICKETS!!!!!
AD was 4-14 all night. I think they can handle AD. Bro just isn’t him. Reaves was 5-14. DLo was 2-11. LeBron and Rui were the only Lakers who shot over 10 shots and shoot 50% or better. There is no reason for a basketball team in the playoffs to not score 100. If you can’t score 100 points then you can’t win. They score 100 tonight and wipe away some of those fast break points from all those misses and the lakers would have won. Everybody is to blame for the lost but Rui and LeBron are the 2 I’d blame least for
With that being said I like Dillion brooks ,in terms of being the enforcer for meMphis there’s ways you can be effective unlike draymond stomping in a players chest.
Do you know how crazy this is. They’re asking a 38 year old to do what he did in his prime. The media always changes is up the narrative for LeBron is crazy.
WIndhorst nailed it. It's a trap. If Lebron cooks for 40, the rest of the team gets less shots and is less involved in the game. Smart move.
Shoutout to memphis for evening up the series since the media just wants to talk about lebron and the lakers. Lebron cpuld have "cooked" in 21 against pheonix in gm5 when AD got hurt. He tried, but of course because of his age, it didnt last and the suns blasted them. Lebron is playing just fine. They just arent good enough to win anything this year. I dont understand why the media still makes it like this lakers team is somehow good? What evidence over the last 2 months would make someone believe that? Because of AD and lebron. Lebron is old and that next gear will be a slow moving gear even if he tries. Its not a knock on him, its just reality. This run wont last long and then we can move on so they can discuss serious contenders and not the same lakers team every day. They are the 7th seed for a reason and its not because they wanted to make it harder for themselves.
Lebron is a superstar we get it but man hes 38, him getting 25 is impressive enough lol
Dillion
Agreed SAS
Windys takes are usually so bad
Don't be emotional. Just win the game.
Bron may be "OLD" but he THE GOAT, So SUCK IT, Brooks!!!!
jay williams is so lame. i have never heard him make actual basketball analysis.
Saying they want to see the Miami Heat Lebron what was over a decade ago is crazy. Why Jay wasn’t the college Jay even a year into his career?
anthony davis is a non factor this series they not scared of him we need lebron to score he’s being too nice to his team rn we need a mj/kobe type takeover game.
It’s always easy to talk after a win. Brooks was crickets after game 1
Lebron cooking days are unfortunately over he has to play a role now! the LAkers are only in the playoffs because the refs helped them all year with freethrow shooting LA was the number 1 team in the league for freethrows this year but barely finished over .500 made the playoffs by 1 game smh!
Yeah Jwill I wanna see a Miami Heat version of Lebron too, wondering why he doesn't become 28 years old.
AD is going to cost the Lakers this series.
I don't care if Bron has just 25/7/8 as long as the Lakers win.
Brooks has done nothing in his career to be taken seriously by guys like Steph, Bron etc
No one fears Lebron
Do you turn around and look at every dog that barks at you? That's the answer to this whole thing, Brooks is a fool don't pay him no mind
Naw see how they said Lebron NEEDS to do this in game 3, if it was Kobe they’ll say Kobe WILL do this game 3🤷🏽♂️Kobe forever💯young dudes would never talk to Kobe like that😂😂
Smith is a idiot.. he has no real skill, his picks are always wrong and he never was a real athlete. All he does is yell his loud mouth. Dude is a tool
I DEFINITELY DISAGREE WITH WINDY WHOLEHEARTEDLY
As a lakers fan i will still give AD the benifit of the doubt😂
Lebron still put in work.. husk was his team jus wasn’t on par
It’s a trap they want bron to try and drop 40 This is the number 1 defense in the league they know what they doing. And the lakers might fall for it
yall will post the same tomahawk dunk all day on replay and glorify him being an old man but defend him and say hes just an old man because hes under performing lol clowns
I agree with Stephen A Smith 100%
Memphis has always been better with Tyus in Ja place