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Stephen A. Smith CALLS OUT Mad Dog 🤯 👀 + Pressure’s Rising in Phoenix | First Take



On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Chris “Mad Dog” Russo, and JJ Redick discuss Damian Lillard’s future. Plus, the crew weighs in on which Phoenix superstar should be feeling the pressure this season.
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0:00 Mad Dog is only on Dame Time twice a year
1:30 Damian Lillard wants to stay in Portland
4:45 If Mad Dog can leave, Dame can too
6:00 Kevin Durant’s haters are his motivators
9:00 JJ says Devin Booker would benefit more from a Suns championship

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28 Comments

  5. Elliott

    Molly is full of herself and condescending. I personally would like to hear much less from her. Take a lesson from Jen Hale or Jenny Taft.

  8. Bench Warmerss

    Dame scenario a lot like the music business back in the day … you don’t sell out to go commercial you stay in the streets have the streets bolster you to that level .. it be one thing if dame was putting up a front .. but dame one of the few millennials like myself that live by the prior gens standards as opposed to the next gen.. if he wanna stay let him stay. Besides if he don’t win a chip he won’t be looked at as any different than his peers who made the 75team besides that

  12. Shahid Mufti

    Are we ever going to give this amount of time and segments to the Nuggets????? Anytime in the future?????you know, the current NBA Champs?????

  17. Chan

    ESPN has spent years trying to get Dame to LA or NY. Literally every single year of Dame's career after he became a start they have created a false narrative of how he will come to LA or NYC. This has been done for YEARS. Dame has accomplished more in Portland than the knicks in the same timeframe but somehow he if goes to NYC espn somehow claims he will be in a contender even though knicks haven't been contenders in years.

  22. M!CAH T!ME

    Being from Portland, Dame has been passive aggressive these last 2 years, we’re kinda tired of hearing it. Stay or go but stop talking about it.

  23. Brother Voodoo

    I am a Lilliard fanboy and his time in Portland is over .coach Billups deserves a right to build the team around his image which is defense and Detroit pistons basketball and dame does does not fit that criteria as a prolific scoring small guard who does not play defense .trade him to a place where he and his family will be happy even if they don't win.

  24. Shashwat Srivatsa

    JJ Redick is speaking facts. The Facts don't lie. Kevin Durant has won 0 championships without steph and steph has won 2 without kd. If the suns win the championship shouldn't it be discredited and shamed upon the same way the warriors championships were? How come now if KD wins on ANOTHER superteam it is going to soldify his legacy. As far as I am concerned Steph > Kd. Plain Facts.

  27. Bill Grod

    To me one of the biggest issues with the nba is how they dont help the smaller markets attract bigger talent. Thry should expand the cap to these markets to make them a more viable/financial place to go. Think about it, teams like the jazz, dallas, san Antonio, new Orleans etc ..Even if they draft a generational talent, teams cant get players to go there to help the pieces they have. Denver got lucky a few years in a row with picks, and the Bucks got lucky Giannis wants to stay. With that being said, Dame is stuck between a rock and a hard place. Wants to win a chip, wont win a chip in Portland, wants to stay in Portland. Only viable solution is he needs to be on the phone recruiting people to come to Portland or leave Portland and make sure they get a good package in return. Dame class personified….

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