Stephen A. Smith gives his take on James Harden very vocally wanting a trade from the Philadelphia 76ers as he rejoined practice after missing media day and the first practice. Then, Stephen A. gives his take on Utah players getting brand new trucks, women’s college basketball and Joel Embiid committing to play for Team USA in the 2024 Olympics.
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0:00 Should James Harden stay?
3:00 Utah players get new trucks with NIL deal
4:00 Paige Bueckers a FULL go?
5:00 Joel Embiid commits to Team USA
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36 Comments
JAMES IS A TRASH TEAMMATE AND A TRASH HUMAN BEING. HE DONT WANNA BE IN PHILLY AND GUESS WHAT? WE DONT WANT HIM EITHER! LAWD KNOW HE JUST GON LAY DOWN IN THE PLAYOFFS ANYWAY. 76ERS ORGANIZATION ARE THE PICTURE OF FUTILITY. GIVE EM 100 YEARS…THEY STILL AINT GON WIN NUTHIN! OK? =)
Very good show 👍
Harden running his mouth too much, as usual. Stephen A. right, as usual.
LOOK YALLS…JAMES IS DONE! OK? JAMES IS DONE!
Ben Simmons now James Harden. This franchise is cursed af.
James Harden should be traded now harden want out now
AYE JAMES GON TAKE HIS MILLIONS AND DO WHAT HE WANT! OK? HE WILL PLAY A GAME ONLY IF HE FEEL LIKE IT! =)
I thought Embid was from Cameroon
Wait did molly say “let’s switch gears”? Lavar ball did something to that women 😂
JAMES LITERALLY NO FAN CARE WHAT UR RELATIONSHIP IS WITH UR BOSS! K? U BESS PERFORM WELL OR THE BOOS GON RAIN DOWN ON U LIKE A TYPHOON! =)
Trendy Beard Harden has always been psychologically weak, so it's possible he implodes & just quits on Filthydelphia — it's also possible that he keeps playing with little to minimal effort, will be content with getting paid tons of undeserved money, continues his path towards obesity & becomes Michelin Man on a NBA team
As a sixers fan, nobody finds it odd that 3 stars wanted to leave Joel Embid? Regardless of the situation they all decided to go play somewhere else. 🤷♂️
Yes forgiveness comes by dropping 20 and 10 every night
As a Nigeria, I'm surprised by Joel's decision. He should play for 'home'. But maybe he considers the USA home now. Good luck big fella 💚
Nah that's lame to not give the walk-ons a vehicle. They're a part of the team too…they sweat..they make the same sacrifices if not more than everyone else. This kind of stuff causes jealousy and resentment.
Utah got the football team “take home” vehicles. That’s some ish they could’ve been done. It ain’t like they bought them a car
James Harden is a chump. He talk all that and then goes back to the team like a punk. What happened to him saying it’s time to get uncomfortable 🧐🤔
Video actually ends at 3:52
Christ loves you and wants to save your soul
This guy will have played on every team in the league before he retires. Not sure why anyone would want this gunner, hog the ball, no defense playing rascal.
lol embiid tryna win the gold smart move welcome to death row 😂
😂😂😂😂 Roman Circus continues…
He's always over weight due to his champagne and campaigning
Harden showing up is definitely going to increase his value & help him get traded
Cut you clips ESPN… titoe didnt read "HARDEN news and random NCAA bs"
Molly: Let's switch gears, Stephen A…
Lavar Ball: 👀
He is not an all star caliber player though, unless you think there are 24+ all star caliber players per conference or you are just talking about name recognition. He can occasionally have a big game but he is not dependable, any game there is a 50/50 chance he vanishes and becomes a liability.
no one cares about James Harden Such boring TV
SAS spoke facts harden literally gained something so he didn’t have to play and literally haven’t played the same since idk if the injury scared him to run to the paint but he no doubt lost a step out of nowhere like how Blake went from average averaging 25+ to 2 points and considering retirement in 5 years junk wild
First time in a long time Stephen A has a good take.
Only thing that can salvage this relationship is a CHAMPIONSHIP
Stephen continues to double talk….he’s saying the relationship is not salvageable but he’s there in camp??? Smh.
Headline: Stephen A says NO…actual video: Stephen A says I DONT THINK SO. lol.
Molly can switch gears with me anytime
Harden is just a bona fide quitter at this point.
KG was absolutely right, you get 1-2 wiggles, ain’t no infinite wiggles.