The Lakers haven’t been the ‘same DEFENSIVE team’ – Windy’s looking for BIG CHANGES 👀 | First Take
Wendy who had the most impressive night last night would you go Giannis uh joic or wemi NBA fans had the greatest night last night there were two games they were both amazing and I don’t care what anybody says I don’t want to listen to any cases the NBA is in an absolutely
Amazing era right now we’ve never seen anything like this honestly I don’t want to hear anything about anything else because if you watch either of these games last night there is no way you couldn’t be in love with what you saw if you saw the sequences that happen in
This game between these two 7 foot men who are like graceful swans going back and forth making the the combination of power and finesse and they wanted it they were going at each other what an amazing moment to watch these two I I cannot wait to see Victor wanyama and
Yas tenum games as far as I’m concerned every one of these games going forward for the rest of their careers should be nationally televised appointment television and they’re not alone they were awesome in this game and then the night cap you get joic having that incredible finish to the game and his
Reaction at the end was my favorite part about it because you know he’s not as expressive and stuff as the way some of these other guys are but when he makes this shot look at the the reaction that he had he was so happy and loved it
There was so much joy and to watch these three Giants and by the way tonight guess what it’s Jo embiid’s turn on National Television he gets to play the Knicks tonight he’s having one of the greatest seasons for a big man and this is what I’m saying we have these Giants
Who are playing this incredible level of basketball who have all of this skill and it’s and I’m going to include Chad Homen in there too the the America hasn’t learned about Chad holen yet he’s still learning the game the guy in Oklahoma City he’s the exact same way
He’s this big with this kind of skill set and the great thing about the Stephen A all these guys want the smoke joic plays to win Giannis plays to win Victor wanyama plays to win Chad Homen will talk some trash man wait until America discovers the personality on
This guy Bama when you you know what w Bama said after the game last night he was pissed off that he was eight in the All-Star voting it inspired him last night to have a better game I love it I love that a rookie would say that
On a team that’s awful and so my reaction to this was we are in for an amazing run watching these big guys go to work it is we we just we’ve never seen such a level of talent we’ve never seen guys who are able to do these kind
Of things and Giannis after the game said there’s no way that this dude wanyama is 7’3 as He’s listed and he is right wanyama is 7’5 I don’t know why He’s listed at 73 he’s got some complex about it he is 7 foot5 he is 20 years old yesterday he
Turned 20 years old yesterday Stephen A he is look at that jesz Stephen A he is averaging 19 points 10 rebounds and three blocks in the NBA as a 20-year-old mhm it does not happen and the reason that Giannis is blown away by this because we see Giannis go up and down
The court and do these incredible things when Giannis was 20 he was still basically learning to dribble and run and shoot like he wasn’t anywhere near this skilled he’s looking at wanyama and comparing to where he was at 20 now we see where Giannis is in his prime he’s
Basically the most Unstoppable force in the league and he’s looking and projecting wenyama and I’m telling you Joel embiid is having a season of dreams you watch Joel embiid play right now there’s nothing you can do with him Stephen A he gets the ball at the top of
The key what are you going to do he can make the shot he can put it on the floor he can pass he’s awesome joic the master joic plays with the ball like he like it’s a mini basketball the way he manipulates the ball and can shoot it
From everywhere do you expect the Lakers to make any big changes soon I don’t think that they want to I let me say three things number one they have 11 of their next 12 games they’re in a stretch here where they’re in Los Angeles so I don’t think any big
Decisions are being made until after we see what happens during this stretch they’ve had a bit of a rough schedule away from home I know that they just dropped a game against the Heat who were battered let’s see where they go during this stretch especially tonight on ESPN
Against the Grizzlies that’s a game they really really need to win number two Stephen A I don’t think Rob pinka wants to make changes to this roster I think he likes a team that is based in defense around the superstars now the Lakers are not playing the same level of defense
That they did last year when they made those trades last year they were a top three defensive team the rest of the season they were a top defensive team in the playoffs they have him in the same defensive team but I think Rob pinka likes the way this team is structured
Even though they can’t shoot nobody’s going to claim that they do I think he likes the way that their defensive base the other thing is I think he learned a lesson from the three for one trade he had to make for Russell Westbrook I don’t think he wants to repeat that and
Some of the names that are getting baned around with the Lakers whether it’s Zack LaVine or Deonte Murray would require a hollowing out of their of their depth which you you know I know you argue you don’t think their depth players are any good and that’s a fair assessment but
But I I just and I also think Rob pinka is a big believer in Darin ham I know there’s some Rumblings about Darin and some players are are a little bit you know on edge a little bit about his rotations Rob pinka has EXT extraordinary faith in darham and he’s
Going to give him opportunity but the third thing Stephen A is where I have uncertainty and that’s LeBron LeBron went silent the other night he doesn’t talk to the media now it’s one thing to not talk to the media as a superstar player after a blowout win that happens
When LeBron doesn’t talk to the media you start making me wonder and Kendrick Perkins was was saying on TV yesterday that he heard that LeBron’s gotten dark on their team group chat as well and in January right when LeBron gets going Stephen A it makes it unpredictable
What’s going to happen so I don’t think they want to do anything but watch 23 watch social media and all other stuff let me chime in here cuz we we don’t have too much time I don’t want to hear that from LeBron James you got your chip
They gave you Anthony Davis they gave you Russell Westbrook they gave you a few other player I want to hear that I don’t want to hear that you were just in the Western Conference Championship you just in the Western Conference Finals I don’t want to hear that I also don’t
Want to hear a damn thing I don’t want to hear a damn thing about darham this man just took y’all from when you made the trade for haimura and ultimately acquire D’Angelo Russell and Vander you went 18 and eight you had the second best record and basketball to the
Milwaukee Bucks for the rest of the regular season and y’all went to the Western Conference Finals so those out there that’s talk about dingham job security shut the hell up and if the Lakers you think you hear me roar let them go ahead and fire Darin ham you
Will I promise you you won’t hear me roar louder than I will that day because there’s no way in hell I want to hear about that man being on a chopp and block or his his job is in Jeopardy you got to be kidding me yeah he’s going to
Try different rotations or what have you going to experiment because guess what nobody else is working I didn’t say the other guys weren’t talented Wendy I didn’t say they weren’t good I said they’re betraying Anthony Davis and LeBron James cuz they’re not doing what we know them to be capable of doing
That’s different than you not being able to play I didn’t say that I know they can play they’re just they’re just they’re just being like they looking like hot garbage right now Anthony Davis is one of three players averaging 30 and 12 next to Giannis and embid LeBron
James is one of only two players averaging 259 and seven you know since the in season tournament that is outside of Luca donic and the rest of these guys don’t show up they’re shooting like 35 what is it the 24th in the league in three percentage shooting it’s an
Embarrassment of of how they have been playing they look distracted they don’t seem nearly as focused there’s no level of urgency that now darham has to assist in fixing that so does Rob pinka but so does LeBron James he
Brian Windhorst joins Stephen A. Smith on First Take to recap who had the best performance: Nikola Jokic, Victor Wembanyama or Giannis Antetokounmpo? Then, the duo discuss if the Los Angeles Lakers are looking to make any big changes.
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38 Comments
What is he trying to say about bron? He had 1 bad game and didn’t want to talk to the media. What’s wrong with that? He’ll pay a fine and it’ll be over. Stephen A is a retard btw.
What is he supposed to say ? The league is trash . Look at the ratings . It’s awful . Somebody please play a little defense. It’s a glorified lay up line.
Nobody really cares if Stephen A is upset or much about his one sided opinions anyway. We tune in to see the news and some of the others like Wendy. He's so delusional, that he believes he had influence with the investments by Billionaires! That very expensive staff the Billionaires hire, can do 1000 times better than some loud dude who gets paid for entertaining fans. He isn't aware, he like a mascot oat a game, and that's it
Nobody in LA cares if you yap SAS. You’re going to do that regardless. So yap away. But Ham has to go. He’s saying the team is struggling cuz of injuries and at the same time the players are saying it’s no excuse. And ham said this after the heat loss. Has he seen the injuries Miami is dealing with? You think Spo would ever use injury as an excuse?
It’s not entirely on ham but he definitely is not helping. You can’t fire players so you fire the coach. That’s the way it’s always been.
recruit all superstar LJ
We are missing Dennis right now
Head coach lebron is not happy with his assistant coaches 😂😂😂 what's new
The NBA is certainly in a great time, but only on the offensive side. Yes, it's nice to see, but I do miss the physicality… Because these fouls & FT's do get on my nerves. A mere hand touch gives you FT's? That's too much. I understand you can't push a jumping player for ex, but hand touching? That's just straight BS…
I just watch windy glaze wemby for 4min😭😭😭
Can’t wait tell LeHO leaves my team
Is Anthony Davis a giant?
and non of em all from the US
If your name isn’t Lebron or AD, no one is safe
Trade Lebron to the Warriors
4:34 a rough schedule away from home?! what about when they started on a home stretch & missed the play in? a few seasons ago 😂😂😂 Wemby is full of excuses for Lebron like ALWAYS 🤦🏽♂️
This organization is a joke, Jerry Buss wouldn’t never let his organization get this bad.
If you don’t know about Chet Holmgren, you don’t watch hoops. Simple enough.
Bruh Darvin Ham sucks bro halfway thru da season and you still don’t have da rotations down is a problem
The only thing the In-Season Tournament did was made the Lakers think they've already won the Championship.
Davin Ham is not doing good! Dude using the worst lineups and he not letting the players doing well stay on the floor
obviously windhorse didnt know that robinson, hakeem, shaq, ewing exists in the 90s
Everyone with championship aspirations are making moves to better themselves. It would be very unwize of Lakers to stay pat.
Lebron James sucks at basketball. Giannis antetokounmpo is the best nba player in history barely over second place Nikola Jokic.
Amazing Wendy says the NBA is in amazing era right now with all these bigs BUT yet him and the rest of ESPN have audacity to sit up here day after day talking about the below .500 Lakers. He’s right there are great players in the NBA but you all need to start covering them and getting they’re names out there more instead of the per usual irrelevant Lakers that don’t play hard each night but somehow ppl trying to figure out why they aren’t a good ball club 😂😂😂
I love these guys playing well. But teams score as freely as they do because of the rules destroying defence. All teams play the exact same. I have never been so bored in the NBA. Stop trying to make a dying product happen. Bring the hand check back, allow full zones, and shrink the court to the FIBA court to stop the extreme spacing. That will rebalance the game. 140 scores should happen once a decade, not 5 times a night. The best games are always scored between 90 and 105.
Dennis Schroeder anchored the defense. ! He is meant to be a Laker. They should trade for him since Toronto is pushing Quickley.
LeBron usually is a team worst in +/-, 35% shooting outside of 3 ft and plays ZERO defense. But he “needs more help” and “the coach might be fired.” After a decade of saying the same thing, you’d think the media would be smart enough to figure it out.
I want to see Lebron get another chip
Lakers got to stop trying to build around LeBron that ship has sail he scores 25 a game but gives up 40 a night
😂😂😂 SAS UNPROFESSIONAL ASF FALLING ASLEEP LIVE TV
Schroder is missed TREMENDOUSLY by the Lakers. Without Gabe Vincient, you don't have a replacement for Schroder.
The Lakers need that trade package to get Schroder. Gabe Vincient and Cam Reddish possibly. Give him a great deal and keep him in LA
Good let’s blame this all on Coach Ham we can’t let Legoat catch any heat.
If sucking was an art-form, the Lakers would be Van Gogh.
Windy is a great analyst, his positivity and love for basketball is infectious. Keep it up big fella 💪🏽 Basketball has some bonafide stars for the next 2 decades.
TRADE AUSTIN REAVES
Lakers are not even trying
Well, looks like lefraud needs more help….again….