“Clippers Got Their @SS Kicked” Stephen A Smith
Meanwhile look out for Shay Gil’s Alexander scored 31 points as the Thunder beat the Clippers 129 107 in a matchup of Western Conference contenders C homrs had 17 10 rebounds three blocks for OKC so gentlemen the Western Conference looking like it’ll come down to the finish with the top eight seeds
Being separated by just seven games while the Thunder are just a game behind the t- Wolves for the top seed following their big win over the clip last night okay again uh Kendrick Perkin should be with us shortly Stephen A I want to start with you here bigger
Headline was it Dallas’s win or the Clippers loss for me it’s the Clippers loss it’s it’s the Clippers loss I mean Dallas it’s really really nice to see what Kyrie who was spectacular last night and Luca who seems to always be spectacular it’s really nice to see what they’re
Doing in the midst of the seven game winning streak but people keep remember they got to remember the previous 27 games or so neither one of them were in the lineup together one was missing games or the other was missing games and so what we’re seeing from the Dallas
Mavericks now is what we expect to see from them when they’re on the court together I don’t know if anybody expected to see what we’re seeing from the Oklahoma City Thunder the Clippers didn’t lose last night they got their ass kicked they got their ass kicked in
That second half Shay gilis Alexander is a leading candidate for League MVP honors I’ve got Jason Tatum at number one got no problem with having Shay gilis Alexander at number two to 38 and 17 this brother’s averaging 31 a game he’s leading he’s second in the league
In scoring and he’s the league leader in assist you’ve got eight players in NBA history that have averaged over 30 with two steals per game in a season he’s one of them he’s on the verge of being the ninth player Michael Jordan did it eight times this is what we’re talking about
You watch Shay gilis Alexander last night you watch him Boogie on the on the Los Angeles Clippers Paul George is on that Squad he’s a Defender Kawhi Leonard is on that Squad he’s a Defender Norman po Russell Westbrook in the world and others they ain’t slouches this brother
Was dancing on dudes dancing on them Shay gilis Alexander is special special now they might be a little thin they might be a little young I’m looking at jayen Williams I love this brother’s game Chad hram I can’t sniff at it I’m looking at Giddy and the rest of these
Brothers they can play but Shay gilis Alexander is on another level and we looked at the Los Angeles Clippers and we said to ourselves watching them over the last few months James Harden hasn’t missed the game since he arrived in Los Angeles I remember Wendy coming on this
Show and talking about kawh lenett should needing to be a leading candidate for League MVP with how Sensational he’s looking Paul George promised us he was going to play bully ball against everybody this season and has going about the business of stepping on a basketball court and doing exactly that
We look at Russell Westbrook and Norman Powell and what they bring to the table along with Terence man and the exceptional coach in the tyou and we said yo the Clippers may take the west and then they went against Oklahoma City last night and Shay Gil just Alexander
Put on a show and danced around them and if he’s going to do that and these young Thor breads are going to answer the call we are 55 games in for that team and are one game out of the lead in the western conference right now they are 38 they
Got 38 wins they’re 38 and 17 okay with 27 games to go they’re in route to a 50 to 5253 win season we have to pay attention to the Oklahoma City Thunder and recognize the fact that if for no other reason about their realness it’s this brother right here Shay gilis
Alexander he is special and he is the one it’s not just special he’s the one with the ball in his hands he’s the one they give the ball to he’s the one that runs their offense he’s the one they go to the close he’s the one they go to to
Do everything in between and I haven’t seen anybody that has an answer for him look out look out Stephen A gildas Alexander is inevitable and what I mean by that is you can’t stop him you mentioned they played 55 games I think he’s played 51
Or 52 of them guess how many times he scored 30 points 40 40 good luck keeping this guy out of his spots good luck keeping this guy off the scoreboard good luck keeping him off the foul line he just goes where he needs to go and he
Never breaks stride he never changes his facial expression he’s got gig antic long arms so he’s a beast to defend out on the point of attack and he’s got great Wing Defenders with him this team is so deep that they just traded a guy to the Charlotte horren and Trey man who
Couldn’t crack their lineup he instantaneously is starting for them in Charlotte and they’ve won like four games with him as a starting uh guard uh this team is tremendous now the this game meant a lot Stephen A I know it was a game in February first game out of the
Break and all it’s easy to be a little sleepy this game was for the tie break and they they came in a half a game apart in the standings and I think the Thunder if they’re going to make a run they do because they’re so young they are going to need homecourt advantage
And so that matters that game was an important game they they they get right up on the the Timberwolves who you’re going to see tonight and they then they win that tie break it was almost like a double win for the Thunder and one thing I think we’re going to be talking about
A lot Stephen A in the upcoming months when we look at this Western Conference cuz it could go a bunch of different directions I I have no idea who 2 through eight is going to be and look at this playin tournament right now right now if the playin tournament started
Right now you’d have the Lakers the Warriors and the sun you don’t think seeding and and stuff might matter holy Moses you might if you’re if you’re a LeBron you might have to get through Steph and Durant just to get into the one8 matchup okay so that’s right the
Big thing that we’re going to see as we watch these matchups on play is size because some of these teams in the West can play with it some of them don’t play with size they play small some of them have trouble with it and the reason I’m
Bringing that up is I do want to talk real quick about the Dallas Mavericks at the trade deadline Dallas paid a heavy price they gave away a first round pick and a pick Swap and they really really pressed to to get a team here but the
Thing that they did Stephen A is they got bigger not only did they bring inj Washington and Daniel Gafford but they got Maxi kba back and now now all of a sudden they can play a lot bigger and I got to tell you you better pay attention
To the Dallas Mavericks they have won seven games in a row all seven since Kyrie came back in they’ve only Kyrie and Luca have only played 29 games together this season and they’re 10 games over 500 now obviously Kyrie’s got to stay healthy Luca is averaging 34
Points a game we were going crazy over embid averaging 35 right this guy’s averaging 34 one of the league leaders and assist last night Stephen A in this game against the Suns who you know they were missing Bradley Beal I’m not going to freak out Kyrie and and and and and
Luca generated a 100 points between scoring and assisting keep an eye on the Mavericks well you say that and I get that and I understand that okay and it it’s only appropriate for at least for momentarily that I bring up Minnesota when you bring up keeping your eyes on
The Mavericks because Dallas just got size Minnesota has it and has had it for over a year since the acquisition of Rudy gobear and Cat and Gober which is something we’ll get into a little bit later on in the show seems to have figured things out in terms of how they
Play together they’re the number one defensive they’re the number one team in the NBA and defensive efficiency we can’t ignore that they also got their own star and Anthony Edwards and we know about Anthony Edwards and sgaa Shay gilis Alexander and what they were the chirping that they were doing back and
Forth with one another weeks ago so we got to pay attention that not to mention the fact that they’re the top two seeds in the Western Conference but let me get back to Shay gilas Alexander Wendy because you brought it up you talked about him he’s averaging over 30 that’s
Second in the league he’s averaging two over two steals that’s first in the league he’s 66 he’s a 66 point guard with a handle with a shot and oh by the way you brought up free throws just so happens to shoot 88% from the free throw line and then
The brothers that he’s playing with what we’re saying they’re lacking is girth because obviously you look at Chad hren and he’s about my size in terms of girth but in but he’s s feet tall here’s the bottom line with Williams with Dort with giddy with him and the other
Supplementary parts that they have we’ve got to take that in consideration and say this they may La girth they may lack size in terms of mass but they’re young thoroughbreds and I’m going to say this on National Television right now at some point in time I want to be very clear
Sam presty is an exceptional executive I don’t I’m not casting any aspersions on him but I want to remind everybody you’ve had Kevin Durant you have Russell Westbrook James Harden Reggie Jackson back in the day Serge Baka back in the day you’ve had carello Anthony on that
Squad you had Paul George on that Squad you you I mean you’ve had pieces you’ve done everything but win a championship Sam prey is never in danger of losing his job he’s never in danger of not being seen as an elite executive and I get that but at some point in time you
Got to close the deal and when you think about the assets that he has coming down the pike because of the multitude of Trades that he’s been able to manufacture involving Russell westbr involving James Harden involving Paul George Etc the bottom line is this in
The next three years or so there is no excuse for the Oklahoma City Thunder to not win an NB championship this kid sheay gildas Alexander is a superstar blossoming before our very eyes he is something special he is something special and when you have somebody that
Gifted who’s at the point spot who by the way can rival a Luca or I say even Eclipse him because he can play as slow as Luca plays Wendy or he can PE speed it up in ways that Luca cannot Luca’s spectacular we know that but nobody
Would accuse him of being a Road Runner a Speedster Shay Gil just could do whatever you need him to do he could play Up Tempo he could slow it down it doesn’t matter America pay attention to me sheay gilis Alexander is spectacular he put he’s put us on notice
We got to stop ignoring this kid he’s that special and if you’re Anthony Edwards while I’m here in Minnesota cuz when I see Anthony Edwards today I’m going to ask him about Shay Gil just Alexander now because this brother’s coming and if Anthony Edwards wants to
Be that dude you going to have to deal with him because he is something to behold and that’s what I want to say I just want to say sam pry has 10 first round draft picks in the next four drafts yes he does he doesn’t have room
On this roster for 10 players he’s got to use those picks to make an impact move to add to this team because this team is ready maybe not this season but certainly by next year to compete for the whole thing right yeah you just need somebody with girth you just need
Somebody with girth somebody with mask that’s it yep and Stephen A earlier in the week when we were talking future face of the league LeBron was asked that was the name he brought up Shay gild Alexander and of course Ant-Man you’ll be talking to today right guys uh
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