DON’T SLEEP ON THE WARRIORS! – Stephen A. debates Golden State being a dark horse | First Take

DON’T SLEEP ON THE WARRIORS! – Stephen A. debates Golden State being a dark horse | First Take

Steph Curry he was rolling last night had 31 points and 11 rebounds as he led the Warriors to a 11099 victory over the Knicks in the garden New York was still within seven with under three and a half remaining but curry made three-pointers for Golden State’s next two baskets to

Push the lead back into double digits the Warriors closed off the month on fire winning 11 of their 14 games in the month closing the third best net efficiency behind the Celtics and warriors while the Knicks enter March ice cold losing eight of their 12 games in February with a negative net

Efficiency but let’s put this in perspective I mean the Knicks haven’t had their team they haven’t been healthy so let’s be honest here all right big perk tell me this are the Warriors the biggest dark horse in the west oh God no no hell no even with one eye they’re

Not right they’re they’re sitting at the number 10 spot in the west okay that means that hey they’re going to have to get out of the play in tournament do I think they’re going to be in the postseason for us being out of the playin tournament when it starts hell no

For the simple fact that guess what they might just have to face the Los Angeles Lakers and when I think about LeBron James and Steph Curry matching up two out of the last three years guess who sent them home it was LeBron James so before we could start talking about are

They the dark Hearts to winning the Western Conference they actually got to make the playoffs they are in the playin tournament right now and I get it they’re playing some fantastic basketball right now Jonathan kaminga has found his Niche Steve cerr has you know trust in him Steve cerr has done an

Exceptional job for as mixing the Vets with the with the young guys and his rotations I get all it but the fact of the matter is they’re still sitting in the tent spot and I still don’t believe that they could if they were to make the playoffs they couldn’t beat the Clippers

The Nuggets or the Minnesota Timberwolves I hate to do this because this is my brother this is my this is my little big bro right here I mean I hate to do this but um you know I disagree with you first of all I’m not saying that they

You know I I should first of all I shouldn’t say I disagree with you because I don’t consider them the biggest dark horse out west and I get where you’re coming from about the Lakers because the Lakers are also on the playing have playing they will play

Each other right now and they will play each other so we get all of that and the lak have S them home so they’re not the biggest you’re right I still think they’re a very very formidable threat but I had to call I had to call Big perk

Out on National Television right now Eminem I usually wouldn’t do that I just messing with him about his eye I knew it was makeup I just messing with him about that but I am messing with him about this you knew it wasn’t so check this

Out yeah I did I did I mean obviously it’s you I mean who you you would be the expert you would know here’s the point here’s the point Eminem yes big perk was on television the other night because you know when big perk’s on I got to

Watch I got to watch okay and he was on television the other night oh and the Clippers were up on the Lakers at half time big perk said you know something it’s just levels to this and the Clippers are showing you you say it’s just levels and then LeBron James turned

Around and said perk what the hell were you talking about what the hell were you saying and then all of a sudden when we looking for perk post game couldn’t find them couldn’t find them so I just want to make sure that the world understands that perk the prophet that is big perk

Isn’t always prophetic not always and so when you sit up here and you talk about the Golden State Warriors even though I get where you’re coming from and don’t lean all the way back cuz we need to see you too big to be missed now here’s the

Deal when you look at Steph Curry all right and the greatness of Steph Curry and I look at what the pieces around him are doing yeah they seem a bit too small I get it but when they’re making shots Lord have mercy there’s something to watch and I’m just saying don’t sleep on

The Warriors don’t sleep on them that’s all I’m saying that’s all I’m saying two things real quick mon but they are not the biggest dark he’s right it is the L go ahead per okay okay two things one I’m glad you corrected that at the end

And not stral in the fence as you’ve been doing for the for the entire season on first not standing in no business number two I also keep I also keep receipts now yesterday you know I was off because I had obligations I was shooting a commercial yesterday but I still I still

I still was watching you and you’re not a prophet either I saw you apologize on National Television because you said that the Clippers were going to kick the Lakers ass that was your exact word so everything that come out of your mouth is not the gospel either but I never but

I never said that it was I was just pointing out that well allow me to clarify from the pull pit since y’all need some help I think the the thing that trips us on this question is we got to Define Dark Horse the same way I really think we need to Define Contender

Y’all because we keep having this conversation how many teams can can be contenders what is a dark about this how about this the Dark Horse for the purposes of this conversation y’all the Darkhorse is the team that nobody was talking about being in a championship equation that may very well end up in

The championship equation how about that as a dark all right let’s do it um you know what I would say I’d say the Dallas Maverick that’s I was about to say that’s the one that we haven’t been talking we’ve been talking about these two teams because of their fan bases and

How they drive this is what I will say about the Warriors cuz we started this week with draymond’s comments over the weekend about believing they had enough to contend last night I did a double take call in that game because I’m like are they that good and then I had to

Remember that the Knicks obviously are depleted they are second in the league in rebounding surprisingly despite their size they have such a knack for finding their long rebounds when they miss three-point shots um Draymond and Steph and Steph the way Steph moves y’all it is still a thing of beauty it is

Masterful his gravity is there there is a world in which they draw a larger match up a team with size probably more likely Minnesota than anybody else and maybe their their quickness and speed poses some real problems and their accuracy and their accuracy but I just I

Don’t see beyond a series like I just it gets tricky for me so I actually still lean the Lakers being the darker horse in the Mavs well my door C in the is actually the New Orleans Pelicans when I think about what they have in the depth and

What Zion Williamson has been doing do you know since the allstar break he ranks number three for his points in the paint he’s been making sure that he gets everyone involved CJ McCullen has been balling out of control averaging a little under 20 points a game Brandon

Ingram we don’t talk about him enough a younger version of Kevin Durant when it comes to the offensive end being able to get to his spots rise up over you know guys that are smaller than him knocking down crucial shots tough shots and then when I think about the wings right you

Look at the Kid Murphy um you look at Jose uh uh Jose AAR right coming alar alar Alvarado coming in off the bench picking up 94 feet big valun is down in the paint uh you know just anchoring the defense so when I think about the New

Orleans Pelicans they sleep to come out of the W let me say this let me say this to you and and and and and it was some noise you know over the weekend because of how they tried to troll me because I called them out let me say this and I’m

Dead serious you know we don’t have to get into the details but we have to make sure that the level of discipline that Zion is presently exercising is something he will continue to exercise as the season progresses because there there’s a lot on the line we look at

Them and I totally agree with you about their depth I believe in Willie Green as a coach but in the end of the day it’s been 22 years they’ve got two playoff series wins they got many they’ve got as many names over the last 22 years as

They do playoff series wins two but let let me say this CJ McCullen doing the allstar break was on NBA today and he said the accountability that they have in the locker room and the way that they’re able to be open and honest I think Zion is going to be perfectly fine

So okay and I will add this only because I had their they also got some sides on them too they they have terrific sides herb Jones was a name you didn’t mention in ter Wings he’s should be all defensive team he’s upped his game offensively going into Wednesday’s game

They had had 15 different lineups and Zion had played about 80% of his game going into Wednesday’s game Wednesday’s game and so there is something happening there they’re very focused on being out of the playin having both won and been successful in the playin and lost last

Year in the playing but I like that as a dark as an aside not Molly just a huge huge nuggets some breaking you it’s not breaking news it’s one it’s a nugget but it’s something I wanted to tell you something tell me you know I’ve never

Had the pleasure of being in Paris you know other than passing through when I was departing from Magic Johnson’s 60th birthday celebration in San J oh God but I will tell you this what a drop I have been asked you know to attend Fashion Week in Paris Paris I just want to say

My God who asked you that’s my next question who is this person say that I just want to say that revealed at a later date I I I I because obviously as obviously as you can see I mean when you think about the kind of outfits that I might Rock because of

Where I’m at I’m just letting y’all know I’m dropping it it is possible I haven’t I haven’t made that decision it is possible that I might show up at Fashion Week in P okay I’m just wondering if I can get a ticker like I can get a check

Mark on the screen every time he does a humble br is that even a humble brat or is that just like or is that just like a straight up brat

DON’T SLEEP ON THE WARRIORS! – Stephen A. debates Golden State being a dark horse | First Take
Stephen A. Smith, Kendrick Perkins and Monica McNutt debate whether the Golden State Warriors are the biggest dark horse in the Western Conference.
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0:00 Warriors the biggest dark horse in the West?
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5:30 Monica McNutt makes the case for the Warriors
9:00 Stephen A. to make a Paris Fashion Week appearance?

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