Shannon Sharpe AGREES with JJ Redick ‘for the 1st time in First Take HISTORY’ ⁉️🤯

Shannon Sharpe AGREES with JJ Redick ‘for the 1st time in First Take HISTORY’ ⁉️🤯

[Applause] welcome back to First Take No Giannis no problem last night the Milwaukee Bucks took their six straight Dub with a 113 to 106 win over the Clippers as atin kmo missed his third straight game with a left achilles tendonitis they’ve also been winning without Chris Middleton who

Missed an 11 straight game with a sprain left ankle despite those absences the Bucks are clicking right now winning their last six games after starting three and seven under Doc Rivers they’re holding opponent under 100 points per game during the break and winning by almost 17 points per game JJ is back

With us and I’m going to start with you on this one who is more likely to reach the finals the bucks or the Clippers well let let me say this let me say this both these teams can reach the finals I want to be clear on that they both can

Right but the question is more likely so for me it’s the Milwaukee bugs uh and here’s why they are the second best team in the Eastern Conference particularly when you look at the rest of the teams in the Eastern Conference and and really some question marks particularly as it

Pertains to health Donovan Mitchell uh it was reported he just got PRP done on his knee for the Cleveland Cavaliers the Knicks are banged up I I think if they’re healthy and in Rhythm they can be a contender in the East but they’re banged up so there’s question marks

About them there’s question marks about the Philadelphia 76ers of course because they don’t have Joel on beid Milwaukee or I’m sorry Miami has never really looked consistent until lately and and we all know what the he are capable of I still think when all teams are healthy

In the Eastern Conference the Bucks are the second best team they’ve had and and we talked about it a couple weeks ago when I was on the show even prior to this six and0 streak their defense has completely changed it it changed and was trending in the right direction last six

Games since the All-Star break they’re the number one defense in the league and Stephen A you asked me what’s different and when I watch them play Under Doc Rivers they know what they’re doing there’s Buy in into the schemes and it’s little things it’s communication it’s uh helps side positioning it’s Brook Lopez

Defending the rim it’s limit limiting blow buys that’s something I brought up last time Patrick Beverly has been a great addition to them think about the game last night him Bobby poris leading that comeback the emotion like all of all of a sudden now the Bucks have an

Identity the piece is fit the other thing I brought up two weeks ago the offense was trending in the wrong direction Damen Lillard went into All-Star break on a cold streak 29% over the last nine or 10 games going into the All-Star break from three he’s shot over

40% since the allstar break so now you got the offense clicking you got the defense clicking they look like a true Contender I still think the Clippers are a true Contender but as I mentioned in the first block there’s just too many good teams right now in the Western

Conference and you go uh matchup by matchup you could talk me into anything happening out in the west well first things first breaking news I mean you were nice and you were calm and you had a smile on your face when you were talking about Doc Rivers in the

Milwaukee bus brother I mean I mean that’s good that’s good that’s good I with you I with you I just messing with you JJ I just met you a first take baby you know I going let that slide you know going to let that slide

JJ you know I want to go to do that but anyway seriously seriously the bottom line is this I disagree with you here’s the only reason I disagree with you because the Boston Celtics look that special I think that there’s a closer Gap from the Clippers to the nuggets

Than there is from Milwaukee to Boston that’s the only reason I’m disagreeing with you I agree with everything you’ve said about Milwaukee I get all your points it’s just that I’m watching Boston right now 11 game winning Street Jason Tatum he’s my favorite by the way

He’s my favorite for League MVP at this particular moment time best player on the best team in the league Etc Jaylen Brown doing his thing chrisz doesn’t even play when they blow out the Golden State Warriors on Sunday afternoon 45 points in the first half you have to

Explain that one to me I said 45 Point loss I said 52 Point loss I don’t understand how you could be down by 45 in the first half I mean that’s just that’s just a subject that we’ll have to tackle another day I just didn’t understand it but in the end I’m looking

At what they do top three defensively and offensively in terms of efficiency you know what they can do from three-point range not just percentage wi you know they’re going to jack up threes even though they dialed it back from about 44 to about 42 and a half now I’m

Just looking at the Boston Celtics and I’m looking at how lethu they appear to be and I just think that there’s a wider Gap when I look at the Los Angeles Clippers I didn’t like what I saw JJ Shay Shay I didn’t like what I saw

Against the Lakers and I get that and of course they’ve been struggling a little bit as of late just lost to okay see if I remember correctly but I’m just looking at at at at I’m looking I’m saying if Harden shows up and obviously this some ifs because Paul George and

Kawh are they gonna be healthy I mean that’s question mark But JJ I had to tell you this because remember I want you to use this I want you to use that I know you don’t like matching the first take too much when you covering those

Games but I want you to do this you and and darus and Bre I the new microwave Vinnie the microwave Johnson from the from the Detroit Pistons of course I know who he is Norman pal yeah this brother Off the Bench he’s something else I love this kid he’s like

I’m just telling you right now he’s like instant offense to me I look at him and I see him as a huge factor for the Clippers come playoff time I’m not saying they gonna beat Denver because I ain’t betting against Denver in the west but I’m telling you right now I think

There is a closer Gap there’s a there’s a there’s a there’s a shorter Gap from the Clippers to the Nuggets than there is from Milwaukee to Boston right now Stephen I’m G have to disagree with you for the first time in first take history JJ reick and I agree on the

Topic I agree I think it’s the Milwaukee I think it’s the Milwaukee Bucks and let me tell you why and I think it might be a blessing in disguise that Giannis is out and Dame is able to find his game so now you compare that with what Dame is

Doing since the Allstar break and you bring Giannis back and we know what Giannis represent they’re going to be and see I don’t really trust I don’t trust the Celtics as much as you guys do cuz I saw them in the playoffs last year

I saw what they did I saw them give it up at home and you want to say Jason Tatum but they shouldn’t even been in that situation you and I both know that Stephen and JJ they should have never been had to get to a game seven had they

Taken care of the business had leads and Miami walked them down every sing basically every single game that they had a lead and end up winning those games but I like the way is played I love Bobby Porters last night and you see what La last night it looked like to

Me over the last five minutes Milwaukee jumped into a Zone what what uh the Clippers have is three great ISO players kawhai can go get his own shot Paul George can get his own shot and we know hard what Harden can do now all of a sudden you force them to make shots

Don’t let them beat you off like you said JJ they didn’t get beat off the dribble a bunch so now when you bring him back if this Dame Lillard I’m not saying he needs to give you 40 but if this Dame Lillard that we saw last night

And he shows up with Giannis because I know Bobby poris is going to be consistent he’s a double double he’s going to give you that every game they they absolutely absolutely 1,00% can beat Boston in a seven game series so I like them I like the BS I’m glad I’m

Glad we agreed uh Shannon because you first of all I apologize for interrupting you in the aot let me say this you’re in Dallas remotely in your Bion suit all right and and the only reason I would let you talk the only reason I I I felt like you were putting

Words in my mouth so I I wanted to clarify before you did your full point and I apologize for interrupting okay it’s a it’s not a it’s not a very becoming Behavior M I want to actually I want to I want but you never apologize

To me I will never apologize to you I I I want to actually I want to ask I want to ask you guys something actually because I know you kind of talked about this last yesterday and I watched some of the clips from yesterday uh uh when I

Was when I was on YouTube last night okay but you bring up the the Celtics in the playoffs last year there was no christops porzingis to me he is the cheat Coach Joe moula and I we sat down in September I interviewed him one of the things he talked about

Was like having a curveball particularly in the playoffs to me kristo porzingis is the curveball he’s the guy when teams go to switching lineups he can he can punish Miss matches he’s the guy if teams want to go big he can go spot up at 27 ft the other under talked about

Thing and this is not a knock on Marcus Smart at all this is not a knock Marcus Smart helped build the identity of the Boston Celtics true this version of the Boston Celtics he was so key to their Court defensively offensively the way he played his effort all of that stuff so

Key to it so it’s not a knock on on Marcus Smart but him being gone has allowed Derek white to elevate his game Derek white and Chris tops porzingis you talk about the Celtics last year they didn’t have this version of Derek white last year and they didn’t have Kristof

Por so my question to both of you he he you brought up something do you got you brought up the gap between the Celtics and the Bucks the reason I said The Bu because I think the Bucks are more more likely to get to the Conference Finals

Not saying the Clippers can’t I’m just talking about the state of the Western Conference versus the state of the Eastern Conference now all of a sudden you’ve only got to win one series my question to you two is the gap created now between the Celtics and the rest of

The NBA I I I I want to say yesterday you guys talked about this a little bit I want to the nuggets are really the only team it sounds like that you feel like are in the same tier as the Boston that that is what I said I said that

That’s the only team that was on the same te and I’ll let Shannon answer the question but go ahead Shannon because I got a question for JJ as well but go ahead I did and that was a discussion yesterday but even with that being said I still think Boston is a notch above

The Denver Nuggets and I know Denver went to Boston and beat him in a closed ball game but the way they’re playing now JJ and I use the analogy uh uh Kristoff porzingis is like adding a couple of drops to my KNC sha by latier it opens it up and what he’s been

Allowed to what he’s been able to do he’s allowed Jason Tatum and Jaylen Brown to expand their games they have more space because as you mentioned he can drop he can jump out to 25 fet and drain a three but then you put a six5

Guy on him he can punish him down low so I do like what you’re saying but I still believe Dame and and Giannis is going to be more than a handful for only quick question I had was that you brought up Marcus you know you Marcus you said

Marcus Mart right yes him be what about Drew holiday being there is that more of a factor to Derek white looking I I’ll be quick I really believe that Joe Missoula and Drew holiday were destined to work together I believe That he

Shannon Sharpe AGREES with JJ Redick ‘for the 1st time in First Take HISTORY’ ⁉️🤯

On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, JJ Redick and Shannon Sharpe debate whether the Milwaukee Bucks or LA Clippers are more likely to reach the NBA Finals.

0:00 JJ Redick answers
5:39 Shannon agrees with JJ
8:00 JJ poses a question

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