FIRST TAKE | Stephen A.: Kyle Lowry resign, Paul Goerge to Embiid, 76ers are better than Celtics

FIRST TAKE | Stephen A.: Kyle Lowry resign, Paul Goerge to Embiid, 76ers are better than Celtics

was all right Paul George coming to the east coast we’re in a New Jersey next season he decided to leave LA to Head East to the City of Brotherly Love signing a four-year $212 million max deal I mean that might twist my arm he’ll be joining up with tyres Maxi former MVP Joel embiid in hopes of challenging the Celtics for the Eastern Crown PG-13 spoke on what it would be like to team up with in beid and the Sixers on his podcast podcast P this is dream come true like you know having a a star point guard and a star big you know that’s that’s a that’s a crazy Dynamic I think we have a a a hell of a starting five um and then we got veteran guys coming off the bench um so we already have a recipe to be a really good team um ultimately winning a championship means the most and and the only thing I’m I’m trying to do at this point in my career podcast P already rocking the New Jersey looking good in the blue Courtney let’s get into it Sixers are they the biggest threat to take down the Celtics this season no of in the east in the east east in the East I still think the Boston Celtics are the biggest threat to themselves that would be like Health all of those things they resigned everybody they spent like a billion dollars on this roster more or less uh throughout the last couple of weeks to make sure they can go after a second NBA title after winning 64 games in the regular season this group is loaded and they’re not this team that’s like focused on a big three or like predicated off of a big three they have an eight-man rotation more or less like they can go eight deep and everybody contributes in a different way let’s not forget they just w a title without having Chris STS porzingis for the majority of the postseason but behind them I’d have to say it’s a New York Knicks I’m sorry like I love the additions that they made to create the recreate the Villanova wild cats this year going out and first off the OG and Obi resigning him when they had the chance to do that I love that Mel Bri Mel Bridges having him in there as well the defensive efficiency intensity all of those things you get from him that replaces at least some of what you lose with Isaiah hartenstein who then ends up going to the Oklahoma City Thunder the way that the Knicks are constructed to me because we’ve talked about the big three and Paul George now joining that with Tyrese Maxi and Joel embiid I think that’s kind of like out of Vogue that’s not the way that you have to win in the end ba in 2024 and I also think it’s going to take some time for that big three to gel we have not seen a three a super team three star Trio formed win right away in the NBA since what LeBron when he was with the heat like that was a long time ago so the they even took a year yeah the Celtics will Pro excuse me the 76ers might be there in 20125 I think it’s going to take a year for them to get there but the Knicks right now the way they are constructing the moves that they made in free agency to surround Jaylen Brunson they also get uh Julius Randle back remember he wasn’t healthy for the postseason that’s probably the most complete team outside of the Boston Celtics in the East I’ll start with this with the Knicks uh love every move that they made right because everything that we see these teams are doing in free agency especially in the east side is to Dethrone the Boston Celtics so their team can go to the NBA Championship when I look at New York I say to myself we know Jaylen Brunson is a closer J back um but who’s going to be that third Bonafide score I think you have a lot of role players when it comes to the Knicks when I look at the Philadelphia 76ers and why I believe this big three is different from a big three that we’ve that we’ve seen in a long time is that their big three is a Bonafide guard that can get Buckets at any given time a wing guy that can score at all three levels in the paint midrange three-point line who can also defend on both like on the defensive end but then you have a big as well a true traditional big that has the skill set of guards so I do view the Philadelphia 76 as their big three as different from Big threes that we’ve seen in the past because of you know the the positions that these three different players play but I love the surrounding pieces them being able to get Caleb Martin from the Miami Heat was a steal for the Philadelphia 76ers I love the Andre drumming signing because you do need someone to back up Joel embid Eric Gordon now don’t get me wrong ER Eric gor’s not gonna go out there and lock somebody down and go between the legs there reason he signed of that minimum deal at this point of his career but but the points you’re making on the bench think about what happened in the playoffs this year where we look at like the Tobias Harris Tobias Harris as a third scorer was not that guy for them now you add a Paul George in that role I think he’s going to you know play a a a vital role in in that position for the 76ers but I I like The Supporting Cast I like the guy that they drafted Jared McCain out of Duke what about Miami I think they lost free agency one of the I’d put them in that category what about Miami what about Miami they they had they had ma y trying to go to Miami no I’m just saying they had major injuries last year nope nope nope nope I honestly I have the Indiana Pacers I hope UD is watching UD my brother played with UD in Miami yeah I Hope’s is a great dude South Florida boy but I have the Indiana Pacers I have the Cleveland Cavaliers higher than I have the Miami Heat right now okay what Indiana was able to do last season and what they learned is that you know what okay we got our experience and they’re going to come back they’re going to be a team that you know you can’t keep your eyes off either uh Matan was a guy that was hurt didn’t even play in the playoffs for the Indiana P you look at the four games that they played versus the Boston Celtics hell three of them they should have won and they had leads in those games as well so when when I look at the East I think Philadelphia because also not only do they have a different type of big three you have three guys that can get you a bucket at any given time in a game too and having that Bonafide third person now allows Joel embiid in my opinion to take a RIS so you like that Paul George left the Clippers I I just can’t say one thing on the East isn’t it funny that we don’t talk about the Milwaukee Bucks like they just like fell off the face of yeah you’re right still havean still have Damen Lillard hey new head coach Doc River they play defense though I still feel like you shouldn’t count out Miami either but hey that’s just me I’ll sleep on Orlando coming up Tyreek kid extending her W record streak of consecutive double doubles to 15 games but the Liberty overcame that to beat the sky 9176 yesterday they’re now one of 14 teams in W history to win 19 of their first 23 games 10 of those teams went on to win the championship Courtney do you feel like New York should be the favorite to take home the title this season number two right now for me I still think it’s a Las Vegas Aces but what we’re seeing right now from the Liberty is this on court chemistry that you can’t deny and it wasn’t always that way yes they made the WNBA finals last year but you remember when Kelsey plum called them out she’s like they’re super team but they’re like not a team if you get what I mean so very clearly their top opponents felt that there was some sort of Disconnect there the liberty of putting all those questions in the rear viiew but hey we had Asia Wilson on the show yesterday I don’t know if anybody remembers that interview we had with somebody who’s probably winning the MVP this year first in scoring second in rebounds right now the aces are still my by the way I’m even a bigger fan of her now how humble she was oh V for nothing starts the day like a shot of Viper Venom [Music] First Blood you have 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FIRST TAKE | Stephen A. Smith: Kyle Lowry resigns, Paul Goerge to Joel Embiid, the 76ers are better team than Celtics