Stephen A. Smith reacts to Giannis’ 54-PT performance that lead the Milwaukee Bucks past the Los Angeles Clippers.
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I’d be okay with these quick segments about Giannis if these weren’t the same people who decide who the MVP is.
How do you give him a small segment after what he just did? I’m telling you if KD or Steph did this we’d be talking for hours.
This is so disrespectful to Giannis
In. Credible. No notes, 5/5 stars on the video title. Perfect encapsulation of the biggest of sports media’s relationship with Giannis and the Bucks ever since the Bubble. Sure, whatever, title, perennial contender, sure, but hey about this guy just being out there going 7-26 or whatever he was?
ESPN, please stop allowing Stephen A. Smith to cover a Giannis story just to dismiss this man's talent and what he brings to the league. "Giannis was Giannis, but I was just happy to see Kawhi" What a pointless waste of space and airtime which just makes him look embarrassing as a sports broadcaster because that's all he is, not an analysis. This is precisely why nobody respects this show for sensible basketball analysis, it's just a daytime soap opera this point with takes for ratings. It's annoying & insulting to fans that we have to tune in for this. Please, it's better you don't cover this guy on this at all than for him to be disrespected and dismissed the way Stephen A. treats this guy. At least you have other credible shows while first take remains your #1 comedy show.
“Giannis was giannis” the man drops 50 points and its like not even news. He’s making it look too easy man.
Stephen A doesn’t like Giannis😂 it’s clear as day he stays giving dude backhanded compliments
That's all he's got?… Embarrassing
This take is a diss. wth
Why y’all make it seem like Stephen A hating on giannis. He gave the man credit and y’all can’t expect it💀😂
Giannis drops 3 50 pt games in a month and espn talks about Giannis for 50 secs. What a joke
If AD did the same thing it would’ve been talked about for half of the show
"Giannis is Giannis"
-Stephen's Continual way of hating on Giannis
"Giannis is Giannis BUT WE DONT EVEN KNOW WHAT Ja's gonna be"
lmaooooooooooooooo
He doesn't even LIKE Kawhi and didnt mind brushing Giannis aside for Kawhi's 17pt game.
LeBron scores 179 points in 5 games and the media will be drooling over him all day every day! First Take quick take and SAS: "Giannis was Giannis!" 🙄🏀
17 points from your best player??? Nah that ain’t gonna cut it
That’s crazy I never here bron is bron jokic is jokic or Joel is Joel
It’s amazing that every top ten player has a big game it’s every outlet with takes on it but bucks and Giannis nope
Ima fan of both but I wish they Did Kawhi the way they do everybody else when got something to say about him mention his as a 2x champ finals mvp defensive POTY etc etc they do it for AD Kyrie even Ben Simmons &now zion
Giannis the best player in the world
Hope the Bucks and Giannis make a deep playoff run just so these shows are actually forced to have >3 minute segments on him lmao
Everyone talking about Kyrie, LeBron, Jokic…….meanwhile Giannis out here averaging 40 points in his last 6 games.
Giannis is too good
I can't stand ESPN….they do 18 segments a day on Bron breaking Kareem's record and can't give the BEST player in the League 60 seconds of Airtime…I've NEVER seen a player as good as giannis treated this way
He legit praised AD for scoring 31 and Lakers beating the Pacers by 1 after coming back from like a 11 point deficit for 10 minutes in the same show. But, "Giannis is Giannis", Bucks come back from 21 points — "I'm just happy to see Kawhi". LMAO. Can't wait for Lakers/Bucks next week.
Stephen A looks like he just lost his savings account at the casino every time Giannis has a monster game.
Stephen A. Smith. Straight hating and he is no longer hiding
If this was anyone else you would’ve dedicated a segment to it
Haters
The Giannis disrespect is unbelievable. If this was Embid they would go on on and on about how good he was smh
Y’all don’t get it. SAS still mad Giannis stayed in Milwaukee’s instead of going to his Knicks. Us Bucks fans just have to accept that Giannis will never get the same level of respect even if he outplayed everyone. Bucks in 6 again.
IN OTHER WORDS: Giannis' 54/18 performance isn't fitting my narrative so I'll just gloss over it.
If Greek God was American sports media in this country would be going crazy about his performances lately.
Bro, it's absolutely crazy that this dude ain't the face of the league.
Man Giannis makes the game fun to watch
Nba awards:
COY: Mike Brown
MVP: Jokic for a 3 peat- Embiid runner up 3 peat
ROY: Paolo Banchero
MIP: Shai Gilgous-Alexander- All respects to Lauri the Marksman
SMOY: Benedict Mathurin
DPOY: Jaren Jackson Jr- Honorable mention to Bam Bam
This Was About As Much As They Said About Giannis When They Won The Championship They Hate The Guy
You know you're the best when they say "Giannis was Giannis". Anyone else does this coming back from -21 deficit it's clutch.
50 second segment that was more praise to the guy that went 0/5 in the final 4 minutes smh.
GIANNIS OWNS STEVEN A …LOLOLOLOLOLOL
50-second segment about "Giannis" …but 40 seconds of it goes to SAS praising kawhi …
Xenophobia mixed with hate since SAS is a Kd fanboy and New York(Knicks and Nets) team fan.
Ironically the word "xenophobia" comes from the Greek word "xénos" meaning strange or foreign/alien and "phóbos" meaning fear or dislike.
You can hate him for all you like, we love him and he ain’t going to okay for your team. Enemies are not God.