On First Take, Stephen A. Smith and Kendrick Perkins talk through all the biggest storylines from around the NBA.
0:00 Giannis Antetokounmpo’s prowess in the NBA
0:30 NBA MVP odds
2:00 Is Giannis being overlooked in the MVP race?
6:00 Who’s fault is it for the Mavericks’ struggles?
10:00 Perk is looking to Luka Doncic
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39 Comments
The real person to blame is Cuban – he ruined a playoff ready team to get a ''dribble dribble'' player.. Mavs messed up bad :/
Kari is gonna be the scapegoat but the points and tax here are correct. If they can retain Kari and surround those two with shooters and defensive players they can be right back where they were last year. Carreon
It's fluid😂😂😂
Come for the Mavs, spend 60% of the time on the Bucks
Seriously Perk has a vote 🤣
Giannis should probably win MVP this year, but it’s probably going to go to Embiid because of the sympathy vote
convinced smith doesnt like giannis
ESPN man…how many people have jobs in an imaginary industry built around sucking energy off athletes that perform feats we could never dream of..all of these guys are tip top of their field. Someone has to lose. Imagine an industry spent only in positivity around what athletes do
Giannis is not getting the proper attention because of the market he is in. If he was doing this in NY, LA or other big markets it would be another story. He needs a bigger market.
It's always kyrie
Is disneys espns tryna blame the man who single handed held mavs franchise for years just to save the crazy narcissistic lil dude? B provilege?
Kendrick Perkins should be calling out the DALLAS MAVERICKS GM Nico Harrison but we know why Perk won't do that — Harrison destroyed the Mavs for years to come — he let Jalen Brunson go to the Knicks — he did not trade or sign a rebounder and rim protector — he sent good players to the Nets who are winning games for them now– and he brings in kyrie irving who has zero chemistry with Luka because neither play defense, neither are team first players, neither make players around them better, neither are team leaders — Mavs GM Nico Harrison should be fired but he won't be —
Perkins votes for MVP?…0_o
Percins shouldn’t be talking bout no MVP
With all that being said S.A doesn’t that seem like Giannis makes his team mates better? They work with someone so great that they have to step their own game up in order to help in other way?? Seems like another point to be MVP!
Bron aint deserve it every year and neither does Giannis the meat riding gotta stop its about who has the best season on a great – good team its not about the best player
Allas Mavericks.
Look america. The top 3 nba mvp candidates are international players.
This French kid is showing up next season.
And luka ain't even on that list.😂
1) Bucks WITH GIANNIS 46-16 (.742), WITHOUT GIANNIS 10-6 (.625), net .117 * *
BUT Bucks with Allen 52-18 (.743), without Allen 4-4 (.500), net .243 * * *
2) 76ers WITH EMBIID 42-22 (.656), WITHOUT EMBIID 8-5 (.615), net .041 *
BUT 76ers with Harden 37-18 (.673), without Harden 13-9 (.591), net .082 * *
3) Nuggets WITH JOKIC 48-19 (.716), WITHOUT JOKIC 4-7 (.364), net .353 * * * *
Nuggets with Murray 43-20 (.683), without Murray 9-6 (.600), net .083 * *
4) Mavericks WITH DONCIC 32-32 (.500), WITHOUT DONCIC 5-10 (.333), net .167 * * *
Mavericks with Irving 7-12 (.368), without Irving 30-30 (.500), net -.132 (fail)
Now tell me who seems most valuable to their team.
Bucks and 76ers are above .600 teams even without Giannis and Embiid.
Nuggets and Mavericks are about .333 teams without Jokic and Doncic.
Well they were too 5 team before kyrie joined. Losing Doe Doe really hurt the mavs! Kyrie can’t make up for the lack of defense
Kendrick Perkins still not fired yet?? Smh
Front Office: Lost Brunson, Lost DFS, Lost Dinwiddie and got Kyrie who literally came to the Mavs with one foot already out the door. Terrible management and WHEN Luka leaves there should be no wonder why that was.
Perk was just saying it was kyrie fault last week
This perkins guy is a joke
Kendrick really going at them white boys lately… 🤔
I’m JK…maybe….but he opened that box, not me.
I think jt wins the nba championship this year
KENDRICK PERKINS HAS A VOTE ARE YOU SERIOUS?!
What's with SAS with the jabs at Molly..is something going on ?!
They really need to stop getting off topic.
Theres no "D" in Dallas its more like Allas… omfg that was funny af low key LMAO
There is something called the stink that cannot be denied, and Kyrie brings it with him everywhere. Modern science has not yet found a way to measure this, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist 😂
oh yes ofcourse its the white guys fault
No one cared when Booker was the best player on the best team by a mile last year. The double standards are crazy.
They definitely fvxking
Dime the ball to who?
“There’s no D in Dallas”
Then come to Cleveland 😏 accommodations can be made
It’s crazy he mentioned Holliday but the other guy has harden loool make it make sense 😊
It was a try and to make doncic happy ! I hope they learn and in summer we will see. I hope they can pick some good players ! But in real the team was not good enogh to play Western Conf finals !!
They were 4th before the trade. Luka has led this team to the playoffs thrice against a supposed great team in Clippers, and lost in Conference finals to the Suns. They were 4th seed before the trade. Mavericks traded away depth for Kyrie.