On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, JJ Redick and Monica McNutt discuss the latest from the NBA Playoffs, in particular the Philadelphia 76ers and Golden State Warriors.
0:00 Cause for concerns with the 76ers?
1:00 Joel Embiid’s impact so far
3:00 Stephen A.’s take on the Sixers
5:47 Are the Kings exposing the Warriors?
7:30 McNutt’s take on what the Warriors can do to turn things around
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49 Comments
GP Jr is a cheat code/X factor
philly is a second round exit team
Bjelica made a difference last year 😉
If the nets win the series im coming to the states
In the 1st game, you can say the Kings exposed the warriors. In game 2, the refs won the game for the Kings
Harden always seem kind of washed
Brooklyn stand up F to sixes We gotta play more physical be grummy grab those rebounds Hopefully we'll get the energy of the crowd and play better at home
I don't know why they wasting time talking this series it's a sweep .. Brooklyn sit down..
Beating the nets should not be encouraging for anyone. This isn't a real playoff team. KD & Kyrie helped give them a head start, if not they may not have even made the play-in 🤷🏾♂️
Stephen A is totally right. It shouldn't go 5 games.
I don’t see the 76ers getting far
Philly is losing to Boston or to the bucks
JJ is the best breakdown man on Sports TV when it comes to the NBA.
Last night game was low scoring that means the Nets playing tough and the Kings gonna win the series against the Warriors
The east is winning the championship this year.
7:35 "Klaymond and Dray" LMFAOOO
Glenn is not a good coach for this team.
Hope the Sixers make it to the finals but Glenn is not an inspirational coach.
This is not the year of the Warriors……
Warriors thought it was a good idea to keep the 6 seed 😂😂
i’m definitely concerned about how harden played yesterday because it looked exactly like the harden in last years playoffs that caused them to get bounced
76ers playoff ceiling is when they face the Celtics
Should NOT double Embiid
Throw every big you have at him but don't give up the open shots to players like Harden n Maxey
Facts Stephen A don’t play wit yo food!!!
More jj
Philly gets bounced in the 2nd round being up 3-1 to Boston.
Here comes the experts casting doubts on Warriors last championship… The same experts who said champions are champions when Raptors defeated the hampered Warriors back in 2019 finals
James Harden needs to do more. Against Brooklyn he can play like this, this won’t work against Boston though. He’s the key in my opinion
The 76ers remind me of Doc Rivers Clippers back in the day. Great team, lot of depth but something was missing for them to win a championship, plain and simple.
76ers have no chance to get to the NBA finals and unlikely to get past game 6 against the Celtics but likely over in 5
The Nets are gonna give the Sixers fits but in my opinion they will move onto the second round but that's where they're gonna stay the Sixers have been exposed for a number of years now and it's getting to the point where Joel Embiid has to really start to figure out his future with this team this whole process thing I've said it all along will blow up in the Sixers face this is the price you pay for tanking.
When she said "Steph, Claymond, Dray" that got a chuckle out of me
Talkin ab every team but the heat 😂😂
Sixers should sweep Nets. This is not impressive. Next series is where it starts for Philly.
If Vaughn gets a brain and plays cam Thomas the Nets could make this a series
Why did he refer to JJ as Eminem?
I'll lock JJ up
76ers game was so boring omg. Harden looks pitiful.
76ers are the clippers of the East
Jj looked so pissed when stephen aa goin off about how the sixers are playing down
The comment about last year being too easy is true, and also ridiculous at the same time. Its also why the Boston hype is "we will see what happens when it matters most". The west was plagued with injuries and the path was pretty soft. Boston outplayed them 85% of the series and had Tatum not been a no-show literally every second half minus one this conversation isn't even happening. The "gimme" championship last yr is putting blinders up to issues that have been happening the last 2 yrs.
"Klaymond"
Monica just hates the warriors
Why does everyone treat the Warriors like a 1 seed?
6th place is a poison's candy
The warriors are an older team it’s time for a younger time to out play them . Doesn’t mean they aren’t a good team. It’s the inevitable part of sports when your key players age.
Celtics coming out of the east. And probably will take it all
This the same warriors team from last year!!! The difference is Mike Brown not being there coaching defense!!!
Why are girls always trying to be naked in some sort of way even if it’s subtle? Just a random observation of Monika having her arms and shoulders out for some reason
It’s not that the warriors are getting exposed by Sacramento, it’s that most of the media underestimated Sacramento. They had the most efficient offense in nba history and we barely heard about them besides the fact that they ended their playoff drought. They are the 3rd seed not 6th or 7th like they are being treated as.