Stephen A. vs. Shannon vs. Big Perk🍿 Joel Embiid’s 70 PTS & KD’s GOAT debate comments! | First Take

Stephen A. vs. Shannon vs. Big Perk🍿 Joel Embiid’s 70 PTS & KD’s GOAT debate comments! | First Take

How about last night 70 points breaks Will Chamberlain 76ers record and beats set the mark in the 133 123 win over the Spurs he also had 18 rebounds five assists he’s the first player in NBA history with 70 points 15 rebounds and five assists in a game and beid do you

Know how major this is what did this no sir just just you and MJ how crazy that I don’t believe that I you know he nice say you got you know some of the best basketball players to you know ever play basketball so you know to be in that class you know it’s

Great um but like I said you know it it doesn’t really mean anything until you know you win the whole thing that’s what I’m walking towards and you know whether that happens or not you know I’m going to try until I can anymore I don’t know

If you saw J be score 70 cat had 6 70 yeah Joe 70 5 he has 70 yeah so what did night like tonight mean in the NBA my goodness uh perk what message did embiid send to the rest of the NBA oh mly a clear message look the man

Is averaging 30 a nickel and a penny right now 36 that’s what he’s averaging right now and when you think about Joel andb listen he may not catch you through the washer but he damn sure going to catch you when you coming through the Rin and he’s going to hang you out to

Drop and the thing about it is he is the best scorer in today’s game when it comes down to mastering the offensive end he has done just that it’s nothing that this man can’t do you want the block work he going to give it to you in

The Keem elijan style you want to face up pull up mides off of one leg he going to give it to you Kevin Durant style you want the H he pull up three he going to give it to you again KD style and then if on top of that when his offense is

Not going and shots are not falling he’s going to do what the great Kobe Bryan and Michael Jordan do and let’s get to the free throw line so yes I understand you still we we look at today’s game and we see Kevin Durant we see Jason Tatum

We see Donovan Mitchell we see Devon Booker we see all these Elite scores Steph Curry and Etc but when it comes comes down to getting a bucket he is the best scorer in today’s game and one of the most offensive players one of the most gifted offensive players to ever

Touch the damn basketball and I’m not just talking about the center position you’re absolutely right no disagreement here from you in that regard he is the best scorer in the game right now he’s absolutely Unstoppable to be a big man I don’t know what the hell Greg papovich

Was thinking I surmised that what he was thinking is maybe let me put a a you you know wiana on this on this brother and and let him learn the ropes the hard way or whatever because yeah I mean that that that’s like me that’s like me stick

Sticking guarding you in the post big perk or or or me trying to be up against Shannon on the damn football I don’t know what the hell great papic was thinking putting that man against MB but I will tell you this we’re talking about MB right now 30 points or more in 21

Consecutive games and yet the Philadelphia 76ers winners of six straight are still four games out of first place so what this says to me when I the message didn’t be sent to the rest of the NBA this brother is phenomenal arguably the best big man in the game obviously joic always warrants our

Consideration but the message he sent is that he’s going for the championship he’s not trying to mess around he already got the league MVP I think that’s the message he’s trying to send my point is Shannon that’s the message he needs to send because how he’s playing is what’s going to be required

In order for him to pull this off as the Sixers are presently constructed that’s the message that I received from him he knows this is what it’s going to take and he’s willing to do it so everybody beware because he already got the Chip he ain’t worried about no 65 games and

You know whether you qualify for the league MVP award this brother is coming for the Chip he wants it bad let’s see what he does compos post season time I agree with everything both of you guys said yes he’s sending a message the question is is Boston receiving it

Because that’s what he’s up against Stephen as you said he’s putting up these historic numbers but they’re still four and a half games out of first place and that’s what they’re going to have to get get be uh get in front of because we saw last night Jason Tatum and Jaylen

Brown became the first teammates to score to 30 and not have any turnovers the question is andb the message hell he been slapping hell out of people all year long I don’t need somebody slap me upside my face and said hey man do you like me no you already hit me side my

Head I know you don’t like me he’s dropping 36 on damn near everybody St that you mentioned 21 straight games he scored at least 30 so the message has been resonating around the league he don’t need to send any more message but like he said at the end of the day it’s

Going to come down can he win a championship what he’s done is what James Harden did a couple years ago you remember when James Harden had the historic season he found a way that even if it’s shot he Couldn’t Shoot 50% from the floor he was going to get to the

Free throw line 24 25 times a night and he was going to make 2122 of them for Joel embiid to get that many points think about it he’s only the third seven-footer to ever score 70 or more obviously wils done it five times with at least 70 David Robertson had that 71

Point and not Joel and beid and he did it on two he only shot two threes he man look here what he did last night and I agree with I agree with you uh Stephen I don’t know what pop was thinking I I guess i’ have felt the same way my

Rookie year if they said look here you got to block LT the entire game and you got to do it by yourself really that’s what you want that’s what you want me to do go up against LT you ask Wim beama who weighs uh a buck 25 he can look

Through a keyhole with both eyes to do something with with wil chamberling Joel and be the only thing that has stopped Joel andb come postseason is his health and conditioning but I’m I’m going say this right now okay I understand the Boston Celtics are rolling and there a

Lot of people favor hell they’re my favorite to win the Eastern Conference but that Gap is not a large gap when it comes down to the Celtics in the Philadelphia 76ers and you could throw in the Milwaukee Bucks and even the New York Knicks in my opinion but when I

Look at this 76 a team I’m looking at a team that’s playing that that got the confidence that think that they’re going to win it right darl Moore has done an excellent job of filling in the blanks and putting the necessary pieces around joeel embiid and Tyrese Maxi when you

Look at a guy like Nicholas baton I’m telling you right now he’s one of the most underrated role players in the game today he provides everything that you need in a role player when you look at Patrick Bev that brother’s been balling coming in off the bench providing leadership providing that tenacity

Providing that positive energy providing that accountability being an extension of Nick nurse you got Tobias Harris balling out of control and I believe right now the record with the 76ers and Celtics of one in one that one in one this season and the last game that they

Played went down to the W I’m telling you this look that Gap is not far and if Joel and be could stay healthy that’s the big question if he could stay healthy make no mistake about it this 76 and team could beat the Boston Celtics in the seven game series because he got

The cap he’s he has the capability of being the best player in any Series against anybody in any given night that’s fine his health is one Element but also he’s got to have health he’s got to have health and help and that help to me has to come from a Tobias

Harris I’m counting on Maxi to be Maxi I’m counting on the other supplementary parts to fill their roles but it comes down to Tobias Harris you got to have a third option brother’s averaging 17 a game he can play you have to show up in the postseason period yes because Boston

Gonna kill you with depth that’s Boston that’s Boston uh uh strength is death Tatum Brown porzingis uh uh Derek white holiday and when they get to the bench so that’s the question Kevin Durant has a second straight game of 40 plus points as the sons come back to beat the Bulls

11513 at home last night put some respect on Katie’s name in an exclusive interview with the Republic Kevin Durant had this to say when asked why he hasn’t been included in the conversation about NBA goats because I went to the Warriors why shouldn’t I be in that that’s the

Question you should ask why not what haven’t I done Shannon I’ll start with you here are Durant’s comments fair or foul look understand that he has this high opinion you can be one of the greatest but not in the conversation for the greatest yes he’s one of the

All-time great players in the NBA you won’t find anybody to debate that but when you talk about the LeBron the Jordans the Karin the Tim Duncan the magic so he just going to he said well y’all hold Golden State against me do you understand had you not gone to

Golden State we would have been talking about you in no disrespect to the guys I’m about to mention Charles Barkley and Carl Malone guys that won MVP car Malone won two Barkley won one and had no titles K people just say anything and just expect it to fly because they’re a

Very great a great basketball player KD is not in discussion he’s never been in the discussion for the go you can be one of the great but the great is do you understand you can look you can have not win any titles Stephen A per and be a

Great but when you say EST for me you got to have at least three regular season MVPs for I even have a discussion about you being the goat that’s at least three that’s my that’s the floor for me if you ain’t got three regular season MVPs what we talking about well let me

Get more specific with it um what has it let me answer that question for Kevin Durant what haven’t you done you haven’t won a championship without Steph Curry and Klay Thompson what haven’t you done you didn’t lead Oklahoma City to a title when Russell Westbrook was your teammate

When Russell Westbrook and James Harden and Serge Ibaka and Reggie Jackson were your teammates before that when you went up against Miami a decade more than a decade ago what haven’t you done you didn’t win a championship yeah what haven’t you done you didn’t win a championship when you were in Brooklyn

Although that clearly wasn’t his fault because if Kyrie Irving hadn’t TW Ted his ankle I believe that Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets would have won the chip because Kevin Durant like I had said he was going to drop 50 in that game five and he dropped 49 because he

Missed the last free throw and he nearly carried them on their back but they lost to Milwaukee in game seven because Harden was hampered but tried to play and Kyrie couldn’t play but those are the things that you haven’t done here’s what else you didn’t do you didn’t lead

When they needed you to lead see the reason I bring stuff like that up I not only respect Kevin Durant I rever him he’s a good brother he’s a sensational Superstar basketball player he’s a shire future first ballot Hall of Famer without question he is one of the

Greatest players we have ever seen but when we talk about the greatest we hold we we bring we bring leadership into the equation if you’re going to depart from a Steph Curry after swearing that you went there because you wanted to play a better brand of basketball ball b b

Basically throwing Russell Westbrook under the bus if you’re going to go to Golden State for that reason then you should have stayed and if you’re going to leave to be have your own thing in Brooklyn with Kyrie Irving then you got to make sure to keep everything in line

So there’s no distractions from you winning the chip but that didn’t appear to be the priority you wanted to play basketball and play it at an elite level but that didn’t seem to be the PRI priority over winning a chip at all cost that is the reason why you’re not

Mentioned as a in the goat conversation despite the obvious greatness that we see from you on a night in Night Out basis Kevin Durant that is the answer to his question and and and to go and to go a lot further first of all Kevin Durant is

Not even ranked higher than Steph Curry when it comes to alltime great in my opinion second of all your accolades and your resume got to be long Kev Kevin Durant resume is longer than the holiday weekend but damn it that’s not long enough when you talk about

Jordan and you talk about Braun you talk about Kareem you even talk about magic they resume longer than the spring break you know what I mean spring break you got to go past that and I’m with Shannon on this you got to have multiple MVPs regular season MVPs to even think about

Entering that discussion think about this for a second LeBron James didn’t enter the go conversation until he went back to Cleveland and won a championship right he had to go lead Kyrie Irving Kevin Love JR Smith Nar shumer in order to enter that conversation and then

Start and then it really started to be a debate Kevin durandis look in my eyes is the greatest score to ever touch the damn basketball when it’s all said and done he will reach 30,000 career points he will probably be in that top five list if the health let let him but to

Think that he’s in that goat conversation he must he must have be full of that weed pulling that loud pack that day he hading loud okay Disney okay here we go again the two of you we’ll bear away from that part of the convers no one’s helping the situation all Right

Stephen A. vs. Shannon vs. Big Perk 🍿 Joel Embiid’s 70 PTS & KD’s GOAT debate comments! | First Take

On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Shannon Sharpe and Kendrick Perkins react to Joel Embiid scoring 70 points, along with Kevin Durant’s GOAT debate comments.

0:00 Joel Embiid 70-point night
6:23 The message Embiid is sending
8:55 KD’s comments

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