FIRST TAKE | Time is running OUT for LeBron – Stephen A. finish off Shannon for his belief in Lakers

FIRST TAKE | Time is running OUT for LeBron – Stephen A. finish off Shannon for his belief in Lakers

Leader left-handed to take down the Denver Nuggets unreal Luca added 37 in the win as well the Suns lost to the bucks without yanis in the lineup Kevin Durant was held to just 11 points and none in the fourth quarter Phoenix sitting eighth in the west right now

Finally the Warriors took down the Lakers LeBron had 40 Steph had 31 but the game was bogged down in the fourth due to multiple issues with the shot clock Shannon and all seriousness I know I love to give you a hard time but is it time time to start being a little bit

Worried about your Lakers making a run yeah because you only have what is it they’re 36 and 20 and 36 and 32 so that means they’re 68 games so what they have what 14 games left 82 games so they have 14 games left you’re running out of

Time and so basically you’re trying to trying to get to the eight seed but Sacramento is is excuse me the six seed Sacramento has swept you this I think you won one game maybe but they hold a Tira they hold the yeah they lost four

They lost all four the T okay so so they they lose the tiebreaker to the Kings they lose the tiebreaker to the warriors uh I think they’ve lose the tiebreaker to the Mavericks and so basically you’re going to be relegated to the playing tournament that that’s where you are

There there’s no way around it and you’re going to end up playing Steph you gonna probably end up playing the Suns with KD and book Nim so that’s where they are I like their chances Saturday night until ad went down LeBron can’t do any more than what he did I I don’t know

If we’ll ever see I mean we’ll see it again but did you know how I mean how special he was shooting the ball from the floor from the three-point line he was attacking the rim uh uh uh the free throws he was making but it just didn’t

Get anybody you look at what Steph got and then you have old siding Klay came in in the first quarter this game was about to get away from him Stephen and you saw it the game was about to get away and then uh uh clay came in and get

Like 17 in the first quarter they regroup rally and then they didn’t look back once they got the halftime lead had a onepoint halftime lead they didn’t look back after that but yes it’s time for them to worry serious serious worrying well Shannon you’re partially right there is reason for them to be

Concerned but I love how you leave stuff out see that’s the beauty of what I leave out I’m getting ready to get into that that’s the beauty of what you get because see what happens you got to listen to what you say you understand I’m saying because this it’s it’s Club

Sha Shay one minute it’s night Captain next then you come on here and you think I’m not watching I’m watching you my brother I’m watching you and you left out the most important part they’re atrocious defensively they are all star break they rank 28th out of 30 teams

Defensively that is just awful they got four starters averaging better than 15 points a game shooting better than 44% from three-point range the only starter they ain’t doing that is Anthony Davis and you still can’t win these games you five4 you even have to leave the state

The last nine games and you five and four that’s just disgraceful and then you got D’Angelo Russell who I got on I like D’Angelo Russell I like DLo but there was still an APB I had the cops in La looking for him because it was APB

Out we could find him last year in the playoffs could find last year in the playoffs against def he was nowhere to that’s right and this year he comes on after being inserted in the start lineup averaging nearly 22 on 45% shooting from three but then stinks up

To join in a particular game I think it was against Sacramento and what does he do in the after after that game said he wasn’t even aware of the standards wasn’t even aware of the significance of the game now that’s ridiculous that’s just I mean that see this is what I’m

Talking about Shannon when I said Rob palinka and jeie bus they need to get in the ride and need not Anthony Davis not LeBron James but everybody else need to put them in a ride and ride them around Southern California you know something about that Shannon you don’t like the

Taxes but damn it we know we love everything else about LA right you go out there and you drive them around and you go like this you you you you want to go to Utah or someplace you want where you want to go you want to go someplace

Other than here cuz the way you playing you ain’t gonna be here for long look at this California Sunshine look at these palm trees we don’t need this nonsense LeBron like you said lights out doing all that he could do Anthony Davis anybody get poked in the eye obviously

That’s going to derail you we get that I’m not blaming him for that but I’m looking at this the the Lakers defensively you can’t stop anybody and it’s mainly because D’Angelo Russell and Austin Reeves who’s improved proved over the last few weeks but both of them together defensively they’re not wor

They have no one worried no one that’s their problem they they they’ve imp improved offensively but they what they’ve improved offensively they given up defensively now if we get Vanderbilt back and we get uh uh V you are getting they say you can expect Vanderbilt back they think they think you can expect

Vanderbilt back within the next three weeks three weeks the season going to be over well they expect them back for the playoffs for the playoffs for the playoffs that’s what they say Shannon the pro the problem that the Lakers have more than one thing the problem that the

Lakers have Stephen A is own ball defense is because they give up so much dribble drive and now you kick and guys are wide open or guys are getting wide open guys are getting lobs at the rims or guys are getting back door how many times did steephen did Stephen A did

Steph Curry back door because they’re overplay because they’re so they’re so worried about the flare and him hitting the three give them credit but Vander on the ball would greatly help some of that because Austin ree you’re right what you get offensively with those two guys with DLo and ausar Reeves you substantially

Give up defensively with those two guys in the back well I’m blaming two things number one they giving up 94 95.4 shots per game to the opponents which is more than any other team in the NBA so a lot of teams are getting their pick of the LI they’re getting an opportunity to

Shoot whatever I want a lot more right that’s number one and the other reason I blame their troubles is you see see you’ve been gone and and you haven’t been around you haven’t been there sitting Courtside to really really get on them and stuff like that to really

Back up all your Prov you haven’t been Courtside to sit up there and say to them yo you know I’ve been talking about y’all right you know I think y’all gonna do something right what the hell’s up with y’all you’ve given them no motivation whatsoever you’ve been you’ve

Been traveling all over the damn country with your with your damn Earth shattering damn interviews R wreaking havoc I’m proud of you my brother I’m proud of you but damn your Lakers have suffered and you have been nowhere to be found I know you were there Saturday

Night to see you but the but that’s the first game you’ve been through since opening night you have been a wall and it is your fault that the Los Angeles Lakers have been struggling damn right you forgot about them you abandon them that’s what you said I got the work

Stephen A then you ain’t got to now you you you can get the work in and still get to the games right excuse me ladies and gentlemen of America Shannon sharp has been in LA on several nights the Lakers have had games yeah but I have

But I have but I have night cap said excuse me night cap is night cap don’t you come on after the games sometimes sometimes you come on L you go to the game and go you could go to the game and go do okay okay okay enough with his schedule I’m just

Telling tell me this are the Mavs currently the best playing team in the west say o I’m going to have to say at this particular junk yeah I would say yes I would say yeah I would say yeah with Luca playing the way that he’s playing and Kyrie doing what he’s done

They’ve got I mean Tim Hardway hasn’t been slouchy you see the Personnel that they have in place and and when you have great guard play that leads you Molly that leads you that offsets a lot of things with Luca and Kyrie being who

They are it’s like man I I I I I think they are I think they are the best play in and I and I really hope they don’t have to be in the play in I hope they get that six C I really do yeah I agree

With you because of the Guard play and those two active bigs because they’re getting Second Chance opportunities now you giving Luca one two three cracks at you you’re giving Kyrie two three cracks at you I don’t know if you want to give those guys with the way they’re playing

And the way they’re shooting the ball currently I don’t know if you want to give those guys multiple cracks at you on a single possession and a single trip down the court and so that’s what those bigs are allowing them to do is that you get opportunity after opportunity you

Mentioned yesterday Stephen over 20 over 20 offensive rebounds 60 to 37 a 23 a plus 23 on the glass do you know how many that many Second Chance points I’m surprised the game was as close as it was considering the second chance points that you lost considering the offensive

Rebounds that you gave up considering that Luca and Kyrie played as well as they did that just goes to show you just how good the different nuggets are but you can’t give teams consistently that many cracks at you one trip down the court because eventually it’s going to

Bite you in the butt well I just look at Dallas Mavericks right now and I just say to myself excuse me when you go out there and you get gaffing these brothers you got some size you know what you can do offensively all you’re looking for is

Some big bodies to send to to provide some kind of defensive presence which is something we’ve lamented about the Dallas Mavericks in the past we don’t necessarily get to do that now so the interesting element is Kyrie with LCA I was at comm’s house yesterday Molly and

And they Luca hits the three too much space he was wide open above the top of the key right and she was like last play I said oh it goes to Kyrie because they’re not going to let him get the ball again after he just hit that three

But they forgot it’s Kyrie on that court with them you’re you’re Jason you Jason kid you gonna get Kyrie that damn ball which is exactly what happened by the way kmen made some some some some baked chicken and some some some cornbread and you know some uh you know I I mean collard

Greens and macaroni cornbread the iron skillet was it in the iron skillet I only eat cornbread in the iron skillet if it ain’t in the iron skillet I want it you know he wasn’t in the kitchen so he doesn’t know do you know what my sister my sister my sister Karma with a

Pathetic stelf you know what she says Shannon what you got to invite you got to tell Shannon what does he want I’ll make it for him tell him tell me tell him what he want what does he want I’m like call her pathetic again because she always giv love to other people other

Than me I want some SM pork chop I want smother pork chops SM pork chops yeah oh God what else do you want Shannon go ahead looking at me yeah I want some rice I want uh cornbread and the iron skillet thick that th right here uh I take some I take

Some collard greens also I take coll green smothered pork chops though of all the things you can ask my sister to cook that’s what you come up with okay smother chicken here smother fried to be exact SM SM smothered fried chicken anything SM we got smed Fried Chicken

Some cornbread uh the collard greens and rice and what kind of rice brown white what it don’t matter it don’t matter rice but my first chice is smothered pork chop Stephen they stop trying to talk me yeah stop trying to talk him often Stephen A Hold On B Stephen A I’m

In the Muslim reserves one week in out of the month and two weeks out here I don’t eat no pork other than that your boy in go let’s go to break on T again let’s go please please don’t even say that during Ramadan all right coming up a bid to the

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FIRST TAKE | “Time is running OUT for LeBron” – Stephen A. finish off Shannon for his belief in Lakers