Can the Warriors beat the Grizzles without Steph Curry? Stephen A. & Santa Perk debate | First Take
Stephen A. Smith and Kendrick Perkins preview the Memphis Grizzlies vs. Golden State Warriors matchup on Christmas Day.
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41 Comments
Why is Perk clown on ESPN? He can’t get his stasts straight.
warrior fans are ready to break out their old laker jerseys out the closet
Can they beat the Grizzlies without Steph, Wiggins, and no depth? No, they cannot. They will be destroyed by at least 40.
51-95 without Steph doesn’t mean anything without proper context. Besides, Steph curry is such a transcendent player that if he’s not playing you will feel it no matter who’s coaching and who’s playing
Don’t just throw that 51-95 stat out there without context. Last 3 seasons Klay was out and/or not 100% So yeah you’ll probably struggle without two of the greatest shooters of all time. That’s irresponsible to just say that stat and leave it there
It’s over they are not winning against Ja morant
I aint finna watch the Warriors lose by 40 on Christmas dawg
Ja smoking them trash boys. He going for 50 tonight!
I hope atleast one player on the Warriors see's this
Right now I say no, but you never know what happens 🤷♂️
Yes they Can its basketball you be surprised
How is this a real question?
I’m starting to think Perk just hates Steve. Every single segment this man has done about the dubs he wants to put all the blame on Kerr.
I've seen a lot of Warriors haters over the years but big perk has got to take the cake on that one lol. Not to mention they beat his Boston Celtics who he said wasn't going to happen last year. Then he said before that they wasn't going to make it to the Western Conference Finals etc etc. So he needs to be a weatherman they're the only ones that can get paid what they do and never be right
Ja career game incoming
Warriors aren't beating the Grizzlies even with Steph, and I'm not even fan of either team.
Perk is a pure hater
NOT JUST no Steph Curry, BUT also No two way Wiggins, so the Grizzlies are licking there chop's, to embarrass the Warriors, n the Warriors are my team, other than the Bull's.
Bottom line is, come playoffs, no one going to out execute a Steph-Klay-Wiggins-Dray-Looney lineup in the clutch. It’s the best lineup in basketball by a mile.
This was the worst front office year for the Warriors. Losing all those key contributors last year was silly, especially defensively. GSW got rid of all their key role players and are now left with a bunch of young players who want the mantle of "HIM". Dangerous recipe.
Kerr been carried by great players his whole career
Celtics bounced back last year but warriors can’t perk gotta be the worst analyst ever 💀
Remember when warriors fans saying they were unstoppable this yr 😂😂😂
Did I just hear Perk saying Damion Lee was a HUGE part of their success? He was riding the garbage time and played almost to zero defense.
That’s a east one. NO !
Perkins you are a clown
No… There you go.
Warriors will beat the grizz by 12 points or more. All these noises are pointless, when it’s time to go they go and get the job done. Just like they did to the Celtic
in moral summary im telling everyone to excuse this video bc they cant analyze basketball, trust me instead of espn…. the warriors were without 5 players against brooklyn.. brooklyn was without kyrie, so that matches up jp, dray, moody, kuminga, ty jerome, looney, anythony lamb, pbj, wiseman, and ryan rollins, compared to kd, tj warren, seth curry, watanabe who leads the league in 3pt%, ben simmons, harris, claxton, cam thomas, patty mills, marcus morris, and royce oneal…. now can any of the prolly 10k at the least who are going to watch this video tell me yall thought gs had a chance heading in? can any of u even tell me yall thought it would be close? no… yet the media decides to hop on the warriors case who were missing 5 guys and 3 all-star caliber players 😂 and they only mentioned andrew wiggins and klay being out, and then on top of that are we really gonna sit here and act like stephen curry is not top 10 all-time and when u lose a guy of that caliber who literally is the reason were able to create such a dynamic never seen before offensive system; your team is going to fall to shambles. Now bring up how the lakers have a worse record and their missing the most injury prone player in the league only one player and they say if he is healthy they have a title chance…
Warriors can have Juan Tuscano Anderson back for a bag of takis
Warriors just need to be able to at least get the first couple rounds at home to give themselves a fair chance at repeating
Here dumb asszzz Perks is at it again..
Warriors are done, put a fork in them,facts over racks
Perks takes are soooo far from being objective but it’s meaningless cause there is no accountability when he (inevitably) flip flops. Let’s revisit this in June . Carry on
Here's my thing with the warriors, since Steph curry came into the league, GSW in playoff games when they lose has gone at least 6 games, which means they are extremely difficult to beat. Until a team in the west can CONSISTENTLY shoot better than Steph, klay and poole, I'm not ruling out the warriors
I got $5 on Dillon Brooks yanking on a sitting Stephen Curry's left shoulder.
I got negative $5 on James wiseman playing great defense.
honestly golden state should trade for caruso he'd be a great fit imo
A lot of those losses without Curry were also without other big players in those 2 years. Who can name all the players in those years?
Kerr record without Steph still better than most NBA coaches
Perks always hating on us😂😂😂