Stephen A. on Nets without KD: WASSUP Kyrie Irving! 👀 | First Take
On First Take, Stephen A. Smith is joined by Monica McNutt to talk about the state of the Nets after it was announced they’d be without Kevin Durant for a month.
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Tj warren & ben need to step up
No he's not taking them nowhere
I'm not a Nets fan but ESPN didn't want to talk about the Nets winning streak!??! Instead they talk about KD's injury?!?! Come on bruhhh
Kyrie needs to go crazy this stretch without KD. I mean like Stephen a said “He needs to go into that Iverson mode” He can do it fr fr. Also now that he’s playing for a new contract is the perfect time to do it. With Boston it didn’t workout because he was young and naive. Now that he’s gotten more mature, more IQ, and most importantly he’s showing up everyday. Let’s go KYRIE
ESPN is happy to announce bad news for Brooklyn, cause they didn't say a peep during their 12 game winning streak.
I ain't hear nothing about Kyrie this entire wining streak, now y'all want to talk about Kyrie. Y'all only talk about the Nets when they got some problems
Damm did butler had to fall like that though smh. Players gotta stop falling for no reason just to try and draw a Damm foul smh especially when there isn't that much contact like that play. Ben clearly blocked him easily without doing too much yet still fell. Damm, I might be getting a bit too emotional but the nets were literally looking so good especially KD. He was freaking balling at an MVP level top 3 in the MVP race and probably his best season ever besides the season he won MVP smh. nets had the chance to get 1 seed they were 1 game behind Celtics if I was not mistaking, after starting so slow and bad. Well, now it seems they will be going back down to that 8 seed again smh.
Regardless of how many games they win..THEM BROTHERS GOT BIG CONTRACTS…its a game..
We will be okay, things are different rn. Vaughn keeping and holding guy’s accountable. The bench is better with guys like yuta and Warren. Seth is still here too. All we have to do is just take it game by game man. If we win 6 out of these next 9 games it’s a positive. I don’t expect us to go crazy and I HOPE AND PRAY, Ben Simmons finally wakes up somewhere during this stretch. He don’t got kd to hide behind on those screens he be setting for him no more. Lots of nets fans have reasonably had no faith in Ben time to see if he can prove them wrong. I KNOW Warren will get much more touches this time around. We gonna be okay.
If nets meet 76ers in the playoffs, there done for. Embiid will average 40 on them easy if he wants to
If the bench beat a fully healthy Pacers, then this team without Durant if they play hard for the entire length of the game, play together, keep their defensive intensity up, push the pace continually, take care of the ball, rebound, and score early or for the best available shot then they are still capable of beating Boston and Philadelphia.
Now you talk about kyrie and the nets and it's this LOL embarrassing if you ask me
Stephen 🦝 smith been waiting to hold kyrie accountable for something again! I bet he rooted for the nets to lose & struggle with kyrie leading the team 👀👀👀
Man leave Kyrie alone. Kyrie is doing great and I believe he want let the team down while KD is out.
They’re ONLY talking about The NETS Now because KD Is injured. I mean, Brooklyn wasn’t even mentioned at all when Durant was healthy and they Were on that winning streak. It just always seem that they Only talk about the negative, and Avoid every other positive thing when it comes to the Nets.
What has this show come to? They need to pay a formidable co-host
They ain’t talk about the buzzer beaters the 18-2 run nun of that . But kd goes down now we a topic 🤣🤣 how ironic
25x a night ? , how bout taking great shots and involving the team getting the team going . Nets are a nba team not 1-2 nba players 😂
Bruh they aint talk about the nets at all for a month now they wanna bring drama.
Kyire is not playing for a new contract. Somebody will pay him. Miami should be on the phone
Here he go. Everything kyrie fault again. Stephen A really gotta get a clipboard from the whites at ESPN when something happens to the nets
They start winning when kyrie came back
Kyrie will carry but simmons needa score more theyll be alright.
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It’s crazy how everybody wants to crown the nets sooo bad that they’re unwilling to look past their glaring weaknesses. Kd has been their best defender n an mvp candidate and now he’s gone. So all they have left is thin nick claxton down low. Not just their offense but their defense is gonna take a significant hit. And it’s HIGHLY unlikely that they will maintain that 2nd spot in the east.
Plus it’s funny how Stephen A slides in that slick comment about giannis not being enough when khris middleton has been hurt all year😂😂😂 this is ridiculous I need to take somebody’s job on this network
Boy you can tell when Stephen doesn’t believe what’s coming out of his mouth. He know what he saying is BS and he hasn’t really gathered any good facts or evidence to why the nets will magically remain top in the east besides kyrie being box office😂 kd and kyrie was supposed to be box off in the playoffs last year but what happened?😂
They only talk about the Nets when there is bad news or uncertainty
Now they gon put the pressure on Kyrie.. this some bullsht,,, Let's talk about how KD couldn't carry the team last year without Kyrie
Where WOJ get a month from? NETS ain't say nothing about a month…
Wow so we still to take shots kyrie wow the ignorance of ESPN
ESPN hates the NETS so of course when healthy & winning they don't speak on em. SAS ready to talk Kyrie again ratings most be low
How bout we hold Ben Simmons accountable now as well he needs to step up
No GM or owner, despite Kyries performance, is giving him a max deal or a big contract. They all know he's showing up because it's a contract year. His history tells the truth about his availability. He's not reliable. Not getting paid.
Monica got some nice lips. If she gets a real hairdo she’ll be nice looking. That hightop gotta go
Kyrie got it 💯
Aight Kyrie Iverson in da house! 🏡
Stephen A smith is just another uncle tom. SMH
Got your chance to be petty again Stephen A. Really you can just make your case in a much better way than just making an attack. That man's a good man dude.
Not another injury for the franchise player
Stephen A just could not wait for the opportunity to put pressure back on Kyrie Irving as ORDERED By his bigoted-puppetMASSAs. No one is as happy as he is when there is an opening to talk sh*t about a black athlete.Hes a good dog.
Now would be a great time to go get that extra body/rim protector
It figures. He would get hurt now