Stephen A. Smith breaks down his worries about the Brooklyn Nets following the Washington Wizards' comeback win.
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Stephen A. is worried about the Nets following the Wizards' comeback win | First Take
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Where you at now Stephen A? Wiz won three straight..Can't find you at all covering it. Even when they win..you wanna talk about the other team and excuses
Logically, i also think kd needs to shoot more than Harden and Kyrie, but Kyrie has surprisingly been very efficient and seems to have the most offensive weapons in his arsenal, also very clutch. As a coach i would trust their iq to find the best shot (among the 3), may even be a kickout to open Harris, if d collapses on Big3🤔
No one is arguing whether the Nets need to improve their failing defense...but no one in the Nets team should take more shots than KD because he has the highest offensive efficiency (it's only mathematics) and Nash needs to earn his paycheck and do something about it.
Now 2 days later they goin to the finals 😭
Anybody back after wiz’s beat clips to watch Stephen a lol
What’s he got to say about lastnights game , Nets beating Clippers lol
Defense: You need me if you want to win a title Nets: Who tf is you?
I get what Max is saying, Stephen A suggested squeezing extra 10~20 pts off KD instead of Kyrie but between that and a bit of defensive effort, I think its a no brainer
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Why all the sudden NBA scores the last 3 years have been creeping up to the 130s 140s...its like All-Star scores now!!! During the 90s KNICKS kept teams under 100points...now its like a video game!
Don’t laugh at the Nets, give the Wiz credit!
Stephen A is wrong here. Defense is their main problem, not KD taking less shots. I can live with 146 points, I can't live with the OTHER TEAM scoring 149.
Steven A. " no you hold on" Smith
Defense only played during playoffs
He goes back and forth with the Nets first he says they going to the finals when they got harden now he’s worried about them lol
If Westbrook played KD every night. The wizards would be about 65-16
Steve Nash is Mike D’antoni 2.0
They don't play defense period!!!!!!
2 years ago KD was a better 2 way than Lebron but in reality it was false narratives
No disrespect. But KD is scared of the moment. He's not clutch when he's gotta man up and all pressure and focus on him. He hit a few 3's when all attention was on LeBron sure, but he's not clutch. He slithers quietly to score a lot. I'm looking forward to his growth throughout the rigorous east. It'd be awesome to see him overcome adversity.
Steve a took the L
*Nets lose to Wizards* *everyone liked that*
I'm sorry I normally love SAS but his thought process on this one is WACK! It is obvious what the Net's problem is.
booo communist espn
Until the Nets get some defense they are not finals bound
Folks who know bout Basketball knows that they can’t continue like this when the go to the semi or Finals...
If it's laughable to expect the Brooklyn Nets to play defense, it's also laughable to expect them winning the championship: straight and simple!
YO MAX STFU ALREADY STICK. TO BOXING FOR CHRIST SAKE.
ESPN is such trash with such trash content. It's literally a formula. Top seed loses a game: IM WORRIED, ITS A BUST. Top seed wins a game: THIS IS THE GREATEST TEAM IN NBA HISTORY, NBA CHAMPIONSHIP INCOMING, CAN THEY BE STOPPED? Then LeBron VS MJ to spice things up. Trash.
After all tha championship talk about tha big 3..now y'all worried lmfao! Y'ALL JUST BE TALKING!
Take the D out of Dantoni... Pause
SA: the solution to the Nets defensive problems is to give the ball to KD for a more officiant offense Also SA: Max you know nothing of basketball
I know they are here to be critics but they are only highlighting their loses not the fact that they are in 3rd seed or acttually on a good path to the playoffs but let me not say anything else my defense ain't that good either
Every time you watch espn don’t ever expect for both parties to agree with each other if they do then there’s no point of the discussion....
Wizards in 6
Now that's the Russell Westbrook I know I need to see more of that instead of a shell of himself
this type of system (nets) is doubtful when playoffs come, sad to say.
Molly is now blacker then StevenA. I guess it’s to show her support for black month
Lmfao I love Stephen A, but he’s such a Kyrie hater lmfao. Kyrie has been so efficient this season check the stats.
Well Phill Jackson said it best: “ if they score 100 on us we score 101 on them”
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Stephen A is suffering all timers
Kyrie is the problem.
Nets were ranked 3rd in defensive efficency on Jan 10th before they traded for harden.
Gotta agree with Max here. The problem isn’t Durant getting more shot attempts.
I have to side with Max on this one. SAS you are more worried about KD not getting enough shots over the Nets defense. The Nets can’t guard a nose bleed. You put up points, but at some point and time you to play defense
They've been hustling on defense. reality is 2 big shots were made and Russ never gave up. With Harden in the lineup it would have been a blow out.
The nets have no defense the silly fools.
Stephen A has it out for Kyrie ever since he called the media peasants lmaoooo
KD is efficient because he's shooting less. 😂
Didn’t get to hear out Max cos of Stephen A’s yappy mouth
Niggas got no respect for max
I feel like teams don’t play as well with Kyrie pretty often
Excuses...
Fit matters. That’s the long and short of it.
Am I understanding Stephen A. correctly in that he believes that offense needs improvement? Doesn't matter who shoots the ball if you can't shut down the other team from scoring on you. KD will shoot the ball, other team has possession, and they score with the Nets doing nothing about it. 80 points is 80 points.
SAS you're a bona-fide idiot
Won't get past Philly playing no D
That was utter nonsense coming out of Stephen A's mouth!!!
If fhe Cavs can score over 120 points against the Nets, is it a surprise that Bradely Beal and Westbrook went off against them?
A team imbalanced on both ends like that is hard to compete championship.
Stephen A when the playoffs comes you know defense is very necessary. Stop trying not to upset the cupcake...talk facts man!
Yea, lack of scoring by KD was the reason they lost that game 149-146 in regulation...
SAS just used circular logic there. If he's saying that KD needs to be the leading shot taker then he's saying that their offense needs to be more efficient.
now they are going to blame nash but in reality kyrie is the problem in every team he played.
if you have a good player on the team that's playing the nets, you'll receive infinity fantasy points
They are terrible defensively but Harris lost that game.
Philly is gonna win it all this year...if refs don't allow Lakers to bully them like they usually do
Why do people watch this🤦 programming at its finest, think for yourselves people 🤔
Max told this asswipe that the Nets defense is absolute garbage!!! Shouldve kept Allen and gave away Jordan.
It's either play defense or get more of your shots in the basket.
These two were the same people talking about nothing BUT the nets offense NOW they’re critical when they realize that they don’t play defense???
Man.. as a Westbrook fan, when he hit that 3 point shot, I jizzed all over my room.
They kept quiet the last few weeks but now that the Nets lost they are a topic again
Smh...Lakers in 5
SAS didn't make any sense in this take 😆
They defense suck 😂.
Trade kyrie with defensive caliber guys. They don't need him, very simple.
Who cares about Max Killerman opinion lol
Nets needs Beal 😂😂😂
How is KD more efficient when both of 'em are shooting 52% this season?
Stephen A Smith should coach in the Nba. He’ll probably be the first to win all games. 82-0 in the regular season and 16-0 in the playoffs 💪✌️😎🤡
Lol not everyone won't score 100+ Nets will prove him wrong haha
Stephen A refuses to blast Kyrie
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Stephen A is tripping. That game was like a Finals game 6 those boys were battling down to the grinder and the scrappiest team won. No excuses...
Thank you for cutting Max's part out
The nets could give up 200 points and Stephen a will still say its Kryrie’s fault .
I'm completely shocked at Stephen A 🤦🏿♂️. He really believes that the thing that could stop them from winning a chip is Durant not getting the most shots???????? 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Stephen A’s they are losing because KD needs more shots is the worst take ever.
Stephen A. Just need to admit that he was work for wanting all of the players traded losing depth.
He’s right trade kyrie
1:48 .. “ Boy is he cumin n it’s beautiful “...... Stephen A reall suspect for that
Even if James Harden was out there’s still no excuse to the wizards
Kyrie taking up the "westbrook" role thinking he's the man on this team lol
@ESPN can we hear Max every once in a while??
Shoutout to the chads that predicted this title after the game lol
Max and Stephen A got 2 VERY different solutions to the Nets problem. Problem is that Stephen A's solution is High risk. KD taking more shots with his efficiency will likely give the Nets more points but that wont stop the offensive team from scoring as well. The safer option is for the Nets to invest in some defense. A bad game for KD or Kyrie or Harden can cost Brooklyn the game. Their letting teams like Hawks, Wizards or Cavs score 120+. In the playoffs when the intensity reach another level, and the defense tightens up, the Nets are gonna have a hard time.
Thats what I feel Stephan A.. Well your clearly patently wrong here.. They are clearly scoring enough and are the most efficient offense ever period point blank.. The issue is clearly defence and nothing else.. If Kyrie is shooting 50% then its clearly working either way..
Best offense, worst defense. It’s all a wash. They end up being a brutally average team with 3 mega stars.