NOTHING TO BE WORRIED ABOUT! - Stephen A. CONFIDENT in Knicks ahead of 76ers series | First Take
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- čas přidán 4. 06. 2024
- On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Tim Legler and Monica McNutt join Molly Qerim to discuss if the New York Knicks should be worried heading into their series against the Philadelphia 76ers. Then, the panel react to Toronto Raptors center Jontay Porter's lifetime ban for gambling violations.
0:00 Should the Knicks be worried about the 76ers?
4:30 Tim Legler analyzes Joel Embiid
7:00 Jontay Porter betting scandal
10:15 Lifetime ban from the game
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Remember when SAS was upset that they got Brunson 😂
😂 LOL He's a 🐬
He thought he may have been overpaid . But not “upset” over it.
Remember when you were still inside of your daddy’s testi’s?
We gotta stop thinking that Stephen A knows ball just because he’s got an NBA awards vote
He only rolls with established name brand, marquee superstar players. Lakers, Warriors... these are his teams. Bron, AD, Curry... He wouldnt know raw or even unrealized talent, let alone coaching or scouting and pure basketball analysis that Legs and Windy breaks down.
Every time Molly says "S.A" I think she's saying "ese" and I'm like wassup foo 😂
It’s her man.
I'm from L.A, Bell Gardens, Mexican American, and I thought the same thing
🤣🤣
@@jimmygalindo6240 I'm Mexican too lol it's in our genes bro
@@vaheed7518 I can't help it! 🤣
ADAM SILVER: we’re banning you for life due to your gambling habits
JONTAY: Bet
Dawg😂
💀💀💀
😂😂
😊
I hate u😭😭😭😭
SAS you're Shadow BANNED from the Garden. Real Knick fans don't trust you
Steph a doesn’t watch Knicks games
what's he talking about "we"???
Stop it
He’ll still tickets sent from the Knicks😂
Still get*
The Batum disrespect is crazy. He is solid. Way more dependable than Crumbl cookie Harris..
Knicks better not take em for granted.
Chill, Tobias plays good. He's just overpaid...
@@jada8047yeah he plays so good they had to take him out to actually win lmao
They not,teams never do that but analyst do
@@jada8047he doesn’t play good, I’d rather put Councils in because at least he has the aggression and energy towards both sides of the ball
@4Wh0-223 he's a solid role player trust me.. He showed up last year. Embiid an Harden didn't in big games..
No Butler. Injured Giannis. Injured Embiid. The east teams need to take advantage of this
By East teams you mean the Celtics cause they about to roll through this mess
@@loopynutfulthose are east teams 😂.
@@loopynutful😂
@@loopynutfulI could still see them losing it somehow 💀
@@loopynutful Celtics is going to take a 💩 again this year
SAS said a bunch of nothing
Embiid is clearly unhealthy. I watched him the whole game he looks done.
Dude can't dribble no more with that leg. He needs to play like Jokic and just be an invincible statue of liberty making great shots and be a pure passer.
He's stupid to play through this .
Correct.. Sixers fan, from Philly- they are really rolling the dice with Embiid. He is not someone who should be playing at less than 100%. They are risking his long term health (next year) in a season that has very little to no chance of ending in a championship. Poor ownership and poor management, it has been this way for years.
He’s a pornstar.
@@yengvang8737he will be able to recover if he took the off season off….. instead of telling USA at the Olympics he could’ve done with that rest
Referees do illegal bets all the time🤣🤣 The hypocrisy is real.
SAS is just salty Philly denied him some Miami beach time.
@UltraNegro347lol...he works all the time, no chance for that. So he'd like to go there for work.
mcnutt is right they talk about mental health and wellness but are shoving gambling ads down our throat 24/7 where u see it everywhere on the court, commericials, pre game during the game and post game "brought to you by fanduel, dk" and lowkey creating addictions without even knowing it
This. The gambling situation is like hearing ads for HGH every break during games, having each segment on sports shows "brought to you by EPO", and having gear a tap away on your phone. But then expecting nobody to abuse steroids and have them ruin their life, and especially to clutch pearls at the thought that athletes might use them despite it hurting the integrity of the game
Oh they know it .
SAS bringing up Jimmy injury like Embiid wasn't injured as well lol
Stephen A thinks the Knicks X factor is Quentin Grimes
Right lol
And Ihart off the bench 😂
Anyone can be the X-Factor, so you never know. Same can be said for me too. ✌🏻✖️🏀
@@bodegamayor right 😂😂😂
You are aware that he's been traded for half the season right?
When you invite the evil of betting into the sport and society you will have people negatively affected with this evil in terms of addiction and temptation. You can't have betting so tightly embedded into sports and then be surprised and upset when a person even if they're a player becomes a victim of your invited evil.
Remember kids you can’t gamble but if you beat your wife you can still be in the league…
Embiid needs to improve his conditioning if he really wants to be in the ECF
So he’s not…
ECF? LOL first round exit even if healthy
It’s not his conditioning it’s his knee injury. He was hurting all game.
He can't even get outta the 2nd round
@@MKultraInstinct lol Knicks fans think they are relevant
Oh boy I hope this ages well, Stephen A
Stephen A: ORANGE AND BLUE SKIES! NEW YORK STAND UP! GO NEW YORK GO NEW YORK GO!
Knicks fans: HE’S NOT ONE OF US!
He's not really,he's a bandwagon fan
Dude leaves in the 3rd quarter of games. He's a fake fan. All these talking heads on ESPN are putting on an act to create drama for ratings. This has been known for years.
@@boltyourselfineveryone has doing that bc the majority of fans/viewers fall for it
Has been*
@@A_Aron23no
Jontay Porter literally gave up the Thanasis bag just to try and win $80k lmao what a clown
He bet 80k to win 1.1 mil
@@josenunez611his actual winnings from all the gambling was 70k😭
@@josenunez611 Thanasis has earned a total of $9m in his career. Avg salary over a year is $2m
Not SAS jinxing the Knicks 😭
Stop it
Don’t worry, I sprayed some anti jinx spray🙏🏽
@@NYGSucksButDex_ it won't help
Philly thrives when everyone counts them out.
Embiid isn’t fully healthy but he’s playing great he wa she best playing in the court with a good griddy defending team when come playoff time… he’ll only get better y’all will be alright… y’all act like it’s the 76ers making him play.. he obviously knows he can play and he knows his risk… but ima warriors fan but im rooting on the sixers in the East… sixers in 6 !
Yesssir 😤💯
People really acting like the NBA is 100% random. Do people really think that 1 referee was the only one fixing games? Now that gambling is legal, surely things are even more on the up and up lmao
The Doubt is Crazy… I will be circling back here, after this series
OG is the key to this series
Yeah all that 14.5 ppg lol. Sixers in 5
@@k_hack9441it’s not only about scoring kid… OGs defense is a huge difference maker. He can stay in front of smaller guards. He can very much make Maxey, Harris and Oubres life difficult if he guards them. Plus he is a very good corner 3 point shooter in the playoffs.
@@bobcharlie1666 cool man. He can’t guard all three. Hes your 2nd best guy. Look at the rosters, Sixers easy. Look at the coaches, Sixers easy. See the pattern?
@@k_hack9441casual
@@k_hack9441 lol I was just gonna say what is he gonna do shadow clone jutsu he can’t guard all of them
One of Michael porter jr brothers got banned for life and another one of his brothers killed someone. Thats crazy
that’s life
Bro better keep playing well so he can support the entire family
players coaches, refs all are in on it. everyone been doing it for 200 years
Yup and Sports books got mad because they lost money...if they all would've lost, you wouldn't hear not one word of it.
SAS THE JINX...
GET HIM OUTTA HERE...
I'm glad they made the rule that you have to play a certain amount of games to be eligible for awards.
Its stupid especially if you're injured
@@dreadxplayzs7849blame kawhi and simmons for that
Even without this rule Embiid wouldn't have won the mvp anyways. He missed too many games
@@kevinhorry4182it has nothing to do with them
It’s simple: healthy Embiid? 76ers advance. Anything less than 90% healthy Embiid? Knicks advance. Knicks are no joke, but a fully healthy 76ers team is just enough better to win.
Healthy Embiid or not, it's not going to be easy for Philly.
M always coming in with the reasonable takes
Time is ticking on a lot of the NBAs biggest stars. I think the 2024 playoffs will be special.
Boys, we have a chance. Lets gooooo Knicks💯☝🏽☝🏽
Throw Mitch/Hartenstein at Embiid, throw OG at Maxey, let Jalen cook, let Dante light it up, Hart for the nightly triple dub, etc. Let's go Knicks!!!
Keep the same energy
Have a chance to win’s series congratulations but you ain’t going to finals lmfao
@@noodle123ifygonna get swept
@@Trav-jd6mz you think the 76ers are getting swept? that's ambitious but I'll take it
Without J.Randle, I can see Joel having multiple 40 point games Sixers in 6
What? Joel is unhealthy rn he might get injured and be out when they play grimes is going to defend him a lot of big man is gonna defend him
@@danielchen7143Grimes is on the Pistons
@@TheFadedSpade35 I meant Robinson
Knicks in 6
I’ll say late in the game he seemed fatigued. The playoffs intensity different.
I agree with the lifetime ban but how about consistent repercussions for domestic abuse towards players wife’s/girlfriends and punching teammates in the face? Tells you where the nbas priorities are at.
Refs too.
I'm not talking about Jontay Porter, but generally why are the bookies who work for the casino allowed to get inside info on players health but not the people betting against the casino, that's unfair.
How can he be confident,he doesnt even know who is on the team ?
😊
Sixers are definitely a threat to the Knicks 😂
I wonder how they found out
Depends
I honestly have the 76ers winning this series. Brunson is going to get blitzed and the Knicks don't have a CONSISTENT secondary scorer.
@@thefishhobbyist5478 I'll come back to this comment after the series is over
Embiid is at best 70% With OG containing Maxey (Oubre and Lowry can do their thing) Knicks will have the games in their control.
@@Ade683 is OG even 100% himself? Btw, Maxey cooks OG each and every time, better off using Deuce McBride or someone else
@@kaysheye7784Do u actually read the stats or do u just enjoy talking outta your a**hole.. Maxey is shooting 25% with OG guarding him smh
😂😂
what was shortie talking about at the end tho 😂
She's talking about how sports gambling has gone from taboo and illegal in many contexts to, in a few short years, being promoted constantly in advertising and blasted inside and outside of arenas throughout pro sports. It changes the psyche of the population who are exposed to it constantly. It normalizes betting on games. It will inevitably breed more addiction, which is maybe what she is referring to as far as mental health.
Right ,just yapping just to yap
@@dreadxplayzs7849 u must be a gambler, illegal one
Theres probably going to be regulations put into place down the road that outlaws or limits player prop bets with sportsbooks. You'll be able to bet game scores and spreads but not on players stats because of the manipulation aspect for individual players.
Facts and watch how much better players play because they don’t have to stay under 15.5 or something
If the New York knicks win a championship these year I’m going to cry as a Knicks fan
Boston and Denver worry me
They won't pull a Raptors
@@stephcurry2350go hate somewhere else
@@stephcurry2350 don't forget 2004 Detroit
Sixers in 4 👍
Knicks in 4! Easy!
Who are you to say that Brunson probs averaging 40 points a game
Tell Steven B Smith that if Embied plays well 76ers win...
If the 76ers cant get past the knicks they really need to rethink their roster.
Knicks in 6
4*
Sixers in 5 simple
Knicks in 6, sixers not lookin 2 good. Came out strong in the beginning of season but they r fading out it looks like.
@@apez_cbo8572we won 9 straight games😂
@@Phillygoat1983only Philly fans believe this,that should tell you something
New York stand up. Knicks going to finals . Acknowledge Knicks.
They won’t make the finals unless embild gets injured and Tatum as well they could
Knicks going to ecf not finals and if they go to finals win or lose the knicks did something
Honestly. The Heat/Sixers game was painful to watch on both ends.
Love it I’ll revisit this once the sixers win in 6
The Knicks only got 1 allstar
Their other star all nba player Julius Randle is out for the season.
Sixers still got 2 allstar caliber players in Maxey and Embiid. Embiid was a league MVP.
Y’all are arguing the Sixers could lose because Embiid is only 90%?? He needs to be 100% for the Sixers to beat a Knicks team missing its second best player completely???
Quiet as kept y’all are admitting who you believe the better team is. Cause that sounds like a lot of bs and excuses.
I agree!
New york is deep, phily has no supporting cast. Knicks in 4
Philly has to rely on Batum and Harris 😂
@@Fsojackword Tobias Harris be getting bullied by josh hart
Maxey and embid vs a deep team with good shooters and defense. Knicks in 5
I disagree. There's worry. Embiid is one of the best players in the league & most teams have trouble stopping guys like that. There's also Maxey too who is an absolute stud. This 6ers team is legit. There's worries, Stephen A
Embiid is not fit at all. He will not last the series or perform very badly in some of these games coming up.
embiid's knees aren't gonna hold up fam
Have you seen phily in the playoffs? They stink come playoff time
Miami especially at this pt is a different animal than the knicks. Sixers and embiid will look better against the knicks
@@tjrateh😂😂😂😂 sixers is a scrappy team even better than Miami,76ers may win games but in a series Knicks already proven themselves when embid was healthy Knicks in 5
I love that Knicks and Steelers fans don't fw with Stephen A's fair weather energy lol
If Joel is out there he's a problem...knicks need to stay on guard.
Nicolas Batum is the reason they beat the Heat, he's the 76ers difference maker. But it won't matter , Let's goooo Knciks !! 💪
He didn't exactly say it with his chest 😂
I wonder if the NBA will stop pushing betting as much considering the first year it’s been pushed so hard they already have players doing insider betting and tryna rig games. Jontay Porter definitely isn’t the only one.
They know the rules, rookies learn the rules as soon as they are drafted.
It’s a constant cycle with SAS fr
If Kyle Lowry plays well along with Embiid, the Knicks have no chance. Kyle Lowry always comes through in the playoffs, and he’s a very smart player, so he scares me
The Knicks aren't stuck in a series with them... They're stuck in a series with the Knicks.
Lowry kinda washed,I don't see him doing much
Lowry is the difference maker?? 😂😂😂😂
@@dreadxplayzs7849dude made about 4 old man smart plays in the front like forcing his man at half court and when herro got the dribble hand off batum nudged him just a little over the line 2 older gritty smart players made for the playoffs
@@brittanywilson9361 that's not winning a championship,Lowry skill set is not the same when he was with raptors he's washed.
Funny because the fans already think it’s rigged long before Porter brother came along🤣🤣
They are talking about how the fans must feel imagine how the players on his own team feel?
Joel stop putting your hands on your knees that's putting pressure on it
Knicks should be happy they have two 7footers Harenstein & Mitch Robinson otherwise it would be very hard to guard Embiid 1 on 1
Mitchell Robinson look hobble. Don't think he will be able to keep up with even a 60% healthy Embiid. No one seem to talk about the coaching here. NN is one of the best tactician, if nit the best defensively in the league. Don't be surprise if he introduce some junk defense in this series. I think Batum along with Oubre will be the key guys get thrown on Brunson. Don't underestimate Kyle either. His impact is not measured in stats.
Embiid is better guarded by smaller centers or forwards because they have quicker hands and feet. Embiid takes advantage of slower guys.
With all that, still gentleman sweeping them. @mollyweir9350
@@wilmasowho’s scoring? Brunson gotta average 40 for y’all to win games. nobody else gon put up a dub. Sixers have 2 all stars. Og is barely better than Tobi or Kelly. What am I missing?
@@wilmasoto think the Knicks will beat them is logical but to say they will sweep them? Dude you don’t know ball at all.
not me hoping the knicks lose in four just for Stephen A's reaction
the knicks need to take advantage of this
Let’s go Knick 💪
If he could stay healthy he’d be a modern day Wilt Chamberlain.
His body can’t handle an NBA season
He has to have everything near perfect. Diet, fitness and supplements.
Wilt played against 6 foot plumbers in a league with 8 teams
76ers in 6. Brunson is phenomenal tho but they have no answer for embiid even if hes not all the way healthy
Embid didn’t anything but get sent to the line 5 times w a minute left 🫵🤡 bro is not good
@@ksoomakeyofacego0012but hes better than everyone on the knicks roster 😂 and he is the factor of that series. He wont make it past the 2nd round as usual tho
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@ksoomakeyofacego0012 He's phenomenal offensively and cooks Jokic. The problem is he's soft and so talented, he can score 40 on the perimeter facing the basket. Even if he gets 40, he doesn't do enough defensively. The Knicks are like the Warriors were before the 4 rings. They have to prove that a jump shooting perimeter team can win it all. They are definitely exciting to watch though.
this is stupid on Porter but also he doesn’t get any burn!! so he can’t affect the game
Isn’t this an example of why legalized Gambling is far better for all than illegal gambling? There is more transparency to track down any illegal activity by all of the parties involved.
I like that the Sixers went into the Playoffs as a stealth 55 to 60 win team. So many People are in for a rude awakening. Remember. They said this about a Team currently on a 9 game win streak.
Gonna be a great series but i think Knicks do better when facing a team like the 76ers
Oh now Stephen A. Knows who Hartenstein is smh. This man is not one of us Knicks fans.
It's just me or y'all also thought Eminem was on the show, everytime they mentioned Monica? 😂
Everytime 😂😂😂
The biggest issue the Knicks will have to deal with is the Embiid whistle. IHart is going to have to play lights out because Mitch will not be reliable when it comes to defending Embiid. He absolutely struggles against stretch bigs and Embiid is one of the best in the league at being just that. Mitch will be in constant foul trouble so it falls on iHart to get the job done.
Last time they played embiid had 30 and they lost by 40 literally to the Knicks
Let's goo KNICKS 🙌 💪 👏 🔥
I'm surprised Spike Lee hasn't made a feature on yhe show
Absolutely shortsighted for the Sixers to continue to let Embiid play. Sit him out for the rest of the season and just get ready for next year when they'll have the flexibility to retool the team.
Nfl wr calivin Ridley got suspended for 1 year from nfl and still in league that crazy
Wow ...Keenan Thompson really has this guy down Pat..
Saying we need to watch the games thinking its undecided 🤔 um kinda means it is decided doe 🤔 right?
Sooo betting lines are not pre determined 😏
Josh hart is Villanova too SAS!
They don’t do this with sho otahani tho 😂
They literally lost that game because of Caleb Martin. Tough to say. He missed two free throws, which would’ve put them up 13. The crowd was hyped for free chicken, got the fans engaged, then, immediately after the two missed free throws, Batum makes a three. So instead of being down 13, with a set defense, it’s now an 8 point game. Then, after Batum’s three, which the crowd is still ecstatic, Caleb Martin turns the ball over, the crowd is fully engaged and it always favors the home team, momentum.
Yea SAS is terrified
Embiid vs hartenstein, prince, and robinson. He going to have problems
The heat the toughest defense the sixers will see in the playoffs
There is a certain type of bad luck that comes when u are a team backed by SAS. I really hope the knicks won’t have any injuries. I really hate when he picks my teams….they never win
Orange and blue skies baby!!!!!!
Why worry if you already knew that your team is gonna exit in the first round after finding out the opponent 😂
The Knicks didnt even play talk about Sixers and Bull ffs
How did the NBA associate Porter and his straw-better?
As a loong suffering Knicks fan I like our chances against Philly. I expect the Knicks to win the series.
Sixers have to many people we don't need embiid to drop 40 to win anymore
That batum disrespect was out of line bro
SA said at halftime, the sixers were going to lose, now he acting like he said if he had to pick one, he chose MIA 😒
She said “severe” kinda crazy
How is Monica even saying this was anyone’s fault except porters??? He made a fake account to bet the under on himself then faked being sick so it would hit… he should never be in the nba again
Stephen A should be worried for his Knicks because the Sixers with Embiid in the first round is nearly a sure win for the Sixers.
Whatever u said
Did you watch the game last night or?
@@jrokkt3147yeah I saw embiid hold bam to ten points and get 15 rebounds plus 11 in the fourth quarter with the game on the line on one leg
@@Hikinggamer23 I know you lying bc he aint even play defence lol nurse even said so 🤣